1 hour ago Abortion case prompts calls for legal reform after woman’s four

The investigation has been described by MPs as ‘cruel and unnecessary’ and a ‘shocking wake-up call’ of the need for a change in the law.

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2 h. ago Stirlingshire WWII veteran marks VE Day in week of his 105th birthday

“I enjoyed being in the RAF and I am proud that I served my country and the war efforts in my own small way."

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2 h. ago A college student was stopped after turning right on red. Now she could be deported

19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal came to the United States when she was a toddler

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2 h. ago Walmart heirs are creating STEM college and it will be located near the company’s HQ

Steuart and Tom Walton are set to announce the launch of their private university on Thursday in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Walmart was founded

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2 h. ago Sir David Attenborough fans baffled after realising surprising fact about the broadcaster's official name

The nature broadcaster, who turned 99 on Thursday, has achieved a lot in his lifetime, studying Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before joining the BBC in 1952.

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3 h. ago Woman in BDSM threesome who took foetus to hospital in rucksack after taking miscarriage pills is cleared of having an illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, who took abortion pills during lockdown has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy.  

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3 h. ago Woman trying to sell home astounded when she discovers what neighbour has done

A woman has been left fuming over her neighbour's "entitled" actions, which she believes were sparked by the fact she and her husband are trying to sell their house and move away

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3 h. ago Fears Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner could flee to country without extradition treaty if he walks free from prison

Christian Brueckner is currently in German jail for raping a woman in 2005 in the part of Portugal's Algarve region where three-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007.

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3 h. ago Public weather forecasts were 'top secret information' and banned during WWII until VE Day

During the war, forecasts had to be delivered to specific sectors using special codes that could not be interpreted

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3 h. ago Woman found not guilty of having illegal abortion after trial at west London court

Nicola Packer, 45, cried and wiped her eyes with a tissue after she was acquitted by a jury

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3 h. ago ‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortion

Calls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trialWhen Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant.Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion in lockdown found not guilty

Nicola Packer took abortion medicine at home in November 2020, her trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard

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4 h. ago UK woman who took pills during lockdown cleared of illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, was prescribed medication but was accused of believing she was more than 10 weeks pregnantA woman has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills during lockdown.Nicola Packer, 45, took the pills at home in November 2020. She had been prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol after a remote consultation. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman who claims Meghan Markle's bath salts gave her 'catastrophic burns' threatens to sue the duchess for $10m

Robin Patrick has shared horrific pictures of her legs as proof that the Duchess of Sussex 's recipe on With Love, Meghan is 'flawed and dangerous' and should have come with a warning.

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4 h. ago Amazon says it’s a ‘myth’ that robots kill jobs. Here’s the reality | Benjamin Y Fong

The company is sending more packages every year – but with fewer fulfillment center workersStefano La Rovere, director of global robotics, mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, has the unfortunate task of trying to convince the public that Amazon is not in fact automating away human labor with its robotics deployments.“It is a myth that technology and robots take out jobs,” La Rovere told CNBC last year. He said robots assisted workers “by reducing walking distance between assignments, by taking away repetitive motions, or by helping them to lift heavy weights. In turn, our employees can learn new skills.”Benjamin Y Fong is associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and keeps a newsletter on labor & logistics at ontheseams.substack.com. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Woman who claims As Ever bath salts gave her 'catastrophic burns' threatens to sue Meghan Markle for $10m

Robin Patrick has shared horrific pictures of her legs as proof that the Duchess of Sussex 's recipe on With Love, Meghan is 'flawed and dangerous' and should have come with a warning.

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5 h. ago Puppy trainer shares simple tip that will stop dogs from jumping up in seconds

A woman has shared a video of her easy method to stop dogs from jumping up - and it's gone viral.

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5 h. ago Woman whose husband is detained in Dubai meets with Irish politicians

Heather Cornelius met with TDs and Senators at Leinster House about her husband’s 17-year detention.

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5 h. ago Stormzy reveals he's 'met his wife' and teases starting a family after Maya Jama split

Grime star Stormzy has teased he has met his future wife and is ready to start a family in his surprise new song, while admitting the mystery woman looks like ex Maya Jama

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5 h. ago ‘A future on our terms’: how community energy is lighting up Latin America

Small-scale schemes are replacing dirty diesel with clean electricity in remote areas – and ensuring a just transitionWhen the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, Roxana Borda Mamani had to leave Mexico, where she was studying for her degree in rural development and food security, and return to her remote village in the Peruvian Amazon.At the time, the Indigenous community in Alto Mishagua had neither an internet connection nor a reliable energy source. “How am I going to study?” Borda asked. “With energy from the sun,” replied her friend, a fellow member of the Latin American Observatory for Energy Geopolitics at the Brazil-based Federal University of Latin American Integration (Unila). Continue reading...

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