7 h. ago Woman who stabbed man, 61, to death in racist attack after calling herself the 'Charles Bronson of Bristol' told care worker she was going to 'get the Jamaican drug dealer' minutes earlier

A woman who stabbed a man to death in a racist and unprovoked attack had asked her care worker that she be sent back to hospital minutes before the killing.

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9 h. ago Woman told her dad was dying drove through junction and killed someone else's father

Lucinda Collins, 40, ploughed through a junction after she heard nothing more could be done for her ill father - but took the life of 75-year-old cyclist Roger Dutton

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15 h. ago It was wrong – Eni Aluko says sorry for controversial Ian Wright comments

Aluko told BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour on Wednesday that Wright needed to be aware of the “finite opportunities for women”.

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20 h. ago Scots dad who died after being knocked down remembered by daughter as 'hero'

Brian Roan, 58, was struck by a Volkswagen on Carntyne Road, in the city's east end, at around 8.40pm on March 22.

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35 h. ago Sex assault accuser's roommate testifies at Weinstein retrial that's not quite a repeat

A former roommate of one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers has testified the woman told her in July 2006 that the then-movie mogul had forcibly performed oral sex on her

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49 h. ago Grieving dad slams 'disgraceful' treatment of superfit son, 21, who suddenly died in Cyprus hotel

Lifeguards didn't see amateur rugby player Ben Woods go into the water and nor did the hotel have a licence for its pool - which has seen three deaths in five years, an inquest was told

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3 d. ago Dad mourning loss of baby dies after stranger almost decapitated him with hatchet at bus stop

An Arizona man has been arrested for the near decapitation and death of an Alabama man who was sat at a bus stop with his wife as they mourned the loss of their stillborn baby.

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3 d. ago Starmer says he is ‘really pleased’ supreme court has given ‘much

Prime minister says he thinks court’s decision has given a ‘much clearer position for those drawing up guidance’Keir Starmer has been under pressure for days to comment on the supreme court ruling, particularly from the rightwing papers. Yesterday the Daily Mail even splashed on a story saying he “must break his silence”. His opponents want to embarrass him over the issue because of his past comments supporting more rights for trans people, including one interview when he said it was “not right” to say only women have a cervix.This morning, in interviews during a school visit in Bath, Starmer said he was “really pleased” the supreme court had clarified the law on the definition of a woman. He told the BBC:I welcome the decision of the supreme court, which has given us clarity, much-needed clarity, and I think for those that are now drawing up guidance, it’s a much clearer position.So I’m really pleased that the court has now clarified the position.I think the supreme court has answe...

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4 d. ago Easter Sunday scrambler bike crash victim named as tragic teen

Dad-of-one Jason Monks died when the scrambler motorbike he was riding collided with a car.

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5 d. ago Teenage boy dies in horror motorway crash which leaves his dad seriously injured

The van being driven by the boy's dad is said to have left the road and struck a tree.

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5 d. ago M6 crash: Boy, 14, dies in horror tree smash and dad left seriously injured

Lancashire Constabulary is appealing for witnesses after a van left the M6 and collided with a tree, seriously injuring the driver and killing his 14-year-old child

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6 d. ago Personal trainer on FIRST DATE put seven police officers in hospital in six

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, of Syliva Terrace, Stanley, County Durham, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court to admit a series of driving offences after the horrific crash (pictured).

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6 d. ago Man on first date admits dangerous driving in A1 crash with five police cars

Magistrates were told that a woman in the car with Mazyar Azarbonyad was on her first date with him and he was taking her home.

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6 d. ago ‘Marriage feels like a hostage situation, and motherhood a curse’: Japanese author Sayaka Murata

The Convenience Store Woman author is renowned for challenging social norms in darkly weird near-future fiction. She discusses sex, feminism and her struggles to be an ‘ordinary earthling’“I have had relationships with humans, but I’ve also loved a lot of people in stories,” Sayaka Murata, the Japanese author of the bestseller Convenience Store Woman, confides a few minutes into our interview. “I’ve been told by my doctor not to talk about this too much, but ever since I was a child, I’ve had 30 or 40 imaginary friends who live on a different star or planet with whom I have shared love and sexual experiences.”It is 7pm in Tokyo, mid-morning in London. Sitting upright at a desk in an empty publisher’s office, the 45-year-old author – wearing a cream silk blouse and with a neatly curled bob – might be reading the news rather than discussing imaginary friends. For context, her latest novel to be translated into English, Vanishing World, depi...

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6 d. ago London council refuses to house homeless young mother after leaving her sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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7 d. ago London council refuses to house homeless young mother left sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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7 d. ago West London council refuses to house homeless young mother left sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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8 d. ago Behind bars, trio of thugs who killed woman in car attack after travelling to Scotland for drug deal

A drug dealer and his two accomplices have been told they face 'significant' jail sentences for killing a woman in a deadly car attack.

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8 d. ago Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after millionaire’s sexual advances, trial told

Kevin Booth denies directing sexual communication to a woman without her consent at his home in the Highlands.

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8 d. ago West London council refuses to house young mother left sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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