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Unique footage of pilot whale expelling placenta captured off Shetla...
April 03, 2023 03:50 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAA drone operator filmed the rarely seen event near the island of Yell.

Campaign to find ‘unsung heroes’ 60 years after end of National Serv...
April 03, 2023 03:47 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAThe Royal British Legion estimates that hundreds of thousands of conscripts are still alive, aged between 80 and 97.

Moderate exercise safe for people with muscle pain from statins, stu...
April 03, 2023 03:46 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAScientists said the findings are reassuring for people who experience muscle pain or fatigue from the cholesterol lowering drugs.

Olivia’s great-grandmother died the night before killer’s sentencing
April 03, 2023 03:35 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAShe had recently been in hospital and a couple of weeks ago had been taken home for end-of-life care.

Cashman should not be allowed to hide from justice – Dominic Raab
April 03, 2023 03:34 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAThe murderer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel refused to appear in the dock for his sentencing.

Patient jailed over fire which ‘gutted’ A&E ward and caused £1.9m of...
April 03, 2023 03:15 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAJohn Watson refused to attend his sentencing for a third time.

Labour vows to target vandalism with more police on the beat
April 03, 2023 03:15 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAShadow home secretary Yvette Cooper promised to put 13,000 police and community support officers in neighbourhood roles.

Former union man John Paul McHugh becomes Scottish Labour general se...
April 03, 2023 03:09 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAJohn Paul McHugh worked for the Community union for 15 years.

Sinn Fein TD says he did not intend to ‘drag’ gardai into eviction b...
April 03, 2023 03:05 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAJustice Minister Simon Harris called the sharing of the image ‘offensive, inappropriate and disrespectful’ to Garda members.

Sinn Fein TD’s eviction tweet ‘cut deep’ with Garda membership, says...
April 03, 2023 03:05 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAParty leader Mary Lou McDonald defended Eoin O Broin’s sharing of the tweet, saying it was never his intention to ‘have a go’ at gardai.

Man who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel jailed for life
April 03, 2023 02:57 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAThomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty last week of murdering the schoolgirl in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22 last year.

Teachers in Northern Ireland set for full-day strike on April 26
April 03, 2023 02:25 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAIt represents an escalation from action short of strike which started on Monday over a pay offer.

Channel crossings down 17% in first quarter of the year compared wit...
April 03, 2023 02:25 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAAmid changeable weather conditions at sea, no crossings have been recorded since March 29.

Man convicted of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel refuses to appear for...
April 03, 2023 02:18 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAThomas Cashman, 34, was found guilty last week of murdering the nine-year-old.

More than 4,000 notices to quit served in final quarter of 2022, fig...
April 03, 2023 02:13 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAIn more than half of cases, the landlord had issued an eviction notice in order to sell the property.

Coroner criticises PSNI over report in inquests into deaths of Porta...
April 03, 2023 02:06 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAMarjorie and Michael Cawdery, both 83, were killed at their home in 2017.

Nato countries eye more help for Ukraine, with no peace deal in sigh...
April 03, 2023 02:05 PM AEST | By PAMEDIASecretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance ‘cannot allow Russia to chip away at European security’.

Red squirrels living apart on Isle of Wight have different genes, re...
April 03, 2023 01:58 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAConservationists are attempting to build woodland corridors by planting trees and hedgerows to allow the two sets of the native squirrel to mix.

Man claimed woman fell after selfie attempt went wrong, murder trial...
April 03, 2023 01:49 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAKashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed, 31, by pushing her off of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.

‘Starting hormone therapy at menopause onset does not increase Alzhe...
April 03, 2023 01:41 PM AEST | By PAMEDIAWomen are more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.