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Police arrest women suspected of wearing pictures of Hamas paraglide...
October 30, 2023 08:18 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe two women came forward to police following an appeal.

King and Queen arrive in Kenya for five-day state visit
October 30, 2023 08:13 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIACharles and Camilla’s royal tour comes as the East African nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain.

Daera ‘acting to mitigate’ as workers at ports and meat factories st...
October 30, 2023 07:15 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAWorkers are staging their action over pay.

Flooding hits homes in Co Wexford as further heavy rain forecast in...
October 30, 2023 07:11 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAA dinghy was involved in efforts to take people to dry land in the Haven estate in Rosslare on Monday.

Vigil at Barnard Castle ahead of Dominic Cummings’ Covid inquiry app...
October 30, 2023 07:02 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIACampaigners projected the message ‘228,040 Covid deaths – is that clear enough to read?’ on to the walls of Barnard Castle on Monday.

Labour suspends Andy McDonald after speech at pro-Palestine rally
October 30, 2023 06:28 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAA Labour spokesperson said the comments made by the MP ‘were deeply offensive’.

Man jailed for life for ‘horrific’ murder of grieving widow on Chris...
October 30, 2023 06:07 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIALucy Clews had offered Thomas Grant a place to stay for Christmas before he stabbed and strangled her.

Sarwar lays out plan to transform Scotland into ‘manufacturing power...
October 30, 2023 05:52 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe Scottish Labour leader will outline his vision during a trip to the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Methil, Fife, on Tuesday.

Parents of critically ill baby to return to court in life-support fi...
October 30, 2023 05:49 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAA judge is due to reconsider issues relating to eight-month-old Indi Gregory at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court on Tuesday.

Police force told improvements still needed after watchdog assessmen...
October 30, 2023 05:39 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAWest Mercia Police had been told to improve how it investigates crimes and updates victims following an inspection in 2021.

Ash Regan: Voters will back me in Holyrood election despite SNP defe...
October 30, 2023 05:36 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe former SNP leadership candidate quit the party for Alba, headed by Alex Salmond, at the weekend.

Johnson ‘cannot lead’ and making Government ‘impossible’ – Case
October 30, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe UK’s top civil servant vented that Boris Johnson ‘cannot lead’ amid pandemic-era frustration with the Prime Minister’s leadership.

Deaths of babies will be ‘on our hands’ if no ceasefire in Gaza – vi...
October 30, 2023 05:22 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIASharyn Lock, who volunteered in Palestine in 2002, is holding a five-day fast outside Holyrood in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

I’ll never give up hope his body will be found, says sister of Colum...
October 30, 2023 05:13 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIADympna Kerr also appealed for fresh information to help find her brother.

Tory MP sacked from Government job for urging PM to back Gaza ceasef...
October 30, 2023 05:02 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAPaul Bristow was asked to leave his job as a ministerial aide at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Naming murder accused Met marksman poses no immediate risk to life,...
October 30, 2023 04:42 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAChris Kaba, 24, died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car.

Languages around the world have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’, study f...
October 30, 2023 04:41 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAResearchers studied more than 1,000 speakers of 29 different languages.

Patrick Vallance said Cummings’ Durham trip ‘clearly against lockdow...
October 30, 2023 04:36 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe former chief scientist also said he and Professor Sir Chris Whitty felt ‘strong armed’ into appearing at a press conference, but they ‘got out’.

Mother whose baby died in prison awaits coroner’s decision on report
October 30, 2023 04:22 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAAisha Cleary was born at HMP Bronzefield jail in Surrey in the early hours of September 27 2019, but died at 9.03am that day

Around 60,000 vehicles in London hit by daily Ulez fee
October 30, 2023 04:13 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIATransport for London has published a report on the impact of expanding the scheme.