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Man arrested in connection with rodents thrown into McDonald’s resta...
November 01, 2023 07:39 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAWest Midlands Police said it still wanted to speak to a second man, Billal Hussain, 30, over the incidents.

Donaldson says he cannot be certain Stormont will return by end of y...
November 01, 2023 07:36 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe DUP leader has repeated that ‘significant’ gaps remain between the UK Government and his party’s position.

Online groomer who posed as teenage girl to abuse boys jailed
November 01, 2023 07:26 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIACameron Osman, 45, engaged more than 70 teenage boys in sexualised chat between 2020 and 2021.

First Britons leave Gaza via Rafah border crossing into Egypt after...
November 01, 2023 07:13 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAOfficials said the crossing will be open for ‘controlled and time-limited periods’ to allow specific groups to leave.

Feminist campaign group loses legal battle over definition of word ‘...
November 01, 2023 06:51 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAFor Women Scotland lost a legal battle over the definition of the word ‘woman’ in the Equalities Act, which a court ruled included trans women.

Women treated as property in ‘humiliating’ Red Arrows environment, r...
November 01, 2023 06:41 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIABullying, sexual harassment and predatory behaviour was ‘widespread and normalised’ in the squadron, the report found.

‘Toxic’ online material examined by counter-terrorism police amid Ga...
November 01, 2023 06:30 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe Met and Greater Manchester Police have both faced criticism after officers were seen taking down posters of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas.

Britons remain trapped in Gaza as hundreds of foreign nationals flee
November 01, 2023 06:05 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe Rafah border crossing with Egypt was opened to allow foreign passport holders and the wounded to leave Gaza.

Council waits for ruling on complaint about migrant plans for Dambus...
November 01, 2023 05:47 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAMrs Justice Thornton finished overseeing a hearing at the High Court in London on Wednesday and said she would deliver a ruling on a date to be fixed.

Murder accused tells court he asked gunman ‘why’ after hearing of sh...
November 01, 2023 05:36 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAAshley Dale was shot in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 last year.

Appeal for information on two men after rodents thrown into McDonald...
November 01, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAWest Midlands Police said it wanted to speak with Amir Khan, 32, and Billal Hussain, 30, over the incidents.

Wreath for the Disappeared to be laid at Stormont
November 01, 2023 05:33 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAFamilies will lay a black wreath with five white lilies representing the final five people who have yet to be found.

Hubris and overconfidence hampered early Covid response, says nudge...
November 01, 2023 05:32 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThere was ‘arrogance’ in believing the UK would fare better than other countries in the early days of the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard.

Prevent anti-terror programme incompatible with human rights, says A...
November 01, 2023 05:24 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe human rights campaign group called for it to be scrapped.

Darts trailblazer Fallon Sherrock plans quick return to oche after M...
November 01, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIASherrock, known as the Queen of the Palace on the darts circuit, picked up her award at Windsor Castle before heading home for training.

Prince George a budding triathlete, William tells Stanford while pre...
November 01, 2023 05:13 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIANon Stanford was presented with an MBE by the Prince of Wales for her services to triathlon.

Sexual harassment and bullying widespread and normalised in Red Arro...
November 01, 2023 05:11 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe report found there was an ‘intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment’.

Rappers stabbed and shot in ‘scene of bloody carnage’, court hears
November 01, 2023 04:54 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIASaydi Abu Sheikh, 23, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 31, died after the attack in Ilford, east London.

No 10 adviser penned graphic note on UK’s readiness for Covid, inqui...
November 01, 2023 04:51 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIAThe assessment of Britain’s readiness for the impending turmoil was made by Downing Street data expert Ben Warner, the inquiry heard.

Murder suspect confessed to undercover officer, jury hears
November 01, 2023 04:44 PM AEDT | By PAMEDIADarren Osment is accused of killing Claire Holland, hours after she was last seen leaving a pub in the centre of Bristol in 2012.