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Disabled woman died days after being dropped by care home workers, i...

Lyn Parker, 64, fell after two care workers tried to lift her using a sling in January 2021.

Government considers banning ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foa...

The Health and Safety Executive recommended restricting the use of PFAS in foam as well as consumer products likely to lead to pollution.

Former soldier jailed for 14 years for raping woman he had offered t...

Sam Evans, 29, targeted his victim, whom he recognised from a dating app.

Unique footage of pilot whale expelling placenta captured off Shetla...

A drone operator filmed the rarely seen event near the island of Yell.

Campaign to find ‘unsung heroes’ 60 years after end of National Serv...

The 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...

Scientists 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

She 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

The 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...

John Watson refused to attend his sentencing for a third time.

Labour vows to target vandalism with more police on the beat

Shadow 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...

John Paul McHugh worked for the Community union for 15 years.

Sinn Fein TD says he did not intend to ‘drag’ gardai into eviction b...

Justice 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...

Party 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

Thomas 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

It 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...

Amid changeable weather conditions at sea, no crossings have been recorded since March 29.

Man convicted of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel refuses to appear for...

Thomas 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...

In 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...

Marjorie 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...

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance ‘cannot allow Russia to chip away at European security’.