Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been sent for trial over allegations of historical sex offences. A district judge at Newry Magistrates’ Court said he was satisfied that Donaldson,
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A teenager accused of killing a four-month-old baby denied being “unduly angered or irritated” by the child, but called him a “c***” in a Snapchat message, a court heard. Jurors
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A legal battle between rival developers of Covid-19 jabs over life-saving vaccine technology patents has produced a mixed ruling from a High Court judge. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and drug manufacturer
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A man who murdered two of his former partners who had both complained to police about his violence has been jailed for at least 35 years. Carl Cooper, 66, was
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Labour’s Angela Rayner has said she will “fight every single day” for carers in England to receive the real living wage as she recalled her own experience as a care
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US officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli
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The “heartbroken and angry” family of a baby girl targeted by killer nurse Lucy Letby say they may never know why she tried to murder her. On Tuesday, Letby, 34,
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A mother who killed her children, aged seven and 11, in knife attacks described by a judge as “almost too horrific to comprehend” has been handed an indefinite hospital order.
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A 29-year-old trans person who felt “dismissed, ignored and lied to” by mental health workers took their own life outside a hospital despite “screaming very loudly for help to stay
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A move requiring a referendum to be held before an assisted dying law could come into effect in the Isle of Man has narrowly failed. The island’s chief minister Alfred
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