An MTV crew filming a riot on the night journalist Lyra McKee was killed were told the disorder had been “set up” for the camera, a murder trial has been told. Lyra McKee died after being shot while observing rioting in Creggan, Londonderry, in April 2019. Three men from Derry are on trial at Belfast...
A video showing the moment a man displayed silky football skills to keep a can in the air before directing it into a wheelie bin has been watched by millions of people on social media. Scott Whitehouse captured the footage on a security camera after arriving back at his home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 20...
North Yorkshire Police PC Adam Smith has been sacked after driving at speeds of 154mph without policing purpose A police officer who warned others of the dangers of street racing has been sacked for speeding. PC Adam Smith, of North Yorkshire Police, admitted there was “no policing purpose” for driving at speeds of up to...
A woman in her 90s is in a “potentially life-threatening” condition after being bitten by a dog, police say. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a property in Cannis Road, St Austell, Cornwall, at 00:45 BST on Thursday, following the attack. Police said a woman was taken to Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth,...
2 hours ago Sarah Turnnidge,Ben Prater John Knight Jason has undergone at least 20 surgeries since the accident A window cleaner who survived a 33,000-volt shock at work faces a “massive” surgery to save both his legs. Jason Knight, 34, from Westbury in Wiltshire, was left with severe injuries when an electrical current jumped from...
Marcia Shakespeare says the same gun issues remain 21 years after her daughter was shot dead. Source link
April was even wetter! We had 111.4mm of rain, compared to the average of 71.9mm. It was the sixth wettest April of the last 189 years. The wet theme continued into May with rainfall figures coming in well above average and some weather stations in northern England and southern Scotland having had more than double...
A Northern Ireland law granting anonymity to people suspected of sexual offences until they are charged is not compatible with human rights or press freedom, a judge has said. The law, which came into effect in Northern Ireland in 2023, granted anonymity for life, and for 25 years after death, to suspects who hadn’t been...
A man has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after a car crash in Merthyr Tydfil last month. Demi Mabbitt, 25, died of her injuries a week after the one-vehicle collision on Swansea Road in Merthyr Tydfil at about 23:45 BST on 5 April. She was described by her family as a “kind,...
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson and subsequently bailed following a major fire at a derelict building in Limavady. The blaze broke out at a derelict former nightclub building in the Catherine Street area of the town just after 17:40 BST on Thursday. More than 50 firefighters tackled the blaze and...