Day: September 14, 2020
Husband ‘lured wife’s lover to his death at his farm’
September 14, 2020A builder lured his wife’s lover to a remote farm before murdering him and disposing of his body, a court has heard. Andrew Jones, 53, discovered his wife Rhianon, 51, was having an affair with 55-year-old Michael O’Leary, and killed him after “carefully planning” the murder, Swansea Crown Court was told. Prosecutors said that Jones […]
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Birmingham stabbings suspect ‘returned home’ during series of attacks, inquest hears
September 14, 2020A court has heard that police believe a man accused of murdering one person and attempting to murder seven others in Birmingham went home in the middle of the attacks. The inquest into the death of 23-year-old Jacob Billington from Liverpool opened this morning. Detective Superintendant Sam Ridding from West Midlands Police, told the court […]
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Eight people in Indonesia caught not wearing face masks ordered to dig graves of coronavirus victims
September 14, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Eight people in Indonesia were ordered to dig graves for coronavirus victims after they were caught leaving their homes without a face mask, according to reports. Officials in east Java said the order would act as a “deterrent” for […]
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'Human error' sees personal data of 18,000 coronavirus patients in Wales published online
September 14, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Personal details of more than 18,000 residents in Wales who tested positive for coronavirus were accidentally uploaded to a public server, where it was searchable by anyone using the site. In the cases of 16,179 people, the information published […]
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UK coronavirus LIVE: 'Rule of six' makes mingling illegal as Keir Starmer self-isolates after family member shows Covid symptoms
September 14, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Tough new limits on social gatherings have come into force in the UK, meaning it is now illegal for groups of more than six to meet up. The “rule of six” kicked in at midnight across England, Wales and […]
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Claim to £57m EuroMillions jackpot being 'finalised'
September 14, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A claim to a £57 million jackpot on a lottery ticket bought in South Ayrshire is going through a last-minute finalisation process – almost six months after the draw. A single ticket-holder won £57,869,670 in the EuroMillions draw on […]
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Boris Johnson urges MPs to support controversial Brexit bill to guarantee 'political integrity' of UK
September 14, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Boris Johnson has urged MPs to support a controversial Brexit bill to “guarantee the economic and political integrity of the UK”. The Prime Minister opened the debate on the Internal Market Bill in the House of Commons on Monday […]
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Royal Court theatre reopens to present ‘living newspaper’
September 14, 2020The Royal Court theatre in London is to reopen to audiences in November, not with a play on either of its two stages but a “living newspaper” created by a collective of artists and performed live around its building. Six weekly editions of a newspaper for the Covid era will be presented to socially-distanced audiences […]
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Driver dead and child critically injured after lorry crashes into London house
September 14, 2020The driver of a bin lorry that hit two cars before crashing into a house in south-east London has died and an 11-year-old is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. The Metropolitan police said officers were called to the scene in Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, shortly after 8am on Monday following the collision. The lorry driver […]
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Crowds ignore new covid restrictions to watch supercar drivers do doughnuts
September 14, 2020To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Crowds of people gathered in Kensington on Sunday for a ‘supercar meet up’ involving high-performance vehicle and motorcycles. Video from the event, shared on social media, showed motorcyclists speeding along the pavement and going between bollards after […]
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