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Crime

Celia Marsh: Family criticise yoghurt company for failing to flag allergen risk

Mrs Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, died after eating a Pret a Manger sandwich containing a vegan yoghurt contaminated with milk protein.
22 Sept 2022
UK

Police in Wales launch initiative to teach tourists about protecting nature

Operation Seabird Cymru, an effort by four Welsh forces, aims to teach visitors to the coast the moto ‘observe, don’t disturb’.
14 Apr 2022
UK

Colston statue case referred to Court of Appeal over legal direction

Suella Braverman wants clarification on the use of human rights as a defence in cases where a defendant is accused of criminal damage.
13 Apr 2022
UK

Convicted murderer who failed to return to open prison recaptured

Jason Mills went missing from HMP Leyhill in Gloucestershire where he was serving a life sentence for murder after an appointment on Wednesday.
8 Apr 2022
UK

Post mortem of ‘extraordinary’ Greenland shark reveals meningitis

The 100-year-old female was found washed up in Cornwall, far from its native habitat deep below the surface of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.
8 Apr 2022
UK

Family of man murdered by neighbour criticise ‘toothless’ police response

Father-of-three Matthew Boorman was stabbed 27 times on his doorstep by Can Arslan, who had laid in wait for him to return home from work.
5 Apr 2022
UK

Man who knifed neighbour had personality disorder but was not mentally ill

Can Arslan was diagnosed with a paranoid, unstable and antisocial personality disorder.
5 Apr 2022
UK

Man who claimed ‘voices’ told him to kill neighbour found guilty of murder

Can Arslan, 52, stabbed father-of-three Matthew Boorman to death on the victim’s front lawn after subjecting him to years of threats.
5 Apr 2022
UK

Stepfather denies murdering five-year-old Logan

John Cole, 40, denied he had punched Logan Mwangi and instead accused the boy’s mother, Angharad Williamson, 30, of shaking him
4 Apr 2022
UK

Satellite images show nature thriving at one of UK’s oldest rewilding sites

The Knepp Estate has been transformed over the past 20 years, but ecologists fear climate change may also be driving the explosion in vegetation.
1 Apr 2022
UK

Man accused of murdering neighbour claimed teddy bear was telling him to kill

Can Arslan said he heard voices after knifing his neighbour Matthew Boorman 27 times but a forensic psychologist is ‘sceptical’.
31 Mar 2022
UK

Stepdad who dumped child’s body in river denies controlling behaviour

John Cole admits disposing of five-year-old Logan Mwangi’s body, but denies killing him, or behaving a controlling manor towards the boy’s mother

30 Mar 2022
UK

Stepfather used sports bag to dump five-year-old’s body, court hears

John Cole admits hiding Logan Mwangi’s body by a river in Bridgend, but denies his murder.
30 Mar 2022
UK

Murder accused sat on neighbour’s body and had ‘triumphant’ cigarette, jury told

Can Arslan, 52, is accused of murdering father-of-three Matthew Boorman in Walton Cardiff, Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire.
29 Mar 2022
UK

Man knifed neighbour 27 times after subjecting him to years of threats

Can Arslan, 52, is accused of stabbing father-of-three Matthew Boorman in Snowdonia Road, Walton Cardiff, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
28 Mar 2022
UK

National Trust acquires 7km stretch of Dorset coastline

The charity plans to restore the 350-acre former farm in South Purbeck to boost wildlife.
28 Mar 2022
UK

Auction of Banksy piece raises £81,000 for children’s hospital in Ukraine

CND Soldiers was sold at 0% commission by an anonymous donor.
28 Mar 2022
UK

Logan’s mother told police she knew stepfather had assaulted him, court hears

Angharad Williamson, mother of murdered five-year-old Logan Mwangi, only admitted knowledge of abuse in a fourth police interview, a court heard.
24 Mar 2022
UK

Count your blessings but forget Lady Luck if you want to be happy – research

An irrational belief in luck controlling one’s life is linked to high levels of neuroticism, pessimism and negativity, researchers have said.
24 Mar 2022
UK

Mother accused of murdering five-year-old son ‘never shed a real tear for him’

Angharad Williamson happily watched reality TV on the day she was charged with murdering Logan Mwangi and only faked her grief, a fellow inmate says.
22 Mar 2022
UK

New facility to extract gold from electronics to open in Wales

Work on the plant is due to start at the Royal Mint’s headquarters in Llantrisant, South Wales, this month.
21 Mar 2022