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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

Carer suffocated suspected burglar during citizen’s arrest, court hears

Nathan Smith is accused of the manslaughter of Craig Wiltshire after he knelt on his back for nine minutes.
17 Jan 2022
UK

Inquest overturns previous sepsis finding in six-year-old’s death

Coco Bradford died from a rare condition that causes the destruction of red blood cells and not as a result of failure by medics to treat sepsis.
14 Jan 2022
UK

Surge in bacteria linked to gastroenteritis in humans in UK waters – research

Climate change is creating the ideal sea temperatures for the many strains of Vibrio bacteria to thrive, scientists have found.
10 Jan 2022
UK

Medals awarded to RAF ‘poster boy’ to be auctioned

Fighter pilot Wing Commander Peter Lawrence Parrott received eight honours during his career and featured in a Royal Air Force recruitment campaign.
10 Jan 2022
UK

Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, research finds

Archaeologists analysed equine skeletons from 171 excavation sites across England.
10 Jan 2022
UK

Bird of prey known as the ‘flying barn door’ spotted in Cornwall

The rare white-tailed eagle spotted on Bodmin Moor was part of a reintroduction scheme on the Isle of Wight in 2019.
6 Jan 2022
UK

Philanthropic society faces calls to disband after Colston statue verdict

The Society of Merchant Venturers intervened to dilute new wording on a plaque outlining the merchant’s role in the slave trade.
6 Jan 2022
UK

Verdict in Colston statue trial ‘a victory for Bristol’

The bronze memorial to the 17th century figure was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest.
5 Jan 2022
UK

Four cleared of criminal damage over toppling statue of Edward Colston

The monument to the 17th century slave trader was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter march in Bristol in June 2020.
5 Jan 2022
UK

E-scooters damaged in New Year’s Day warehouse blaze

It took eight fire engines to control the blaze at an industrial unit in Bristol where Voi scooters were being stored.
2 Jan 2022
UK

Zoo celebrates arrival of capybara pups on Christmas Day

The new arrivals were found on Christmas morning, Exmoor Zoo said.
2 Jan 2022
UK

Three men wanted over hunt clashes identified by police

Wiltshire Police were seeking the suspects in connection with disorder at a meet of the Avon Vale Hunt on December 27.
1 Jan 2022
UK

Psychologist made MBE for work on public attitudes to climate change

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh’s research includes shifting perceptions of meat consumption, energy use, waste reduction and low-carbon technologies.
1 Jan 2022
UK

Glaciologist made CBE for world-leading climate change research

Professor Tavi Murray of Swansea University was recognised for her work on the contribution of changes to glaciers and ice sheets to sea level rise.
1 Jan 2022
UK

Police bid to trace missing 12-year-old thought to be with her father

Leona Peach was last seen in Newton Abbot on December 20.
29 Dec 2021
UK

Giraffe conservationists take their work online after Omicron halts field trip

Scientists from the Bristol Zoological Society are training rangers in Cameroon’s Benoue National Park remotely this winter.
27 Dec 2021
UK

Edward Colston ‘sentenced to death’ as statue thrown in harbour, court told

Protester Jake Skuse is accused along with three others of criminal damage in Bristol in June 2020.
22 Dec 2021
UK

Man to stand trial next June for murder of couple while children slept upstairs

Collin Reeves is accused of killing Stephen and Jennifer Chapple at their home in November.
22 Dec 2021
UK

Democracy had ‘broken down’ over Colston statue, protester says

Rhian Graham, who is accused of toppling the memorial of the slave trader, said there have been campaigns to have the statue removed since the 1920s.
20 Dec 2021
UK

David Olusoga defends those accused of tearing down Colston Statue

The historian and author gave expert evidence on the history of slavery, and its ongoing impact on people of Afro-Caribbean descent in Britain.
16 Dec 2021