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A murder investigation has been launched after a 22-year-old woman was found dead in Belfast.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the body of Mary Ward was found at her home in Melrose Street in the city on Tuesday last week.Police believe Ms Ward was last seen alive on Wednesday 25 September and want to speak to anyone who was in contact with her on or around that date.Chief […]

A screen-matched Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet, the mask worn by Russell Crowe in Gladiator and Carrie Bradshaw's bed in Sex and the City are among the items from "cinematic legends" being auctioned in London next month.The Star Wars helmet, which featured in the mind trick scene from the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, could fetch as much as £500,000 at the Propstore's TV and film […]

A 13-year-old girl in "unbearable" pain asked her mother if she would die before she passed away from sepsis, an inquest has heard.Chloe Longster was rushed to the emergency department of Kettering General Hospital, Northamptonshire, on 28 November 2022 after she woke up with pain in her ribs and cold-like symptoms.She was admitted that evening to a paediatric ward, Skylark, before later being transferred to intensive care, where she was […]

Thunderstorms and heavy rain could cause flooding, travel disruption and power cuts later today, forecasters have said.The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning from 4pm to midnight across much of South Wales, South West England and southern England. Some areas could be hit by up to 40mm of rain falling within the space of two to three hours, the weather agency said.It added there was a "good chance" […]

Families have called for an inquiry into mental health provision for offenders languishing on indefinite jail terms - saying it could "save lives".Relatives of offenders still serving a now-abolished open-ended jail term, known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP), believe resources are so "starved" that the remaining prisoners now have "life-long mental health issues". They have written to parliament's Justice Select Committee urging it to hold an inquiry now a […]

An explosion that ripped through a block of flats in Scotland has left one man dead and several injured. Fire and emergency service crews were called to a block of flats in the town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire around 6pm after reports of an explosion. One man, who was inside the Kellie Place property at the time, was killed in the blast.He was pronounced dead at the scene, and has not […]

Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker has said in a "very sad announcement" that he is quitting both of his BBC music programmes because of ill health.Walker, who has been a broadcaster for 58 years, will step down towards the end of this month from his Sunday afternoon show Sounds Of The 70s and The Rock Show on Friday nights. The presenter has pulmonary fibrosis which means the lungs become scarred […]

A total of 973 migrants in 17 small boats crossed the English Channel to the UK on Saturday - the highest daily number this year.The figure surpassed the previous record for 2024 - which was 882 people on 18 June. The arrivals bring the total for the year to 26,612 compared to 25,330 by the same date last year and 33,611 in 2022.It comes as French authorities said four people […]

A blood test that could detect 12 cancers is being developed by scientists at a British university, the health secretary has said."Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans," Wes Streeting added. Academics from the University of Southampton will lead a team working on the new diagnostic tool, the health secretary explained.It […]