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Brand went on to say the allegations were made in “a defamatory and fictitious documentary”, which he said contained “false and anonymised” interviews. He added that “subsequently both the media and the police publicly invited additional allegations to be made, which has resulted in further encounters to be invented or …

In its conclusions, the jury found shortcomings by police and healthcare professionals employed by Devon County Council, Devon Partnership Trust and G4S probably contributed to the deaths. In the case of Devon and Cornwall Police, the jury said there had been “broad shortcomings in police information gathering, sharing and recording”. …

The family of a 32-year-old mother said she faced “ridicule” from hospital staff when she sought urgent care for pain caused by sickle cell disease, an inquest has heard. Veronique Mwembo had lived with the genetic disease all her life and was being treated at the Norfolk and Norwich University …

Dashcam footage from inside the van, shown to the court, captured Okotie turning the steering wheel sharply, sending the cyclist under two of the vehicle’s wheels. The victim needed “numerous screws and plates” in his pelvis and femur. In a statement released by the Met Police, he said he had …

A judge has criticised a council’s handling of a £5m fraud case that collapsed due to poorly handled and lost evidence. Derby City Council’s trading standards team brought a prosecution against Motor House UK in 2019, which led to the arrest of five men accused of fraudulent trading and fraud …

The chairman of the football club that Harry Kane played for as a boy has said they are proud of his “hard work” after the England captain won the Ballon d’Or. Ian Marshall, chairman of Ridgeway Rovers FC in Walthamstow, where Kane played as a youth, said he was welling …

James Mellor, director of the Mellors Group, said there had been “delays” with sending off the rollercoaster to be painted before being put out for public use. “It’s been a very, very difficult year with multiple different issues, especially issues we’ve had at the Middle East,” said Mellor. Mellor said …

A family of swans spotted sitting in a town centre resident’s garden “as if they were waiting for their taxi” have been safely transported to a nearby lake. The two adults and four cygnets were first seen swanning around near a bowling green on Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, on Saturday. …

SP ENW said it struggled to reconnect customers on Sunday due to high winds which made it unsafe for staff to climb poles safely. The company set up a welfare hub near Penrith and two in Wigton in the north of the county, as well as four more in south …

Barbara Thompson, 88, and Fred Jenkins, 88, unexpectedly found love again after the death of their spouses. BBC News

Herniman was nominated for the award by the trust’s chief executive and founder Dave Webb and his wife Kath. They said she had become “like a daughter” and it had been “obvious she was someone very special” when she arrived to volunteer. She was credited with helping enhance the wild …

Four men sexually assaulted a woman after her then-husband drugged her and advertised her on Craigslist, Grindr and swinging websites, a court has been told. Norman Macksoni, 48, Richard Wilkins, 62, Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 32, and Mohammed Hassan, 38, are on trial at Winchester Crown Court after pleading not guilty to …

“I shone my torch in there and he started flapping,” said Stead, who works in South East Cornwall. “I got a towel wrapped around him, managed to take him out of the stove and I released him into the back garden. “He didn’t fly straight off but he flew into …

Chris, an experienced walker, said he was “nervous” about the challenge as he had never been at such a high altitude before – 5,364 metres (17,598 feet). He travelled from Lukla near Kathmandu, taking eight days to get to Base Camp while he acclimatised to the altitude trekking. Reaching Base …

A pair of Staffordshire landscapers found themselves at the centre of an online sensation after they challenged Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, to comment on one of their videos. Wade Taylor and Shane Hassall, who run and work for Maple Landscapes in Penkhull, have seen their Instagram video viewed more …

Emlyn Jones said that while the boy was in hospital, a “wider picture of long-standing physical abuse emerged”, including the discovery of multiple fractured ribs, fractured legs and a fractured sternum suffered across several incidents before the fatal attack. He also said that while it could not be ascertained whether …

The former co-leader of the far-right Britain First party has said she was arrested as part of an investigation into attacks on houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). In a post on X, Ashlea Simon said she had been held at Manchester Airport after “returning from a family holiday”. Greater Manchester …

One-day international tri-series, Lahore Pakistan 110 (25.2 overs): Babar 29; Madushanka 5-34 Sri Lanka 114-2 (18.1 overs): Kaminudu 62* Sri Lanka won by eight wickets Scorecard England are out of their 50-over tri-series in Pakistan after the hosts were beaten by Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Lahore. After three defeats …

An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who attacked a celebrant at the funeral of his son, one of five men and two police officers killed in a head-on crash. Gye Worthy, 40, admitted common assault and resisting arrest at his son’s funeral at Teesside Crematorium in Middlesbrough …

Thousands of homes were left without power, trains were cancelled, and schools were shut as the storm hit the South West on Friday. At its peak, more than 13,000 properties were affected by power cuts in Cornwall alone. “The storm has been good news for our water supply,” Skantlebury said. …