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Ireland pair Garry Ringrose and Josh van der Flier are both available for Saturday’s Test against world champions South Africa, but Stuart McCloskey has been ruled out of the match through injury. Centre Ringrose and back-row van der Flier have both recovered from hamstring strains in time to be available …

PA Media Birds at a commerical poultry farm in South Lanarkshire have been affected by bird flu Control zones have been put in place around a commercial poultry farm in South Lanarkshire following an outbreak of bird flu. The highly contagious H5N1 strain was confirmed at Whitelees Farm in Cleghorn, …

Three prison staff have been charged with offences following the death of an inmate at Leeds Prison. Christopher Pearson died at the jail on 10 September 2021 at the age of 42. Nurses Aimee Adam, 33, from Worksop, and Merjury Chitadzinga, 49, from Mexborough, have been charged with careworker neglect, …

PA Media Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by six police officers in Kirkcaldy in 2015 The first minister is set to meet the family of Sheku Bayoh after the judge leading the inquiry into his death stood down. Mr Bayoh was 31 when he died after being restrained by …

Troubled Hamilton Academical have been left without a director, while a Scottish FA ruling also bans the League One club’s owner from the day-to-day running of affairs. The governing body state that neither Seref Zengin nor Gerry Strain are “fit and proper to hold a position” in the game. Owner …

Rhiannon Ynell and Carys Nally,Bristol Curious Critters Several dead swans with blue eyes have been discovered at a lake A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed after dead swans were found near a popular lake. The five birds at Backwell Lake, near Bristol, on Sunday morning displayed signs of Avian …

A man has admitted shouting racist abuse at the residents of a hotel housing asylum seekers in Perth. James Ritchie, 31, was remanded in custody after he pled guilty to committing a hate crime by repeatedly shouting offensive remarks outside the Queens Hotel on 10 August last year. Ritchie’s record …

Two care workers have been charged with the ill-treatment of four people at a mental health unit which featured in an undercover BBC investigation. The Panorama programme, broadcast in 2022, revealed that patients were humiliated and bullied at the Edenfield Centre in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. Support worker Sheryl Price, 45, …

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has declared a critical incident due to “sustained pressures” across the organisation. NUH, which runs both the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital, said its emergency department was especially under strain, The critical incident was declared just after 16:00 GMT on Tuesday after the …

The man accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be allowed to wear civilian clothes during pre-trial hearings to avoid prejudicing potential jurors, a Utah judge has said. Judge Tony Graf said Tyler Robinson will be required to wear restraints during hearings, but photo or video of him in …

“It was tough under the circumstances so on Monday we came together, but it wasn’t a crisis meeting. We all know how things can change. We’re only in October. “Obviously, we also had a proper debrief with the manager but we also had a separate one as players. I wanted …

Wilson-Rowe said the pain she began to feel left her struggling to cough, sneeze and lift her son as well as sometimes struggling to breathe. Initially, it was attributed to a muscle strain, but further tests and X-rays revealed a tumour in her left lung which had spread. She is …

PA Media Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by six police officers in Fife Lord Bracadale has resigned as chairperson of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry, more than two months after he refused to quit the post. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which represents rank and file officers, had previously questioned …

Australia has accused a Chinese military aircraft of releasing flares “in close proximity” to its patrol jet over the South China Sea. The Australian government has raised its concern with Beijing over the “unsafe and unprofessional” manoeuvre, the defence department said in a statement on Monday. There was no damage …

A man who threatened to kill his mother, father, and brother in Londonderry has been jailed for six months. James Doherty, 30, of Capall Court in Derry, was also charged with criminal damage after police were called to a disturbance in August. Londonderry Magistrates’ Court was told that Doherty’s brother …

An army veteran who hounded his ex-partner with calls and messages, and hid in a bush before intercepting her as she walked to work, has been jailed. Stephen Young, from Carlisle, had been sent to prison weeks earlier for stalking the woman, with whom he had been in an 18-month …

Exhibitions are meant to promote the sport and take it to new audiences. Organisers want the best players in the world to feature because they will sell more tickets. Roger Federer played Rafael Nadal in Cape Town in 2020 in front of 51,954 fans – a reported record, external for …

US President Donald Trump is considering sending Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, saying it would provide “a new step of aggression” in its war with Russia. When asked on Air Force One if he would send Tomahawks to Ukraine, Trump replied “we’ll see… I may”. It follows a second …

A man from Londonderry has been jailed for an assault on a doctor at Altnagelvin Hospital earlier this year. Alex Crawford, 26, of Kinsale Park in Derry, admitted three charges of assault, as well as disorderly behaviour and resisting police, following an incident in the hospital’s emergency department on 13 …

The Professional Tennis Players’ Association, which was co-founded by Djokovic to increase player power, introduced a scheme in January which offers free support from two prominent law firms. The number of legal hours provided is limited, and there will be restraints too on what the ITIA will be able to …