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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife Lady Donaldson deny a combined 23 charges, which are alleged to have been committed between 1985 and 2008. BBC News

China has also prevailed on Thailand and Cambodia to extradite two Chinese business figures accused of running scam empires, She Zhijiang, who built an entire city in Myanmar’s war-torn Karen State, and Chen Zhi, who amassed wealth and power with his Prince Group conglomerate in Cambodia. The Chinese government has …

Belfast businessman Frank Cushnahan has been on trial for the past four months. BBC News

Natalie was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed at her home in Lurgan in December 2022. BBC News

[ Head and neck cancer trials are frequently derailed before they can deliver answers. A new analysis suggests that the most common reasons are sponsor decisions related to safety or effectiveness and poor patient recruitment. Source link

[ A new study suggests that the immune checkpoint inhibitor, durvalumab, may offer new treatment options for patients living with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, its cost raises questions about sustainability, prevention and access. Source link

[ Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have led the first clinical trial in the world to show that cancer drug treatments can be safely and effectively personalized based on the unique DNA of a patient’s tumor. Source link

[ Randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard for establishing a medication’s effects, producing the evidence by which most drugs and interventions in the U.S. are approved. Source link

A large fire has broken out at an industrial estate in Bangor, County Down. The Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) are at the scene of the fire at Balloo Industrial Estate. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has advised the public to avoid the Balloo Way, in Bangor. Residents …

BBC The lorry crashed into an industrial unit in Wingate Close on Wednesday A lorry became wedged after it left the road and smashed through a fence at an industrial estate in Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Police said it was called at 04:15 GMT on Wednesday after the lorry and its trailer …

Nicolas Maduro, former president of Venezuela, made his first court appearance in New York City after his capture by US forces in Caracas on 3 January. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in handcuffs and leg shackles before a judge. They are due to stand trial for charges including …

A former volunteer police constable has appeared in court after he was charged with the rape of a teenage girl. Thomas Stokes, 25, of Walsall, was charged with raping a girl aged 13-15 and appeared at Cannock Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Mr Stokes, who had been a special constable with …

[ For over a century, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention or slowing, rather than recovery. Despite billions of dollars spent on decades of research, there has never been a clinical trial of a drug for AD with an outcome goal of …

Four people have pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man. Liam Woolford, from Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, died after an incident on Poets Close, Rhydyfelin, RCT, in the early hours of 23 September. Five people have since been charged in relation to Mr …

[ A recently approved injectable eczema drug provides quick itch relief to patients with the maddening skin disease, a new study says. Source link

A 15-year-old is accused of murdering nine-year-old Aria Thorpe. BBC News

[ University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a noninferiority threshold under risk-based screening, and breast biopsy rates ran higher rather than lower. Source link

A County Antrim gaelic footballer has admitted injuring a woman by careless driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. A woman in her 30s was hit by a van on the Glenravel Road in Martinstown on 26 October 2024. Kavan Keenan’s trial was due to start …

[ A new study finds just 6% of clinical trials used to approve new drugs in the U.S. reflect the country’s racial and ethnic makeup, with an increasing trend of trials underrepresenting Black and Hispanic individuals. Source link

[ Children with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma which hasn’t responded to initial treatment or that has relapsed may benefit from adding antibody treatment to usual chemotherapy, according to new results from a clinical trial. Source link