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Bernadette AllenBBC News NI Google maps The accused appeared at Lisburn Magistrates Court on Saturday A 30-year-old man who has appeared in Lisburn Magistrates’ Court charged with sexual assault has been refused bail. Dean Martin with an address in Wood Lane, Lurgan spoke only to confirm he understood the charges …

Four people have been shot at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in North Carolina, according to police. Police in Concord said three of the victims are in a “critical” condition following the incident. They have appealed for witnesses, and officers are reviewing footage of the event – which was advertised …

An MP has said he was raped after a night out nearly a decade ago, as he called for an end to the stigma around being a victim of sexual assault. Labour’s Josh Newbury said during a debate on International Men’s Day that he had been on a night out …

A man who died following a two-vehicle crash in County Londonderry has been named as David Elder. The 57-year-old, from Ballymoney in County Antrim, was involved in a collision between a lorry and a white Peugeot Partner van on the Windyhill Road between Limavady and Coleraine on Thursday. Mr Elder, …

Marcus WhiteSouth of England Family photo Ann Blackwood’s “shocking and brutal death sorely impacted many people”, her brother said A man who lay in wait for five hours at a cemetery in order to kill his ex-wife has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years and 230 days. Martin …

Jim ReedHealth reporter, BBC News Getty Images The provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part of the Covid inquiry (stock image) The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians …

Facebook Bryonie Gawith (left) and her children Denisty Birtle (top), Aubree Birtle (bottom) and Oscar Birtle (right) all died in the fire A woman who escaped a fatal house fire which killed four members of her family has told a court how a man accused of the murders had doused …

A teacher who repeatedly sent intimate text messages to a pupil has been ordered to carry out unpaid community work. David Vincent gave the teenager his phone number, sent her a Valentine’s card and told her he loved her while he was working as a physics teacher at Inverness’ Charleston …

A Florida congresswoman has been charged with stealing $5m (£3.8m) in federal disaster funds. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of laundering some of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) money into her 2021 election campaign. The 46-year-old Democrat is under investigation by the House of Representatives Ethics Committee and could be …

BBC Children in Need Children in Need confirms its recently appointed chair, Terry Duddy, has resigned following a driving conviction The chair of BBC Children in Need has resigned after he was convicted of careless driving for crashing into a cyclist. Terence Duddy’s BMW knocked a woman off her bike …

Three people have been arrested and charged in an investigation into missing ashes at a funeral directors. Police have been investigating alleged fraud and mishandling of remains at A Milne Funeral Directors, based in Glasgow and Dumbarton. A 58-year-old man and 38-year-old woman were arrested in the Flint area of …

Hertfordshire Police David Carrick now must wait until 2055 before he can apply for parole Convicted rapist and former Met police officer David Carrick has received an additional life sentence. The 50-year-old was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s when he was 14 …

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he signed a bill ordering the release of all files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The bill requires the justice department to release all information from its Epstein investigation “in a searchable and downloadable format” within 30 days. …

They’ve said they are offering him an opportunity to tell them everything, once and for all. But as we hit the two-week deadline set by the US Congress committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein for a reply from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, will he agree to their request to open up about the paedophile …

Katie Price’s former husband Kieran Hayler has appeared in court accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. Mr Hayler, 38, arrived at Crawley Magistrates Court earlier to answer three counts of rape and one of sexually assaulting the girl. The offences were reported to have happened at an address in West …

Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Guy Delauney,Balkans correspondent AFP The club’s owner, nearest the camera, is among those on trial Thirty-five people and three institutions have gone on trial in North Macedonia over a devastating fire at a nightclub that killed 63, mainly young, people in March. “I know about …

Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a government minister have had their convictions overturned. Ayeshah Behit, 32, and Hiba Ahmed, 26, were in June found guilty of the offence against the Labour MP for Pontypridd, Alex Davies-Jones, at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court. The pair challenged the ruling, asking for the …

Press Association Hiba Ahmed, left, and Ayeshah Behit, right, successfully appealed their convictions for alleged harassment of Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a government minister have had their convictions overturned. Ayeshah Behit, 31, and Hida Ahmed, 26, were found guilty in June of the …

Department of Justice Northern Ireland Elijah Gavin, 29, is currently listed as being “unlawfully at large” from HMP Magilligan A man on the run from a prison in County Londonderry has been jailed in the US for his role in a “travelling conman fraud group” that netted more than 1 …

[ Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels An international survey has found that women are twice as likely as men to receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and are also more likely to experience long-term memory loss and other adverse effects as a result. The study “Electroconvulsive therapy and women: An international survey,” …