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PA Media Stoddart was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh A former Royal Air Force serviceman who repeatedly sexually abused a woman in Moray has been jailed for 10 years. Graham Stoddart, 43, was convicted of rape and sexual assault charges after a trial last month. The offences happened …

Rebels linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have killed more than 50 people at a funeral ceremony in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials have said. Most of the victims were hacked with machetes in the night-time assault by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on a village in North …

A serial sex offender who carried out attacks on three victims across Tayside has been given a life sentence. James Donaldson, 59, preyed on two boys and a young man between 1991 and 2018 in Dundee, Perthshire and Angus. A court heard he targeted the first of his victims shortly …

More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky has said, citing initial reports. The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the Donetsk settlement of Yarova, he said. Yarova, to the north of Sloviansk, is one …

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a freight train crashed into a double-decker bus in central Mexico, authorities have said. The incident happened as the bus, operated by the Herradura de Plata bus company, was making its way into an industrial zone south …

A freight train has collided with a double-decker bus in Mexico, shearing it in two and killing at least 10 people while injuring 41 others, authorities said. The accident took place shortly before 7am (2pm UK time) on a railway crossing in an industrial part of Atlacomulco, a town about …

Peter WalkerBBC News, Essex Essex Police Kieran Shepherd died from his injuries after being attacked in Meadgate Avenue, Great Baddow, on 15 October 2024 A drug dealer has been found guilty of murdering a man who was walking his dog. Kieran Shepherd, 30, was attacked in Meadgate Avenue in Great …

A 27-year-old man has admitted causing the death of a Belfast man by careless driving. Richard Boyle, who was 42, was walking his dog on the Stewartstown Road in the west of the city in February 2021 when he was hit by a car. Both Mr Boyle and his pet …

The third British victim killed in the Lisbon funicular crash has been named by police. David Young, 82, from the Holyhead area on Anglesey, was among the 16 people who died last Wednesday when the Glória funicular derailed and crashed into a building in Portugal’s capital. North Wales Police confirmed …

A former anaesthetist has gone on trial in the city of Besançon, in eastern France, accused of intentionally poisoning 30 people, including 12 patients who died. Frédéric Péchier, 53, considered by colleagues to be a highly-talented practitioner, was first placed under investigation eight years ago, when he was suspected of …

PSNI Chrissy Burns was in his early 40s and originally from Warrenpoint, County Down A 39-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Christopher “Chrissy” Burns in County Armagh last week. Mr Burns was found dead with serious injuries to his head and face at a property …

A 40-year-old man charged with murder of a Tottenham woman has been named. Simon Levy is accused of killing Sheryl Wilkins and is also charged with two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent and intentional strangulation in relation to a second victim. Ms Wilkins, 39, was found unresponsive …

Once upon a time if folks wanted to pinpoint the most economically-vulnerable country in Europe – the one most likely to face a crisis – they would invariably point to Greece or to Italy.  They were the nations with the eye-waveringly high bond yields, signalling how reluctant financiers were to …

Family photo Jessica Gallagher was 24 when she died in an explosion at a service station in Creeslough, County Donegal A sister of one of the 10 people killed in the Creeslough explosion has said victims’ families have been “left in the dark” about what caused it nearly three years …

PA Media Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he is concerned about the “balance” of the cabinet after a reshuffle sparked by Angela Rayner’s resignation for under paying stamp duty. She left her roles as housing secretary and deputy prime minister, as well as deputy leader of the Labour Party, …

At least two people have been killed and 11 injured in a new Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, local officials have said. One of the victims was a one-year-old baby, whose body was pulled from the rubble, Kyiv’s military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said Sunday. A young …

Heather Hall’s family Heather Hall was one of 16 people killed in the crash on Wednesday An American who died in Lisbon’s deadly funicular crash has been identified as Heather Hall, a mother of two and college teacher who was visiting Portugal from the US state of South Carolina. An …

Scotland’s one-day international against hosts Canada was abandoned without a ball being bowled, because of softness on one particular area of the pitch. The toss was delayed at King City in Ontario after concerns were raised over the damp patch. Despite minimal rain in the hours and days preceding the …

A report into the deadly Lisbon funicular crash has said the cable linking two carriages snapped and the brakeman activated the brakes. The carriages had travelled no more than six metres when they “suddenly lost the balancing force of the connecting cable”. The vehicle’s brakeman immediately “activated the pneumatic brake as …

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