With chaos and violence persisting “by design” at aid sites set up by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization in Gaza, the death toll at the distribution points rose Wednesday, as did the overall number of deaths in the enclave since Israel began bombarding the civilian population 20 months ago. At least 120 Palestinians were killed...
A man cleared of murder has been sentenced for possessing the knife he used in the fatal incident in Plymouth last year. Tahla Redwan was found not guilty of murdering 36-year-old Shane Sweet, from Plymouth, by a jury at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday. Redwan, 20, admitted he stabbed Mr Sweet twice in the chest...
A fifth man has appeared in court charged with murder after the death of a 24-year-old man in Exmouth. Ben Helliker, 26, of Halsdon Road, Exmouth, has been accused of murdering Denva Smith on 31 May in the town. Helliker was jointly charged with the murder along with Zac Davies, 23, of Hawthorn Grove, Exmouth;...
Family photo Ben Crook travelled to Turkey to celebrate his 32nd birthday but died hours after a row with flight staff A man fell to his death hours after being escorted off a plane in Turkey after getting into a row with flight staff over wanting more alcohol, an inquest has heard. Ben Crook, 32,...
Amber Edwards BBC News, South West BBC Marian Wade and Sgt James Gallienne with a compassionate box The family of a Devon man who died in a single-vehicle crash has launched a new initiative for police to compassionately return a loved one’s belongings. Chris Wade, from Sidmouth, died in June 2023 after he suffered a...
Lynette Horsburgh BBC News BBC Police cordons included the Fairway Inn in New Moston Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed, police have said. Police, paramedics and an air ambulance were called to Nevin Road in the New Moston area of Manchester at about 17:00 BST on...
It’s been five years since the George Floyd/BLM protests and riots. Therefore, the leftwing legacy media seizes upon this occasion to pull out its race-colored thermometer to measure America’s post George Floyd “racial progress.” A recent New York Times headline read, “Five Years After Floyd — We...
Two men have been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder after a 16-year-old was struck by a car which failed to stop at the scene. South Yorkshire Police said Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Amaan Ahmed, 26, both of Locke Drive, Sheffield, have been charged in relation to the death of Abdullah Yaser...
A British woman has been charged in Australia over the death of a man she allegedly hit while riding an e-scooter after a night of drinking. Prosecutors told magistrates that Alicia Kemp, 24, hit Thanh Phan, 51, from behind at speeds of 20-25km/h (12-15mph) on a pavement in Perth city centre on 31 May. The...
Getty Images The boy was on holiday with his mother when the accident happened last summer A 12-year-old boy fell to his death at Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher after slipping in a puddle close to the edge, an inquest has heard. Zhihan Zhao and his mother, both Chinese nationals, were with her friends at the...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter PA Media Dr Clare Bailey Mosley said the family had “taken real comfort in knowing just how many lives Michael touched” The family of late TV doctor Michael Mosley have described the past year as “the hardest of our lives” in a message on the first anniversary of his death. Mosley...
Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands West Midlands Police Abiyah Yasharahyalah was found to have been severely malnourished A boy who was starved to death and buried in a garden by his parents was “invisible and lost” from the sight of authorities, an independent review said. Abiyah Yasharahyalah, three, died after his parents’ culture and...
Eimear Flanagan BBC News NI BBC Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs took part in a BBC Radio Ulster documentary called Exonerated in 2017 A US woman who spent years on death row for murders she didn’t commit was among two people found dead after a house fire in the Republic of Ireland. Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs died alongside...
Steve James Bethan James died from a combination of sepsis, pneumonia and Crohn’s disease in 2020 The daughter of a former Glamorgan and England cricketer could have been saved if she received the correct treatment, an inquest has heard. Bethan James, 21, from Cardiff, died on 9 February 2020 and a post-mortem examination found her...
A further four suspects have been arrested after the death of a man in Exmouth on Saturday. Officers were called at about 00:45 BST after they received reports a 24-year-old man had been assaulted and found in a garden of a property at Ashfield Close, Exmouth. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and three...