Detectives investigating the murder of a missing 37-year-old woman have discovered her body. Paria Veisi, from Cathays, in Cardiff, was last seen at 15:00 BST on 12 April when she left her place of work driving a black Mercedes GLC 200. A 41-year-old man from Penylan, Cardiff, and a 48-year-old woman from White City Estate,...
Chloe Hughes BBC News, West Midlands Tania Pomroy Charlotte Thomas (right) died in February 2024 when she was 25 “I don’t know anyone else my age that is married… never mind married and widowed.” Growing up in Birmingham, Tania Pomroy moved to Coventry to study at university. When she arrived at her student halls, she...
A British woman who was among four people killed in a cable car crash near Naples has been named by Italian officials as Margaret Elaine Winn. A second Briton killed in the accident has been identified by authorities but not yet named. The mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground after one of the...
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Alison Holt Social affairs editor Getty Images The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. So as the dust settles on the ruling, what can we take away from it? Clear ruling Firstly, it provides much greater clarity than many expected. The judges ruled...
A woman who was struck by a van on a golf course in Staffordshire has died. The van, which had been involved in a police pursuit, hit her at Aston Wood Golf Club, in Little Aston, on Friday morning. West Midlands Police said she died of her injuries on Tuesday night. The occupants of the...
Phil Sim BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Women’s campaigners open a bottle of champagne outside the Supreme Court The UK Supreme Court has unanimously and unambiguously backed the argument that the definition of a woman in the Equality Act should be based on biological sex. Reading out the ruling, Lord Hodge cautioned that it...
Getty Images The Supreme Court is to deliver its verdict on how a woman should be defined in law. The announcement marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle between the Scottish government and a women’s group. The outcome could have far-reaching implications on how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales. The Scottish...
Give San Francisco this much credit: at least their latest art installation doesn’t prompt any confusion over what it depicts. We think, anyway. But we’ll get to that point shortly. These days, civic art installations usually take the form of modern-art monstrosities, especially sculpture. The most common reaction to these municipal art choices is inevitably,...
Officers are continuing to search for a driver after a woman was hit by a van on a golf course following a police chase. West Midlands Police said officers were using CCTV and information from witnesses to locate the driver and two passengers after the crash left the woman, aged in her 60s, with serious...
A 21-year-old woman has been charged over damage caused to Donald Trump’s golf course at Turnberry. A green was dug up at the Ayrshire course on 8 March and another had the words “Gaza is not for sale” painted on it. Red paint was also daubed over buildings and walls at the resort. The woman...
A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger’s baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman’s embryos into her. The mix-up at Monash IVF in Brisbane, Queensland has been blamed on human error, Australian media reports. “On behalf of Monash IVF, I want to say how truly sorry I am for...
A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in early 2024. She was found guilty of treason for donating money to a US-based...
Maisie Lillywhite & Duncan Cook BBC News, Gloucestershire BBC Sallyann Anderson said she feels ‘very sorry’ for the family of the woman who was buried in her grave A woman who discovered a body had been buried in her future grave is “happy” an exhumation will take place. Sallyann Anderson paid for a plot beside...
A “miracle” baby has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister’s womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK’s only successful womb transplant. Mum Grace and her...