A woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after the loss of her husband has been found guilty of his murder. Kouri Richins slipped five-times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail that Eric Richins drank in the false hope of inheriting his estate worth more than $4m (£3m) in Utah […]
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Temperatures in parts of the UK could climb as high as 20C, as forecasters predict Wednesday could be Britain’s warmest day of the year so far. The Met Office said there will be spells across most of England and Wales on Wednesday, and Britons can expect to feel warm in the sunshine. The warmer weather
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A Russian natural gas tanker adrift in the Mediterranean Sea represents an “imminent and serious” ecological threat, several European nations have warned. The Arctic Metagaz has been drifting in waters between Malta and Italy, European Union (EU) states, including France and Italy, said in a letter to the European Commission. Earlier this month, Russia‘s Transport
How did Chelsea dominate in the Roman Abramovich era? In part with players, the Premier League has now concluded, signed involving financial deceptions. How were they able to avoid a points deduction and accept a fine – albeit a record £10.75m – that they won’t even need to pay themselves? An explanation is provided in
The BBC has filed a motion in a US court to dismiss a $10bn lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump over an edited documentary clip. The broadcaster claimed that the case could have a “chilling effect” on robust reporting. Mr Trump’s 33-page complaint relates to the corporation’s editing of a speech he made on
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Afghanistan has claimed 400 people have been killed in a Pakistan strike which Kabul said hit a hospital that treats drug addicts. Pakistan had earlier dismissed the claim it had attacked a hospital in the capital, saying its strike in Kabul and other strikes in eastern Afghanistan on Monday had not hit any civilian sites.
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Astronomers have spotted a molten alien planet orbiting a star in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way galaxy that has a surface not unlike a vision of hell. The planet, named L 98-59 d, is covered with magma and has a noxious and fiercely hot sulfur-rich atmosphere. It has a diameter more than 60% greater
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Nellie was 14 and in a relationship when she was asked to send nude images over Snapchat. She did it, in part, because it was “so normalised” among her friends to send nudes that she didn’t think too much about it. She also knew that if the images were saved or screenshotted on Snapchat, she’d
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It’s our second day inside Iran – a country at war, and its capital Tehran is tense and subdued. Many have fled, those left behind carry on as best they can. There is the regular sound of outgoing anti-aircraft fire and the thuds of incoming missiles. Police stations and checkpoints are regularly being targeted, we
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Real-time pollution warnings are needed at Lake Windermere after two people swimming there were taken to hospital last summer, campaigners have said. A seven-year-old boy developed life-threatening kidney failure following an E coli infection allegedly linked to him swimming in the lake. Windermere, in the Lake District in Cumbria, is one of the UK’s most