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Lawyers say Essex County Council tricked detained Italian mother and took baby without permission.

Gerry Donnelly had access to £107,000 but was murdered after choosing to sleep in Dublin's Phoenix Park.

French experts dismiss poisoning claim and say former Palestine leader 'most likely' died from natural causes

Prosecutors say limbs recovered from Noirmoutier, Vendée province, belong to same man.

Study of global food consumption shows humans are eating more meat.

'Half-Tonne Killer' reveals her waistline led to her taking the rap for murder her sister committed.

Charity finds possible human trafficking victim who does not know his name, age or nationality.

Kwiatkowski sentenced to 39 years for infecting patients with hepatitis C.

Harrison Okene found by divers after surviving in underwater air pocket for 62 hours.

Jihadists with al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra among groups that overran pilgrimage site.

Nonhuman Rights Project wants to save chimps from being exhibits in New York.

Pregnant woman in Abu Dhabi diagnosed with Mers-CoV gives birth to baby.

Moscow court convicts former soloist at the Bolshoi over acid attack.

Klaus Andres admitted killing wife and dissolving her body with 60 litres of acid in a wheelie bin.

Celebrity pastry chef helped other passengers after a New York train crash, and one woman said he saved her life.

Aimee West and Lyn Rigby face Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale in court.

Berlin's coalition government to slap ban on underage cosmetic surgery unless medically approved.

Samaritans condemns film of self-immolation suicide bid for 4Chan messageboard forum users.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Vatican talks with pontiff.

Search continues for more bodies of victims killed after copter smashed into pub roof.

Sara Ayech, of Greenpeace UK, tells us that the battle to free the Arctic 30 is only just beginning.

West Midlands Police will pay revellers who turn in friends and loved ones for drinking and driving.

Experts say Africa will lose a fifth of its elephants over the next decade.

Passenger knocked unconscious after member of gang of men kicks her in stomach on board route 344 bus.

Reynolds made sexual advances to Georgia but she had told him no.

Thalidomide distributor settles legal action with over 100 victims.

Glasgow court date for boy over alleged offensive remarks in wake of helicopter crash.

MP John Hemming says UK courts regularly separate mother from child.

Director's Weibo admission that he has two sons and a daughter could cost him a staggering £16m in fines.