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Former Irish president condemns Catholic Church as 'empire of misogyny'

Former Irish president Mary McAleese has strongly criticized the Catholic Church over a lack of gender inclusion and LGBT rights.

Mar 8, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Pope Francis

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Policeman injured in Russian nerve agent assassination bid on former spy Sergei Skripal now talking

Police are still appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the attack in Salisbury over the weekend.

Mar 8, 2018

By Jordan Bhatt

Russia

Woman's DNA found on Marvel sweatpants and lightsaber after being raped and set on fire

The female was 28-year-old mother Quyen Ngoc Nguyen.

Mar 8, 2018

By Lucia Binding

Man suspected of killing partner's 1-year-old boy freed after key witness fails to turn up to court

Dylon James Kirkpatrick, 26, from Ramseur, North Carolina, was charged with the murder of 1-year-old Ryker Baker who died on 10 February this year.

Mar 8, 2018

By William Watkinson

Parsons Green Tube 'bucket bomber' allegedly told UK officials he had been trained to kill by Isis

Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, injured 30 commuters when he allegedly detonated an explosive device concealed in a bucket on a packed London tube train.

Mar 7, 2018

By William Watkinson

Parsons Green London

Couple and daughter in critical condition after they were victims of 2 knife attacks in Vienna

Four people were injured in two separate knife attacks in Vienna. Police are looking into whether the attacks were linked.

Mar 7, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Britain First leader and deputy jailed for hate crimes as judge slams their 'hostility towards Muslims'

Leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen were jailed for a total of 54 weeks after being convicted of hate crimes convicted at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.

Mar 7, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Nerve agent 'used to try to kill' Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury

Scotland Yard have stated that Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were 'targeted specifically' in Salisbury town centre in Wiltshire last weekend.

Mar 7, 2018

By William Watkinson

Russia

Florida shootings: Nikolas Cruz may face death penalty as he is charged with 17 counts of murder

A grand jury has formally charged Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of murder linked to the Florida high school mass shooting.

Mar 7, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Russian spy poisoning: CCTV shows blonde woman and man near bench where Sergei Skripal collapsed

CCTV shows blonde woman and man near bench where Russian spy Sergei Skripal collapsed in suspected poisoning and assassination attempt.

Mar 7, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Russia

London knife crime epidemic: My story

The increase in knife crime has not gone unnoticed in the capital, with police facing new challenges everyday.

Mar 7, 2018

By Jordan Bhatt

London UK crime

Mum 'returned to work after son, 8, shoots his sister, 4, multiple times leaving her injured'

Ohio mother Alyssa Edwards, 27, is facing two charges of child endangering after she allegedly left her daughter with multiple gunshot wounds when she was shot by her brother.

Mar 6, 2018

By William Watkinson

Friend of murdered spy Litvinenko says latest 'poisoning' is Kremlin message to would-be betrayers

Historian Yuri Felshtinsky who wrote a book with murdered spy Alexander Litvinenko says the Kremlin would have been targeting Sergei Skripal for a long time.

Mar 6, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Russia

Girl, 12, was forced to 'swallow her own vomit by couple who sexually abused her for years'

The 12-year-old victim was allegedly told that she would 'lose her guardian angels' if she reported the abuse by Jennifer Stevens and her husband, Michael Stevens.

Mar 6, 2018

By William Watkinson

Girl, 17, has 'throat slashed' and man she vanished with is critically injured in police van bloodbath

A 17-year-old girl, of Cannock, Staffordshire, and the 45-year-old man that she vanished with have both been critically injured after an incident in the back of a police van.

Mar 6, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Ryanair CEO threatens to ground planes post-Brexit and warns there will be no more cheap holidays

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary says his airline may ground flights after Brexit to make voters "rethink".

Mar 6, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Brexit

Flatmate who watched 6 hours of sadomasochistic porn on drugs before killing woman with hammer jailed

The Old Bailey said Lucian Stinci was 'infatuated' with his flatmate Florina Pastina, who he repeatedly hit her over the head with a hammer at the home they shared in London.

Mar 6, 2018

By William Watkinson

London UK crime