Man ‘fought off Argos warehouse knife attacker with fire extinguisher’
A man has said he fought off an alleged knife attacker at a Sainsbury’s Argos warehouse by hitting him on the head with a fire extinguisher. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to ...
Dail moves to resolve dispute which delayed taoiseach nomination
The process of nominating a new taoiseach faced an unprecedented day-long delay due to a heated dispute over opposition speaking rights.
Micheal Martin formally becomes Taoiseach
Micheal Martin has formally become Taoiseach during a ceremony with the Irish president, Michael D Higgins. Earlier, Mr Martin said he was “thankful” to his supporters after he received the backing of ...
Government refuses emergency use of banned bee-killing pesticide on sugar beet
Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying aphids.
Donald Trump says Joe Biden not pardoning himself was 'mistake' and hints at possible investigation
Donald Trump has warned that Joe Biden 's failure to pardon himself before leaving office was a “mistake”. In the days ...
Poor emergency care ‘accepted as inevitable’ – leading medics and patient groups
Poor standards of care have been “normalised and accepted as inevitable” in emergency hospital care, a group of experts has warned. Leading medics and patient groups said that the NHS “got the winter ...
Pride mixed with disappointment as Kneecap miss out on chance of Oscar glory
Excitement gave way to groans of disappointment in a Belfast bar as fans realised the Irish language rap trio Kneecap would not be gracing the red carpet at this year’s Oscars ceremony.
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Travis Perkins fined £2m after dad-of-three killed by timber-load lorry fall
Jack Stevens, 28, was driving his BMW when materials pierced his windscreen and killed him on the A26 in Newhaven, East Sussex on May 13 2020. Jack Stevens was killed after loose timber fell off a ...
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Social media companies could have helped to prevent riots, police chief says
Social media companies could have worked with authorities to prevent misinformation as rioting broke out in the wake of Axel Rudakubana’s horrific attack, the Merseyside Police chief has said. Violent ...
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Innocent Southport victims ‘did not know evil’ before day of attack
DCI Jason Pye, who led the investigation, said no training course could have prepared his officers for the horror of what they saw. Court artist sketch of Axel Rudakubana, 18 (Elizabeth Cook/PA) ...
Southport attack survivor says victims have ‘scars we cannot unsee’
A dance teacher injured in the Southport attack has said Axel Rudakubana’s victims have scars “we cannot unsee”, as survivors gave their harrowing accounts of the day. Leanne Lucas was overseeing a ...
Man denies murders of wife ‘who was divorcing him’ and her son, court told
Calogero Ricotta, 64, denies the murders of his 54-year-old wife Maria Nugara and her 29-year-old son Giuseppe Morreale.