Police in Manchester and Kent are investigating claims that current and former executives at fashion retailer Boohoo have been victims of stalking and surveillance. Greater Manchester Police said it was investigating allegations “relating to serious distress” but had made no arrests. The Times newspaper reported that stalking is allegedly a crime Boohoo co-founder and executive…
BBC An alternative doctor has been jailed for 10 years after a court found him guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence. Hongchi Xiao, 61, of Cloudbreak, California, was convicted after 71-year-old Danielle Carr-Gomm died from diabetes-related complications in 2016. He stopped taking his insulin during a Slapping Wiltshire workshop organized by Geo in 2016. Ms…
A woman has appeared in court accused of possessing a banned pitbull terrier which fatally injured a man in east London. Leanne McDonnell, 32, appeared at Barkingside Magistrates Court charged with owning or being in charge of the dog that attacked Akif Mustaq in Stratford on Wednesday morning. Prosecutor Ramandeep Mahajan told the court on…
getty images Opposition fighters have captured Hama, a key city on the road to the capital Damascus The speed with which the status quo in Syria – however unresolved and unsatisfactory – has been overturned in recent days is extraordinary. Syrian government officials and supporters were still insisting that the army would maintain control of…
Thames Valley Police Joanna Simpson, 46, was beaten to death by her husband, Robert Brown, in 2010. Jealous former partners who beat or strangle their victims will face tougher jail sentences, the Justice Secretary has announced. Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said the move was part of the government’s crackdown on violence against women. It follows…
supply Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar died at the scene of the attack The families of three people killed in the Nottingham attacks have welcomed a move to review manslaughter laws and the sentencing framework for murder. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death by…
It was breathless stuff at Basin Reserve, lifted by the Wonder of Wellington, the last time these two sides met on this ground. On that occasion New Zealand had won by one run. Brook had scored a century even then. He also took his only Test wicket. In the second innings he was run out…
Watch the moment a fan distracted batsman Marnus Labuschagne with a beer snake on the first day of Australia’s second Test with India in Adelaide, forcing bowler Mohammed Siraj to pull the ball. SEE MORE: ‘What’s going on?!’ – Australia vs India Test shrouded in darkness Available to UK users only. Source link
Mitchell Starc claimed career-best Test figures of 6-48 as Australia took the lead on the first day of the second Test against India. Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to use the pitch first at the Adelaide Oval, but India were all out for 180 thanks to some quality bowling from Starc. This left-arm…
BBC Army shot dead 13 people on Bloody Sunday A former British soldier has pleaded innocent to the murder of two men on Bloody Sunday more than half a century ago. In June, lawyers for the former paratrooper known as Soldier F applied for the case against him was dismissed Before his trial. Judge Mr…
