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A body found on farmland outside Glasgow is that of the missing nurse Karen Buckley, it has been confirmed. Police have arrested a man, understood to be 21-year-old Alexander Pacteau, in connection with the death of Ms Buckley, who disappeared on Saturday.
Fighting continues a year after war started
A year after war broke out in eastern Ukraine, the village of Shyrokyne is testing the limits of repeated ceasefires. The village, which lies on the path to the strategic port town of Mariupol, has been the scene of renewed clashes in recent days, further fuelling the misery of its residents.
Teenager jailed for car crash death
A teenage driver has been jailed for four years for causing the death by dangerous driving of a 14-year-old girl as she walked to school. Robert Blackwell, 19, struck Liberty Baker in Witney, Oxfordshire, on 30 June.
He received a text message before the crash which was described as the “source of distraction”.
Dalai Lama ‘might not be reborn’
The Dalai Lama has the right to decide whether or not he is reincarnated, a top Tibetan monk in exile said yesterday. The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has become a politically contentious issue between Chinese officials and Tibetan Buddhists since the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959.
Top judge warns of bias in courts
Affluent, white judges in Britain might be subconsciously biased against poor, non-white or foreign defendants standing trial, the UK’s most senior judge has warned. Lord Neuberger, the president of the Supreme Court, said “unfairnesses, misunderstandings and injustices” were a still a reality.
Radical nuns agree to follow Vatican line
A six-year row between activist nuns and the Vatican, which branded them radical feminists, has ended with the nuns agreeing to keep to Catholic doctrine. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80 per cent of US nuns, had been criticised for its soft line on birth control and homosexuality.
Abortions to be legal in limited cases
Abortion laws in Northern Ireland are set to be reformed for the first time in 70 years. Terminations should be available in the event of a foetus suffering from a fatal abnormality meaning that it could not survive outside the womb, the region’s Justice minister David Ford has announced.
Migrants ‘throw 12 overboard after row’
Police in Sicily reported Muslim migrants had thrown 12 Christians overboard during a recent crossing from Libya, and aid groups said 41 were feared drowned in a separate incident. Palermo police said they detained 15 people after interviewing survivors from Nigeria and Ghana who arrived on Wednesday.
Three men ‘caught fleeing to join Isis’
Three men who allegedly tried to smuggle themselves out of Britain in an attempt to travel to Iraq or Syria to join Isis have been charged with terror offences. Gabriel Clement Rasmus, 28, Anas Abdow Abdalla, 26, and Mahamuud Diini, 25, all from Birmingham, are accused of preparing acts of terrorism.
Farmer loses fight to save ‘Tudor castle’
A farmer has been told to tear down his mock Tudor castle after losing a seven-year legal battle. Robert Fidler, 63, said it would be hard to demolish the four-bedroom castle at Honeycrock Farm, in Salfords, Surrey. Mr Fidler, who built it without permission, has been fighting to save it since the council ordered it knocked down in 2008.
No more dirty underwear in jail
A prison in Ohio has become so sick of contraband being delivered to inmates that it has banned all underwear deliveries to prisoners in the jail. Instead, the inmates at the Franklin County jail are now required either to buy underwear at the prison’s commissary or go commando, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
Great escape: inmates read all about it
The memoir of a man’s escape from a prison camp is being sent to dozens of jails as part of global campaign to improve literacy and encourage reading. Escape From Camp 14, by the US journalist Blaine Harden, is being mailed out to hundreds of prisoners along with a selection of other titles as part of World Book Night.
Fraudsters target ‘Brangelina’ wine
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s wine venture has been targeted by Chinese counterfeiters. The Hollywood couple produced their Miraval Rosé with the Perrin family, the leading organic wine grower of the Southern Rhône Valley, who found evidence of faked bottles in China. The firm “moved swiftly” to crack down on the fraud.
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