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Cardiff: Man charged with murder after death of 43-year-old South Wales Police says that a man has been charged with the murder of 43-year-old James Brogan from St. Mellons. Georgie Tannetta,20 from Trowbridge has been charged with murder and being in possession of an offensive weapon James Brogan, died after he was discovered with serious injuries on Coleford Road in St. Mellons at around 4pm on Tuesday November 12. Man charged with murder after death of 43-year-old in Cardiff Detective Chief Inspector Lianne Rees from the Major Crime Investigation Team said: “We continue to investigate the matter and are appealing…

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SNP ruling body proposes cutting HQ staff SNP ruling body proposes cutting HQ staff. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) agreed to a proposal to “streamline” staffing during a meeting on Saturday. A voluntary redundancy scheme has been opened. National secretary Councillor Alex Kerr said the move would “protect the long-term finances of the party”. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24728978.snp-ruling-body-proposes-cutting-hq-staff/?ref=rss The SNP’s ruling body has proposed cutting staff at its headquarters from 26 to 16.

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Police probe after teen raped in Glasgow city centre early on Friday morning. The scene, between the junction with Elmbank Street and Holland Street, was taped off following the incident. Police Scotland confirmed inquiries into the serious sexual assault were ongoing. A spokesperson said: “Around 1.55am on Friday, 15 November 2024 we received a report of a serious sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in Sauchiehall Lane between the junction with Elmbank Street and Holland Street in Glasgow. “Enquiries are ongoing.” Police probe after teen raped in Glasgow city centre

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The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues Last week’s launch of a historic private member’s bill set off an impassioned nationwide discourse in the UK. Here, the Observer’s chief leader writer discusses the big talking points with the former lord chancellor Charles Falconer: The current law has been abandoned. The director of public prosecutions (DPP) will not prosecute those motivated by compassion as long as they are not healthcare professionals, despite the fact they are committing a crime to which they have no defence, with a maximum of 14 years in prison. This…

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Swimmers have been warned to stay away from the Seals – as they will bite and give them their distance amid fears of a “seal finger”. Which is a serious infection if you are bitten by the aquatic mammals that are gathering in their hundreds around the UK coastline. Stay away from the Seals The British Divers Marine Life Rescue charity issued the call after hundreds of seals were spotted off the coast of Cornwall during pupping season in recent weeks. Seals set up home off the coast of Britain Around 120,000 grey seals set up home off the coast…

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Police name young woman found dead in boot of car in London Detectives fear a young woman found dead in a car boot in London 160km (100 miles) from home was killed by someone she knew. Harshita Brella, 24, was discovered in the boot of car in Ilford, east London, after Northamptonshire Police was contacted on Wednesday by a member of the public concerned for the Brella’s welfare. They found her home in Corby They found her home in Corby, Northamptonshire, empty on Wednesday. Officers got no answer at her home in Skegness Walk and promptly launched a fast-track search…

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Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut Rosemary Coogan, European Space Agency’s second UK recruit, will be deployed to ISS for six months. She beat a field of more than 22,000 candidates and has a PhD in astrophysics and a background as a Royal Navy reserve, but the newly qualified British astronaut Rosemary Coogan believes that in future space travel should not be restricted to elites. Coogan, 33, from Belfast, who is the European Space Agency’s (Esa) second British recruit, believes we are entering a revolutionary period of space exploration that will lead not…

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