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  1. Fresh inquest to be held into death of five-year-old girl who was fatally scalded by hot bath nearly 50 years ago

    Janice Nix was jailed for 12 years for the manslaughter of her stepdaughter, Andrea Bernard, who suffered burns over her body from a bath she was forced into at her family home.

  2. TikTok videos emerge from police cadet accused of sex offences against underage boy

    Laura Beatrice Richardson, 23, is accused of having sex with an underage boy while studying as a police cadet.

  3. Comedian claims Chichester is awash with 'racism, xenophobia and homophobia' after performing in Shakespeare play at city's theatre

    Kate Winslet is among A-listers who have decamped to the south-coast city but the actors of A Midsummer Night's Dream encountered an ugly underbelly.

  4. Female vintage motorcycle enthusiast found dead with her partner in suspected suicide pact

    The woman, named locally as Jenny Westwood, who was believed to be in her early 60s, was found dead at the home she rented with her partner, Victoria Williams, who was in her 40s and known as Vicky.

  5. Salford schools to get up to £1,400 each under new books funding

    Extra funding will also go towards schools serving more disadvantaged communities

  6. Civil servant who earned £280K by working FIVE jobs at same time tells court he failed to disclose roles 'because he was suffering with stress'

    Kashim Chowdhury, 55, is accused of exploiting the post-Covid work-from-home culture to take on multiple roles from unwitting departments for the government.

  7. This WA school funding rule means eight-year-olds could be managing life-threatening condition alone

    Expecting an eight-year-old to shoulder the responsibility of managing type 1 diabetes alone, particularly while in a busy school environment full of demands and distractions, is unreasonable, according to a WA mother.

  8. ‘Follow the carbon’: Call for tougher waste laws as farmers reap benefits of compost

    Recycling chief Greg Watts calls for stricter laws and higher landfill fees as farm trials proves compost matches traditional fertiliser.

  9. Former Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico is tied up alongside influencer wife in front of their children in terrifying home raid

    Former Fulham goalie Sergio Rico and his wife were tied up in front of their young children during a terrifying armed robbery at their Spanish home.

  10. Serial-killer-obsessed teenager, 15, who stabbed girl in the back at school is convicted of attempted murder

    The boy, who also had dark thoughts about his 'hatred for women', approached his innocent victim in a corridor while wearing a mask and plunged the blade into her back.