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https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/AA4E/production/_129189534_microsoftteams-image-228.png.webp Two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 82-year-old died after being injured during a burglary at her home. Joy Middleditch was found by her family, injured ...

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/10C69/production/_129231786_gettyimages-1460359013.jpg.webp Donald Trump's lawyer has said the ex-president's legal team has not seen the indictment against him and has only media reports to go on. Joe Tacopina was speaking after a grand jury voted to ind...

Plans for a tourism tax on holidaymakers in Wales have moved a step closer. Legislation allowing local authorities to introduce a levy will be put to the Senedd within the next two years, the Welsh government has said. It has also published the findings of a public consultation on the topic. Support...

Humza Yousaf's first question session in the Scottish Parliament has been hit by a series of disruptions from climate protesters. The public gallery in the Holyrood chamber was eventually cleared after the session had to be suspended five times in the first 15 minutes. A party of school children who...

A three-year-old girl was inside a property targeted as part of a feud between drug gangs in County Down, an assembly member has said. Mike Nesbitt said the toddler was in a home that was attacked on Tuesday. There have been 11 attacks which have been linked to a dispute between rival factions of th...

A man has been found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot dead in her Liverpool home. Thomas Cashman had denied being the gunman who shot Olivia and injured her mother Cheryl Korbel after chasing a man into their home on 22 August. The 34-year-old was also found guilty...

Welsh Water customers face "significant bill increases" to pay for measures to stop sewage being released into rivers and seas, MPs have heard. The not-for-profit company told the Welsh Affairs Committee it had a "part to play" in improving water quality. More than 105,000 sewage...

Shona Robison is to replace Kate Forbes as Scotland's finance secretary after new First Minister Humza Yousaf announced his first cabinet. Ms Robison has been given the finance brief as well as serving as deputy first minister. She is a close friend of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Robis...

There have been further attacks on properties in County Down in a dispute between rival factions of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). Detectives said there were petrol bomb attacks on a house in Bangor and a block of flats in Newtownards. No one was injured in Tuesday evening's attacks, which po...

King Charles III has paid tribute to Germany's "extraordinary hospitality" towards Ukrainian refugees during his first state visit as monarch. The King said both the UK and Germany "stand together" with Ukraine in "defence of freedom and sovereignty". In his toast at a ...