A man who strangled his fiancée just two weeks before their wedding pleaded with a judge: “Don’t take me away from my wife!” Michael Rivers-Simpson was “full of rage” when he attacked his partner at a Travelodge in Dover following a row about his excessive drinking. Michael Rivers-Simpson is now...
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican attorney is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday. Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican attorney is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday. Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a...
A man found dead at a chalet park had been shot twice in the chest, an inquest has heard. Ambulance crews were called to the Cliff Cottage Chalet Park in Fourth Avenue, Eastchurch, Sheppey, at around 9.40am on the morning of Sunday, June 11, where they found the body of...
A 66-year-old part-time concierge who caused the death of a motorcycling legend has escaped an immediate jail sentence. Rider Paul Smart, 78, was killed on the A21 Lamberhurst bypass near Flimwell when his Ducati was struck by a car doing a U-turn. Motorcycling legend Paul Smart who died in an...
A Kent councillor stands accused of sexually assaulting three pupils while a teacher at one of the county’s most prestigious schools. Russell Tillson, of Dymchurch, is alleged to have abused his position of trust to isolate and attack the Tonbridge School students. But the 73-year-old, who has served as a...
A murder suspect accused of killing a man who was shot in the chest at a holiday park has not appeared in court after becoming unwell while in custody. Jonathon Lawlor allegedly caused the death of Sam Petrou, 35, who was found dead at Cliff Cottage Chalet Park in Fourth...
WINCHESTER — Celebrity animal trainer and zookeeper Bhagavan “Doc” Antle faces up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of four felony counts of buying endangered animals. The verdicts were returned at 9:03 p.m. Friday in Frederick County Circuit Court, where a 12-member jury — nine women and three men —...
WINCHESTER — Celebrity animal trainer and zookeeper Bhagavan “Doc” Antle faces up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of four felony counts of buying endangered animals. The verdicts were returned at 9:03 p.m. Friday in Frederick County Circuit Court, where a 12-member jury — nine women and three men —...
THE death of a university student from Milford who fell through a faulty barrier while queuing for a nightclub was “predictable” and “preventable”, a court has heard. Gifted youngster Olivia Burt suffered a “devastating head injury” when a decorative screen collapsed outside Missoula in Durham city centre on 7th February...