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A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh imposed an order for lifelong restriction and ordered that Docherty must serve a minimum of six years in jail before seeking parole. Judge Michael O'Grady KC said: "The word…
Read moreIn April this year, another – rather more tawdry – statue appeared there overnight. It depicts a man, obviously a politician, holding a flag on a pole and marching forwards. But the wind has blown the flag into his face…
Read moreThe 41-year-old sexual predator, who murdered two women, raped and almost killed a third while he was on bail for multiple sex attacks, is now facing new charges of strangulation and assault. Details emerged for the…
Read moreWatching on is his then-co-star, now wife, Zendaya . She looks on in disbelief, then with unmistakable admiration. Many fans have since decided this was the moment she fell in love with him. Now I, a grown-up woman who…
Read moreFor families with children, the cost can increase to £170 weekly. Rising costs mean that 61 per cent of the people in the UK claim they’ve had to cut back. In a new series, The i Paper asks families how they manage their…
Read moreEducated in Europe, he became a professor in Buenos Aires and in 1955 was appointed director of the country's national library. Books and libraries occur throughout his fiction, so it's no surprise that, on his trip to…
Read moreThe 41-year-old serial sex offender, who is serving a whole life sentence for murdering two women and raping a third, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentional suffocation at the…
Read moreBut if a resurfaced image taken by a Nasa rover is anything to go by, the aliens that call Mars home are land-walking ‘jellyfish’. Maybe. The photo was taken by Curiosity in August 2023, 3,924 Martian days, or Sols, into…
Read moreWhen a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores on Saturday, this area was among the worst-hit. Health facilities were toppled, electricity networks cut, and after two days aftershocks still…
Read moreAt this point in 2025, arrivals had hit double figures as the Black Cats took decisive action to reboot a team promoted from the Championship via the play-offs and – to put it bluntly – not fit for Premier League…
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