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Prince Charles 'programmed' William and Harry to pick up rubbish

William and the Duke of Sussex thought it was normal to be given spikes and black plastic bags and encouraged to clean up while growing up. Prince Charles is known for his work on environmental issues such as protecting the rain forests, saving endangered species and combating the threat of climate change. He has been […]

Theresa May to lay Armistice wreath alongside German leader in historic act

Theresa May will be joined by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in laying a wreath during the ceremony. They will both also attend a special service at Westminster Abbey later that day. It will come after the prime minister travels to Belgium and France during Armistice commemorations. During Mrs May’s visits, she will lay a […]

Man fleeing 'aggressive' seals rescued from Scottish cliff face

About 50 of the mammals and their young pups turned on the angler as he walked along the beach near Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders on Friday. A Coastguard spokesman said: “The man, who had been angling in the area, was walking along the beach when he came across approximately 50 seals and their young […]

Robbie Hisgrove jailed for biting off chunk of man's ear in kebab shop

Robbie Hisgrove, 24, disfigured his victim in the early hours of 23 December last year. Prosecutor Martin Ivory said the defendant felt the man was upsetting a woman inside a kebab takeaway shop in Norwich. He admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent at an earlier hearing at Norwich Crown Court. Noting Hisgrove was under […]

IVF improvements 'causing drop in adoptions'

Nearly three in 10 women aged under 35 who undergo fertility treatment are successful – almost three times as many as when the process was developed in 1978. Anthony Douglas, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), told The Daily Telegraph: “IVF used to be around 7% successful […]

Khashoggi's body dissolved in acid, claims Turkish official

Saudi operatives dissolved journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s body after murdering and dismembering the 59-year-old, an adviser to the Turkish president said yesterday. Speaking to the ‘Hurriyet’ newspaper, Yasin Aktay, who was a friend of the dissident Saudi journalist, said his body was first cut up into pieces, to make it easier to dissolve, after he was […]

Family 'shocked' as missing woman (29) case upgraded to murder

Gardai investigating the disappearance of a 29-year-old Lithuanian woman have officially upgraded the case to one of murder. Giedre Raguckaite was last seen alive at a house in Laytown, Co Meath, on the night of May 29. She was reportedly unconscious and carried into the house in the company of two Lithuanian men who placed […]

Gardai to review handling of multiple bail breaches by convicted rapist Eoin Berkley

GARDAI are to review the handling of convicted rapist Eoin Berkley’s multiple bail breaches amid warnings he should never have been free on Dublin streets to commit the horrific rape of a young Spanish student. The internal review will take place amid increasing demands for a wide-ranging overhaul of bail, sentencing and mental health regulations […]

Boy, 17, stabbed to death outside Clapham Tube station in south London

It comes less than 24 hours after a 15-year-old boy was also stabbed to death in southeast London. Police were called at approximately 4.35pm on 2 November to reports of a stabbing outside Clapham South Tube Station. The teenager was pronounced dead in hospital at 5.23pm. His next of kin have not been informed and […]

Military drills signal growing tensions between Russia, Nato

Jonathan Eyal The US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) military alliance has vowed to continue with its biggest manoeuvres in decades off the coast of Norway despite the fact that Russia announced that, as of yesterday, it will hold missile firing tests from its ships in precisely the same region of northern Europe. “We will […]