New year honours 2015: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas, plus military and police honours...
View ArticleNaked climber 'scared and upset'
A British woman arrested in Malaysia for allegedly posing naked on top of a sacred mountain is "scared" and "very upset", her father has said. Timothy Hawkins said he had spoken to his daughter...
View ArticleMissing Ethan is 'safely back' with his father after mother Rebecca Minnock...
A three-year-old boy is “safely back” in the care of his father after going missing with his mother for more than two weeks. Rebecca Minnock, 35, disappeared with her son Ethan for 17 days from her...
View ArticleDe Menezes family's justice plea
No one has been held to account over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, his family's lawyer said today at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as they challenged the decision not to bring...
View ArticleMartin McGuinness agrees to meet daughter of IRA victim
Martin McGuinness will meet a young woman whose mother was shot dead by an IRA unit that was run by a British agent. Shauna Moreland's mother Caroline (34) was abducted by the IRA from her west Belfast...
View ArticleSNP's Feargal Dalton says ancestors fought the British 'but there's only one...
Feargal Dalton is a cocktail of contradictions. He's a committed nationalist espousing Scottish and Irish independence with equal fervour. Yet the Co Monaghan-born and Dublin-raised SNP politician in...
View ArticleI'm not an IRA sympathiser, says SNP politician Feargal Dalton
An Irish-born Scottish Nationalist Party politician has rubbished online smears that claim he is a supporter of IRA violence. More than 1,200 people have signed a petition by Scottish unionists to have...
View ArticleWilkinson backs Armitage decision
A last-minute World Cup return by Steffon Armitage would have been "disruptive" for England, according to Jonny Wilkinson. World Cup-winner Wilkinson has backed his former Toulon team-mate Armitage's...
View ArticleMissing mum Rebecca Minnock says she felt 'trapped' by judge's custody...
The mother at the centre of a custody battle over her three-year-old son has broken her silence to explain why she has gone on the run with him. Rebecca Minnock, 35, fled her home in Highbridge,...
View ArticleGreek leader seeks bailout deal
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has reinforced his diplomatic offensive to try to convince European creditors to pay out the bailout loans the country needs to avoid default. The creditors have...
View ArticleRunaway mother Rebecca Minnock manipulated press, court hears
Runaway mother Rebecca Minnock has been accused by a senior judge of devising a “publicity stunt” to try to get her three-year-old son, Ethan, to reside with her....
View ArticleRunaway mother's friend may face charges for lying
Family friend who helped Rebecca Minnock hide with son Ethan is freed from custody over contempt of court but perjury prosecution still possible...
View ArticleRebecca Minnock fled her home in Highbridge, Somerset, with son Ethan two...
The grandmother of missing Ethan Williams and her boyfriend have been jailed for contempt of court after lying about the toddler's disappearance. Judge Stephen Wildblood at Bristol Crown Court said he...
View ArticleThe Rebecca Minnock case: rare insights into the family court system
The judge in the case of the runaway mother has decided to make public what are usually private matters as the search for a child goes on...
View ArticleFugitive mum, Rebecca Minnock, says she's thought about turning herself in -...
A mother who fled home with her young son more than two weeks ago has said she has thought about turning herself in to the police – but can’t bear to give up the boy. Rebecca Minnock, 35 – who is still...
View ArticleMissing mother Rebecca Minnock 'manipulated press'
15 June 2015 From the section England The actions of a runaway mother at the heart of a custody battle were "utterly irresponsible", a judge has said. Rebecca Minnock and relatives tried to manipulate...
View ArticleRebecca Minnock: Missing mum urged to contact police chief
12 June 2015 From the section Somerset Rebecca Minnock and her son Ethan went missing more than two weeks ago A mother who has gone missing with her three-year-old son has been urged to speak directly...
View ArticleRebecca Minnock manipulated press during escape with son, court hears
Judge at Bristol crown court says mother and her family created publicity stunt to deny justice to three-year-old Ethan’s father, who had been granted custody...
View ArticleRebecca Minnock ‘could face strict curbs’ on access to returned son
Court hearing due as three-year-old Ethan Williams is reunited with his father after two weeks away from home...
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