ITV News Peter Connelly died following months of abuse A parole hearing to decide whether to re-release the mother of Baby P, who was jailed over his death following months of abuse, has heard “extremely moving” victim statements from the child’s loved ones. Tracey Connelly was jailed at the Old Bailey in 2009 for causing … Read more
Arundhati Roy and her brother Lalit Kumar Christopher Roy during the launch of her book Mother Mary Comes to Me in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT “Terrible things are happening. I cannot forget what is going on in the world today,” acclaimed writer Arundhati Roy said as she launched her memoir Mother … Read more
BJP workers protested by burning the effigy of Rahul Gandhi to protest that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would not speak obscenely on the Prime Minister, at Trunk Road in Ongole on September 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Members of Mahila Morcha, the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), burnt the effigy … Read more
Getty Images A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after contracting the infection, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The death, which occurred between January and June 2025, is the first fatal case of whooping cough in the UK this year. It follows government warnings about … Read more
Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” … Read more
Sophie Hutchinson Health correspondent Getty Images A former nurse has lost her High Court challenge against the registration of England’s first private gender clinic for teenagers. Susan Evans, and a mother who asked not to be named, had argued that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had “acted irrationally” in registering the Gender … Read more
Philippa Goymer BBC North East Investigations BBC Nicola Fairley was given anti-wrinkle injections containing fake Botox and ended up in hospital with botulism In recent weeks, 28 people in the north-east of England have been left with potentially fatal botulism after having anti-wrinkle injections believed to have been fake. Such reactions are usually so rare … Read more
A Tamil Nadu software engineer previously convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2017, was acquitted in a separate murder case involving his mother. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by the Principal District Court in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. The accused, Dashwanth, was found guilty of rape … Read more
Ken Banks BBC Scotland, Aberdeen Getty Images The smoking during pregnancy study looked at data from 500,000 people The sons of women who smoke while pregnant experience more long-lasting side effects than their daughters, according to a new study. University of Aberdeen researchers looked at data from 500,000 people around the UK to assess genetic … Read more
A man accused in a murder case who came out of jail on parole killed a woman and her son at Pothundi near Nenmara in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday (January 27, 2025). Chendamara, an accused undergoing trial for the murder of a woman named Sajita in 2019, hacked to death his neighbour Sudhakaran, … Read more