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Hospital staff member arrested over alleged poisoning after death of infant

A health worker has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning an infant who died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. West Midlands Police said the 27-year-old woman was arrested last Thursday, hours after the death, on suspicion of administering poison ...

23 May 2022 at 08:29

Local News

'Balor of the Eye' of Poisoned Glen mythological fame features on new Halloween stamps

An Post has released a series of new Halloween stamps featuring a creature from Irish mythology, well known to the Donegal public. The striking stamp designs by renowned Irish visual artist Aideen Barry and graphic design by Oonagh Young are ...

21 Oct 2022 at 13:33

Police to take no further action over ‘inconclusive’ death of white-tailed eagle

No further action will be taken over the death of a white-tailed eagle reintroduced into southern England, police have said. Dorset Police launched an investigation earlier this year into the death of the bird of prey, one of 25 eagles that ...

29 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Local News

Family of Derry man who died in hillwalking accident to raise funds in his memory

The family of a Derry man who died in a tragic accident in Donegal are tackling the Waterside Half Marathon in his memory. Brian Campbell, a well-known and popular bus driver, tragically died while hillwalking in the Poisoned Glen in April....

27 Aug 2024 at 13:33

GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab to be sentenced

A GP who disguised himself as a nurse and poisoned his mother’s partner with a fake Covid jab in a plot to murder him will be sentenced on Wednesday. Dr Thomas Kwan has been warned he faces a 35-year jail term after he admitted trying to ...

06 Nov 2024 at 02:45

TV interview with Salisbury suspects was shocking and welcome, says officer

An interview on Russian television with suspects in the Salisbury poisonings was “shocking” and “welcome”, a senior police officer has said. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov denied being the culprits and said they were tourists who ...

20 Nov 2024 at 17:12

World

Laos hostel owners held over deadly tainted alcohol poisonings

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel after two Australian tourists were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case that appears to have claimed the lives of at least five people including British ...

22 Nov 2024 at 08:04

World

Second Australian teenager dies in Laos tainted alcohol case

A second Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, her family said. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in a critical condition in hospital in Bangkok for days following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ...

22 Nov 2024 at 08:35

National News

Warning of greater risk of False Widow Spiders indoors as temperatures drop

The risk of encountering a False Widow Spider in your home will increase as temperatures fall, the National Poisons Information Centre, Ireland has warned. It says the risks is particularly great around windows and in ...

10 Oct 2023 at 14:38

Local News

Hillwalker (50s) dies after fall in Dunlewey area

A male hillwalker from Derry died in west Donegal on Saturday afternoon. The man, aged in his 50s named locally as Brian Campbell, was walking with another man in the Poisoned Glen area of Dunlewey when he sustained ...

22 Apr 2024 at 11:33

British Novichok victim’s family told ‘do not touch her coffin’, inquiry hears

The family of the “innocent” British woman who died after she was exposed to Novichok were told not to touch her coffin because of the Russian nerve agent, an inquiry has heard. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she ...

14 Oct 2024 at 18:55

National News

Warning of greater risk of False Widow Spiders indoors as temperatures drop

10 Oct 2023 at 14:37

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