17/05/2010
Other UK News In Brief
Cool Tops The World
A mountaineer has scaled Everest for the eighth time, breaking his own British record. Kenton Cool, 36, from Fairford, completed the challenge earlier at about 6am local time or 1am in the UK. He was leading an expedition of four others including Berkshire's Bonita Norris, 22, who has become the youngest British woman to reach the summit. The other members of the expedition are two American men and an Australian woman. In 2006, Mr Cool became the first Briton to ski down from the summit of an 8,000-metre peak in Tibet.
PM For Wales
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to visit the Welsh Assembly today, less than a week after his coalition government took office. The Conservative leader promised to visit Wales within days when he spoke to Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones last Wednesday.
IPCC Probes Death
A 32-year-old woman has collapsed and died while in police custody in Sussex. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed, as has the woman's family. A post-mortem examination is being arranged. She had been arrested in Worthing on suspicion of shoplifting and was taken to cells at Durrington on Sunday.
Gardens Body
A so-far 'unexplained' death is being probed as Scottish police investigate the body of a man discovered in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens on Sunday. It was found at around 9am by a member of the public in the park in the city's west end. A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said the death was being treated as "unexplained". He was unable to provide any information on the age of the man.
(BMcC/GK)
A mountaineer has scaled Everest for the eighth time, breaking his own British record. Kenton Cool, 36, from Fairford, completed the challenge earlier at about 6am local time or 1am in the UK. He was leading an expedition of four others including Berkshire's Bonita Norris, 22, who has become the youngest British woman to reach the summit. The other members of the expedition are two American men and an Australian woman. In 2006, Mr Cool became the first Briton to ski down from the summit of an 8,000-metre peak in Tibet.
PM For Wales
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to visit the Welsh Assembly today, less than a week after his coalition government took office. The Conservative leader promised to visit Wales within days when he spoke to Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones last Wednesday.
IPCC Probes Death
A 32-year-old woman has collapsed and died while in police custody in Sussex. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed, as has the woman's family. A post-mortem examination is being arranged. She had been arrested in Worthing on suspicion of shoplifting and was taken to cells at Durrington on Sunday.
Gardens Body
A so-far 'unexplained' death is being probed as Scottish police investigate the body of a man discovered in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens on Sunday. It was found at around 9am by a member of the public in the park in the city's west end. A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said the death was being treated as "unexplained". He was unable to provide any information on the age of the man.
(BMcC/GK)
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Baby Death Mother Named
The British woman charged with causing the death of her newborn baby in a hotel room in Crete has been named. Leah Andrew, from London, has been charged with infantide after being arrested in Malia on Tuesday. Ms Andrew was rushed to hospital by local residents after giving birth alone in her room.
Baby Death Mother Named
The British woman charged with causing the death of her newborn baby in a hotel room in Crete has been named. Leah Andrew, from London, has been charged with infantide after being arrested in Malia on Tuesday. Ms Andrew was rushed to hospital by local residents after giving birth alone in her room.
16 August 2011
Tent Fumes Kill Woman In Wales
A woman has died after being overcome by fumes in a tent with her family in a campsite in Wales. North Wales Police were called to a caravan site in Gym Goch, Caernarfon, around 9:30am on Monday to assist paramedics who were attending the scene.
Tent Fumes Kill Woman In Wales
A woman has died after being overcome by fumes in a tent with her family in a campsite in Wales. North Wales Police were called to a caravan site in Gym Goch, Caernarfon, around 9:30am on Monday to assist paramedics who were attending the scene.
20 July 2009
Police Apology Over Paedophile Attack
A Welsh family who say they reacted "within seconds" of a paedophile taking their child - by making 999 calls and giving the police his name and a description of his car - have received an apology over the way the emergency was dealt with.
Police Apology Over Paedophile Attack
A Welsh family who say they reacted "within seconds" of a paedophile taking their child - by making 999 calls and giving the police his name and a description of his car - have received an apology over the way the emergency was dealt with.
13 April 2005
Former police officers arrested in Lynette White murder case
Five retired police officers have been arrested as part of an investigation into the murder of a Cardiff prostitute 17 years ago, South Wales police have confirmed. Twenty-year-old Lynette White was found murdered in a flat in the Butetown area of Cardiff on Valentine’s Day, 1988.
Former police officers arrested in Lynette White murder case
Five retired police officers have been arrested as part of an investigation into the murder of a Cardiff prostitute 17 years ago, South Wales police have confirmed. Twenty-year-old Lynette White was found murdered in a flat in the Butetown area of Cardiff on Valentine’s Day, 1988.
20 January 2005
Foreign Office to issue death certificates for tsunami missing
The Foreign Office has confirmed that it will issue death certificates for British nationals missing, presumed dead, in the Boxing Day tsunami disaster.
Foreign Office to issue death certificates for tsunami missing
The Foreign Office has confirmed that it will issue death certificates for British nationals missing, presumed dead, in the Boxing Day tsunami disaster.
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