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John Mackey, who was originally from Co Kilkenny, died on 8 May last year, two days after receiving head injuries

John Mackey murder trial jury shown CCTV before attack

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering an elderly Irish pensioner in London has seen CCTV footage of the final minutes leading up to the 87-year-old being attacked.

UK • 1 hr

Stephen Crean poses with his hand in bandages at his home in southwest London,

'Do you want to die?' Irish citizen recalls train attack

An Irish citizen who was stabbed on a London-bound train at the weekend has said "it was instinct" when he blocked the attacker from hurting other passengers.

UK • 5 hrs

John Mackey died after being attacked in north London while walking home from his local shop

Man accused of murdering Irish man disrupts court hearing

The man accused of murdering 87-year-old Irish man John Mackey in London was removed from the court this afternoon after repeated interruptions.

UK • 03 Nov

Viswashkumar Ramesh is pictured during a television interview

'Miracle I'm alive,' says Air India crash sole survivor

The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 241 people has said it is a "miracle" he is still alive, but the death of his brother "took all my happiness".

World • 23 hrs

Police and emergency workers on the platform by a train at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire

'Heroic' worker praised as man charged over UK stabbings

A man has been charged with ten counts of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, as a critically wounded train worker was hailed as a hero for stepping in to protect passengers.

UK • 23 hrs

Emergency responders on the train platform in Cambridgeshire.

Only one man now a suspect in UK train stabbings - police

British police said they now consider only one of the two men they arrested as a suspect in the mass stabbing on a London-bound train.

UK • 02 Nov

A street sign for Prince Andrew Park in south Belfast, Northern Ireland

Debate over changing 'Prince Andrew' place names in NI

Calls to change "Prince Andrew" place names and street signs have intensified after Britain's King Charles's brother was stripped of his titles.

Northern Ireland • 31 Oct

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is pictured in London in September

Andrew taken off UK peerage roll in step to remove titles

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor no longer appears on the official roll of the peerage in the UK, marking a key step in formally removing his titles.

UK • 31 Oct

File photo dated 20/04/25 of the Duke of York leaving after attending the Easter Mattins service at St George's Chapel in Windsor

Royal family banishes Andrew, but controversy will linger

Ever since the publication of the late Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, there has been a growing sense that King Charles would have to take tougher action against his younger brother. It was a case of when, not if the King would take action.

Analysis and Comment • 01 Nov

The aftermath of the Mulberry Bush pub bombing in Birmingham in November 1974

UK govt rules out public inquiry into Birmingham bombings

The British government has said that it will not hold a public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, despite years of campaigning by families of the victims.

UK • 30 Oct

Prince Andrew pictured in September this year

UK's Prince Andrew stripped of titles, forced out of home

Britain's King Charles has stripped his brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his home, Buckingham Palace said, punishing him over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

UK • 31 Oct

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan is pictured arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London

Trans activist was deliberately provocative, court told

The trial of the Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has heard that a transgender activist was deliberately provocative at a "Battle of Ideas' conference in London last year.

UK • 29 Oct