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A man left his partner’s body in bed for four days believing she was asleep, unaware she had died from alcohol poisoning, an inquest has heard.Lyudmila Skotcher, aged 45, was found dead at her Norwich home after the shocking ordeal in October last year.Norfolk Coroner’s Court was told emergency services were eventually contacted on October 16, with medical professionals understanding the woman lay dead for several days.Matthew Burgess, who had been in a relationship with Ms Skotcher for 18 months, repeatedly visited and departed from the property of his own accord.The coroner concluded there was no third-party involvement in her…

Labour’s packaging levy could put at least 4,752 jobs in Britain’s glass manufacturing industry at risk, according to the GMB union. The warning relates to the Government’s Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, which requires brands and retailers to cover the cost of collecting, sorting and recycling the packaging they place on the market.The British Beer and Pub Association estimates the levy is costing the brewing industry £124million a year, adding around six pence to the cost of every 500-millilitre glass bottle.Because the scheme calculates fees according to the weight of packaging materials, glass containers face significantly higher charges than lighter alternatives.The…

King Charles visited the Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh today, where he launched a traditional street game with roots stretching back more than three centuries.The monarch was invited to start the hand ba’ match, a historic sporting contest that has taken place annually since 1704.His appearance in the market town coincided with the Jethart Callant Festival, a local celebration running from June 20 to July 12.The engagement formed part of Royal Week in Scotland, during which members of the Royal Family carry out various official duties north of the border.King Charles has launched a traditional street game in Scotland |…

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has insisted that warnings of a mass exodus from private schools have not materialised, 18 months after Labour introduced VAT on independent school fees.”The predicted exodus from private schools simply hasn’t happened, and today’s data proves it,” Ms Phillipson said.She added: “Critics warned state schools would be swamped with new pupils. They were wrong.”Fresh admissions data for England show no significant increase in applications to state schools following the introduction of VAT on private school fees in January 2025.Nearly 85 per cent of families secured their first-choice secondary school place, a higher proportion than in both…

Gary Glitter, 82, has been charged with four counts of historical sexual offences, the Crown Prosecution Service announced today.An allegation of historic sexual offences has taken place and Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, has been charged.Gary Glitter faces four new counts of sexual assault | PAHe has been charged on one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13.He has also been charged with three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.Gary Glitter in 1970 | GETTYGadd will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 5 in relation to…

A man who knocked a pedestrian unconscious with an electric motorbike and fled the scene has received a 12-month suspended sentence.Jordan Willetts, from Newport, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without a licence and failing to stop at the scene of the crash in Newport last November. He had been riding the wrong way down a one-way street at the time.Willetts handed himself in to police two days later.The victim, Sam Bevan, 33, told Wales he had no memory of the crash and only learned of it after a neighbour showed him “brutal” CCTV footage.On Thursday, Willetts was also banned…

Finn Russell will not feature in Scotland’s opening Nations Championship match of the summer series but could feature against South Africa, says head coach Gregor Townsend, who welcomes back Jonny Gray.Fly-half Russell, 33, has not fully recovered from the calf injury that kept him out of the latter part of Bath’s domestic campaign and was not considered for the match at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Cordoba on Saturday (20:10 BST). The Scots face the Springboks in Pretoria on 11 July then Fiji at Murrayfield on 18 July.Tom Jordan starts at 10 in Russell’s absence, with Fergus Burke among the…

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