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 | 24/04/2009 2:50 pm

  • Son held under mental health act after killing mum - Gavin Nash was in the grip of acute psychosis when he killed his mother Lynette at home in Somerset.
  • Mourners gather for funeral of D-Day veteran, 97 - William Tolley served with both the Royal Navy and Army during World War Two.
  • Council apologises to arms manufacturer - Elbit Systems UK says it does not supply weapons to the IDF - despite protesters demanding the firm's eviction.
  • Businesses fear parking charges could 'ruin' town - Business owners in a small town are rallying together to fight incoming parking charges.
  • Theatre vies for share of £5m levelling-up cash - Campaigners wants to save the Amulet Theatre and re-open it as a working theatre.
  • Appeal after shop worker robbed at knifepoint - The worker was threatened by a man armed with a large kitchen knife, say police.
  • Groups in Jill Dando's hometown in charity push - Weston-super-Mare groups are remembering Jill Dando who was shot 25 years ago
  • Former abattoir to become pop-up restaurant and bar - It will feature a pizza oven and bar and will offer locals a place to go outdoors, the agents say.
  • Car-ban trial starts outside four schools - Parents and headteachers at the schools say they had concerns about "near misses" before the trial.
  • 'Celebration of life' held for aid workers killed in Gaza - The memorial service was held in Washington DC to honour the seven people killed on 1 April.
  • MP 'concerned' about stroke centre changes - Services for urgent stroke patients will move to Taunton and Dorchester
  • Man in court on stalking and threats to kill charges - Daniel Kellaway, 29, of no fixed address, has been remanded in custody.
  • Pontins: Rundown & Ruined? - The serious state of disrepair at three Pontins Holiday Parks exposed.
  • Former lifeboat becomes glamping 'yellow submarine' - Found adrift in the Atlantic after a pirate attack, it cost £10k to convert into accommodation.
  • Victim's mum condemns 'abhorrent' police message - Emma Webber pens a letter criticising an officer who wrote a graphic post about the Nottingham attacks.
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  • Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine - The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs.
  • At last some cautious optimism after the royal gloom - Buckingham Palace has broken the long silence over the King's health with some positive messages.
  • BBC returns to beach where five migrants died - Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday.
  • British man injured in Tobago shark attack - The 64-year-old was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says.
  • 'I had no idea my son's body was buried in the garden' - Yvonne Valentine sat having a Christmas drink with her son's partner, unaware she had killed him.
  • The explosions of colour that painted a Glasgow estate - Sony’s 2006 “Paint” advert is widely considered one of the most ambitious in history - but how was it made?
  • Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’ - A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV.
  • Oil tanker damaged in Houthi missile strike - The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star.
  • Trump insiders on the stand at the hush-money trial - The BBC's Nada Tawfik on what the court heard from close Donald Trump allies, including his former assistant.
  • Dead whistleblower accused Boeing of safety breaches - John Barnett had been giving a formal legal deposition against the plane manufacturer before his sudden death.
  • Post Office paid widow in instalments for silence - The Horizon scandal inquiry reveals details of the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history.
  • Baby orca free after month trapped in Canadian lagoon - The orphaned calf swam from British Columbia after several rescue attempts by a First Nations community.
  • Slot to become Liverpool manager after deal agreed with Feyenoord - Liverpool agree a £9.4m deal with Feyenoord to allow Arne Slot to become the new Reds manager, succeeding Jurgen Klopp.
  • The papers: 'Return of the King' and 'teacher shortage crisis' - The King's return to public duties, a report on the lack of teachers in schools, and chicken 'megafarms' lead the papers.
  • Will winning a confidence vote be enough to save Yousaf? - The future of Scotland's first minister is far from secure after a week of turmoil.