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Relatives face “never-ending nightmare” of service charge debts as thousands of retirement flats stand empty across England and Wales. Source link

Skebas, 26, admitted killing Lilia, but denied murder, claiming his responsibility was diminished by his mental state, but this was not accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service, and his not guilty plea to murder forced a trial at Lincoln Crown Court. Source link

With Farrell rolling the dice in his selection – dropping James Lowe as well as giving Cian Prendergast a rare start – there were interesting subplots aplenty as the game neared. Such was the nature of the Paris performance, however, that few such themes could be given fair scrutiny. Ireland had picked a team to […]

Pål K. Lønseth, head of Økokrim – the economic crime unit investigating Jagland – said: “We consider there are reasonable grounds for investigation, given that he held the positions of chair of the Nobel Committee and Secretary General of the Council of Europe during the period covered by the released documents. Source link

Ruthless France inflict more pain on Ireland as the Six Nations holders open their title defence with a bonus-point victory at a buoyant Stade de France. Source link

Premier League Darts is played across 16 initial weeks in the league stage with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final each night. Each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven in the quarter-finals in weeks one to seven and 9-15, with week eight and week 16 fixtures done off the table. It […]

Councils also pay independent special school fees for around 38,000 pupils, partly because of a lack of specialist places in the state sector. The average cost for an independent special school place is about £61,500 a year per pupil, compared to about £24,000 per pupil in state-funded special schools, according to the IFS. Source link

Khaleed Oladipo, 20, from London, died in hospital in Leicester on Tuesday, police say. Source link

The couple are among seven people suing the publisher of The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday for breaches of privacy. Source link

France: Ramos; Attissogbe, Depoortere, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Dupont (capt); Gros, Marchand, Aldegheri, Ollivon, Guillard, Cros, Jegou, Jelonch. Replacements: Mauvaka, Neti, Montagne, Auradou, Meafou, Nouchi, Serin, Gourgues. Ireland: Osborne; O’Brien, Ringrose, McCloskey, Stockdale; S Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Loughman, Sheehan, Clarkson, McCarthy, Beirne, C Prendergast, Van der Flier, Doris (capt). Replacements: Kelleher, Milne, Bealham, Ryan, Conan, Timoney, Casey, […]