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2022 - 5 - 23

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Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in first war crimes trial ... (ITV News)

Sgt Vadim Shishimarin, 21, was convicted of fatally shooting 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov | ITV National News.

We didn’t ask them (the Russians) to come here." Him being a child, he is young I feel sorry for him. A court in Ukraine has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing a Ukrainian civilian in the first war crimes trial held since the start of Moscow's invasion.

Mum who stabbed her two children denied knowing what she was ... (ITV News)

A woman who killed her toddler son and almost killed his baby brother tearfully denied to police that she knew what she was doing, a jury has heard.

Last week, the trial judge, told the jury “there is no dispute” that the defendant stabbed the children but rather, “what is in dispute is her mental state at the relevant time". They heard how detectives put to her that in the space of time she can't recall, she drugged the two little boys, drugged herself, texted her fiancé, penned several notes, took the boys and a knife upstairs to the bedroom and stabbed them in their necks and abdomen in a “calculated way". A woman who killed her toddler son and almost killed his baby brother tearfully denied to police that she knew what she was doing in interviews, a jury heard on Monday.

Clarion put on notice by 'deeply disappointed' Housing Secretary ... (ITV News)

Last year, an ITV News investigation found Clarion tenants living in squalid conditions on one of its biggest housing estates in South London.

"I am deeply disappointed that as one of the largest social housing landlords, who should be setting an example, you have not been able to meet fundamental standards for your tenants. In the letter to Clarion's Chief Executive Clare Miller, Mr Gove cited the Eastfields investigation and raised concerns the same problems are still surfacing in its properties a year on. Last year an ITV News investigatio n found Clarion tenants living in squalid conditions on one of its biggest housing estates in Merton, South London. The landlord carried out over 500 repairs on the Eastfields estate following our expose and apologised to tenants, but insisted it was an isolated case.

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in ... (Big Issue)

Michael Gove has written to the head of social housing provider Clarion after the Housing Ombudsman launched an investigation.

We have over 1,200 Big Issue vendors in the UK. Each vendor buys a copy of the mag for £1.50 and sells it for £3, keeping the difference. As a charitable organisation, we will continue do all we can to meet this challenge and we hope the government will work with us on our common goals.” Want to buy a copy of the magazine? Take a print or digital subscription to The Big Issue and provide a critical lifeline to our work. Those findings and two cases of severe maladministration against Clarion have forced the regulator to act. A defensive response is completely the wrong approach.”

Monkeypox: The answers to the most asked questions (ITV News)

How do you catch monkeypox? Is it deadly? Here are the answers to the most Google-ed questions in the UK about monkeypox. | ITV National News.