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SNP MP Hannah Bardell and Lord Ken Maginnis. He was quoted as saying: ‘Queers like Ms Bardell don’t particularly annoy me. Okay, she’s got her cheap publicity out of it.’ Photographs: Antony Jones/Getty Images for Diva Magazine and Niall Carson/PA Wire
Police investigate after Ken Maginnis calls MP ‘queer’

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is investigating an “allegation of hate crime at the House of Commons” after a Scottish MP was described as “(...)

Shaun Usher: “I became obsessed with the concept of letter-writing and how it was dying out.” Photograph: Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images
Letters of Note: from bedroom operation to global sensation
  • Books
  • September 22, 2018, 06:00

When Shaun Usher started his website nine years ago, he didn’t have world domination on his mind. “I literally started the blog to pass the time in a(...)

Jacob Cummins, a 17-year-old originally from Dublin, died after being struck by a 4X4 last Thursday in Perth, Australia.
Woman charged with murder of Irish teenager in Australia

A woman has appeared in court in Australia charged with the murder of an Irish teenager. Jacob Cummins, a 17-year-old originally from Dublin, died af(...)

A car sits submerged in a flooded residential neighborhood in Carencro, Louisiana, as record rainfall causes flooding. Photograph: Scott Clause/The Lafayette Advertiser via AP
At least three dead in Louisiana flooding
  • US
  • August 14, 2016

At least three people have died and thousands more were rescued after “historic” flooding swamped parts of Louisiana. Emergency crews plucked motori(...)