The Russian parliament has granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine.

The acquittal of UK mother Trupti Patel, who had been charged with murdering her three babies, will inevitably lead to tough questions, both for Thames Valley Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, about the decision to bring the case to court.

From the moment Trupti Patel and her husband Jayant started planning a family, they always dreamed of having two children.

A 35-year-old UK mother accused of suffocating three of her own babies was cleared today of murder.

UK pharmacist Trupti Patel, 35, was today found not guilty at Reading Crown Court of murdering three of her own babies.