Roger Baird

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Roger Baird is a senior business correspondent for the International Business Times UK. He previously worked as a City reporter for the Press Association for two years. Prior to that he spent a further two years as a business freelance journalist on the Financial Times and the Daily Mail. Prior to that he spent five years at City A.M., where his final role was as the paper's deputy night news editor.

The high street in Kingscourt, County Cavan

Thief who injured scrotum during store burglary sues shopkeeper

A burglar is trying to sue a shopkeeper after injuring his genitals while trying to break into his shop.

Daniel Pye has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children while he ran an orphanage in Haiti

Missionary Daniel Pye jailed after sexually abusing children in Haitian orphanage

Daniel Pye sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing girls as young as six at his orphanage on Caribbean island.

M25 serial rapist Antoni Imiela, who was handed seven life sentences, is being considered for parole

M25 Rapist Antoni Imiela could get parole just a week after board orders release of John Worboys

M25 serial rapist Antoni Imiela, who was handed seven life sentences in 2004, is being considered for parole.

The LAPD released an enhanced image from the footage, claiming it showed the homeless man’s hand on an officer's gun

LA police release secret footage of officers gunning down homeless man

Police have released horrifying footage of the fatal shooting of a homeless man on the streets of Los Angeles.

Watch the shocking moment a man bursts into flames after being Tasered by cops

Graphic video of suspect bursting into flames during confrontation on the street with Paris police goes viral.

Nearly 170 Arrested In Anti-Mafia Operation In Italy And Germany

'Ndrangheta crackdown: Police arrest nearly 170 mobsters in raids across Germany and Italy

Italian and German police swoop on 'Ndrangheta mobsters in biggest crackdown on organised crime in two decades.

Health service staff take twice as many sickies as national average, costing taxpayer millions

Department of Health (DoH) staff have taken twice as many sick days as the national average, according to new figures.

Prisoners in Brazil squeeze through bars in daring daytime jailbreak

Eleven convicts were caught on film prising open their bars and breaking out of a jail in Brazil's crisis-hit prison system.

A police officer who was once hailed a hero has been sacked for sharing racist posts at a hearing at Avon and Somerset Police HQ in Portishead

Policewoman hailed as 'hero' for saving suicidal person sacked after racist Facebook rants discovered

A police officer who was once hailed a hero has been sacked for sharing racist posts on Facebook, including one calling travellers "f***** scumbags".

Distraught wife drives 150 miles to confront cheating husband and his lover in Premier Inn car park

An angry wife confronts her 'cheating' husband after driving more than 150 miles to find him booked into a hotel with another woman.

Two sisters have been jailed for smuggling seven Albanians into the UK at Portsmouth dock in a camper van that smelled “unbearable”

Sisters jailed for smuggling Albanians in 'unbearably' smelly van blamed on mature cheese

Two sisters have been jailed for smuggling seven Albanians into the UK in an unbearably smelly camper van - which they blamed on overripe cheese.

Well-wishers leave a message on London Bridge following the June terror attack last year

Britain braced for renewed terrorist attacks in 2018

Britons more pessimistic of attack by terrorists than people in US, France, Germany and Turkey, reveals Ipsos-Mori poll.

One in 10 believe an alien invasion of Earth in 2018 is likely

Global Ipsos-Mori poll finds more Indians believe in prospect of alien invasion than any other country.

British snowboarder freezes to death at French ski resort after late night in bar

A young British man, Owen Lewis, has been found dead in the snow at a French ski resort after he was last seen drinking in a popular bar.

A mother-of-two has ignited a fierce debate after finding secret pictures her husband had taken of her while she slept naked

'Will I be able to trust him again?': Horrified mum finds naked pics her husband took as she slept

A mother-of-two has sparked fierce debate after seeking advice online when she found pictures her husband had secretly taken of her while she slept naked.

Government has lost track of hundreds of British jihadi fighters

The UK has lost track of hundreds of British jihadist fighters who travelled to the Middle East to join radical Islamic groups, the security minister admitted.

A champion boxer faces attacked a Navy man with a bottle in a brutal nightclub attack, Paisley Sheriff Court heard

Boxer glassed sailor during brutal nightclub attack and punched girlfriend who tried to stop him

A champion boxer faces jail after he attacked a Navy man with a bottle that left his ear hanging off and punched his girlfriend when she tried to stop the brutal nightclub fight.

Jonathan Garner was handed a Criminal Behaviour Order where he must inform police when he has sex with a new partner at Hull Magistrates Court

Man must tell the police when he has sex with a new partner for five years

A Hull man who repeatedly harassed a woman must tell police when he has sex with a new partner for the next five years.

Patients are being forced to sleep on the floor of Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, said neighbouring MP Tracy Brabin

These pictures of patients sleeping on hospital floors show the desperate NHS crisis

Patients are being forced to sleep on the floor at a hospital in West Yorkshire as the NHS winter crisis threatens to stretch Britain's health service to breaking point.

Sydney Seaplane Wreckage Raised From Riverbed

Richard Cousins: Seaplane that crashed killing six had already been in one fatal accident

The seaplane that crashed in Australia killing five Britons was involved a separate fatal accident more than 20 years ago.

Backpackers hospitalised after snorting date rape drug they mistook for cocaine

Nine backpackers were rushed to hospital in Australia after snorting a date rape drug they mistook for cocaine.

$3m heroin haul hidden by dealers in packs of tea

Vietnamese cops have seized $3m (£2.2m) worth of heroin smuggled inside packets of tea, the communist state's largest ever drugs haul.

Tony Blair says Labour's 'timidity' on the EU will lead to 'Tory right' Brexit

Tony Blair has accused Labour of making a mistake by supporting Brexit, which will lead to a departure from the EU designed by the "Tory right".

The Garda have arrested a heavily-armed 18-year-old man, believed to be Egyptian, after a series of attacks in Dundalk

Teenager arrested after knife rampage leaves one dead and two injured in Ireland

A teenager has been arrested following a series of attacks that left one man dead and two others injured, said Irish police.

Women can now find out how much their male colleagues are paid in Germany

A new law directing firms to publish what they pay male and female staff comes into force this week in Germany, in a bid to tackle the country's large gender pay gap.

A mass brawl broke out between mourners at a Glasgow funeral

Watch the shocking moment a mass brawl breaks out at a Glasgow funeral

Shocking footage has emerged of a mass brawl between mourners at a funeral outside the Craigton Crematorium in Glasgow.

Meth addict mother arrested for murder after giving birth to stillborn baby

A California mother, Adora Perez, has been arrested for murder after her stillborn baby was found to have traces methamphetamine in its body.

Islamic undertaker Ahmad Hraichie warns Muslims about the perils of celebrating New Year's Eve

Islamic undertaker uses corpse as prop to give sermon against partying on New Year's Eve

An Islamic undertaker, Ahmad Hraichie, made a video warning Muslims about the perils of celebrating New Year's Eve - as he wheels a dead body into a morgue.

Fire department divers hauled a desperate woman from her car as it sunk into a freezing Indianapolis pond on New Year’s Eve

'It's filling up, it's cold': Woman makes phone call from car as it sinks into pond on New Year's Eve

A desperate woman who called police from her car as she sunk into a freezing pond on New Year's Eve pleaded: "It's filling up. It's cold."

Christian convent schoolgirl Bailey Gibson has put her virginity up for sale after her ex- boyfriend cheated on her

Ex-convent schoolgirl auctions virginity at Nevada brothel because her boyfriend cheated on her

A former Christian convent schoolgirl, Bailey Gibson, has put her virginity up for sale at a world famous Brothel in Nevada.