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A judge has ordered the police to take the "necessary steps" against a Vitals inquiry court expert who is contested by Joseph Muscat, overturning a magistrate's previous ruling.

The judgment, delivered by Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera on Tuesday morning, is likely to lead to police filing criminal charges against Miroslava Milenovic.

Muscat has argued that Milenovic, a Serbian national, presented herself as a forensic accountant and did work to that effect without the required professional warrant.

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Security camera footage has captured the moment part of a road beside the Tarxien church collapsed on Monday morning.

The section of Triq Paola collapsed at 7.20am, as construction works were ongoing around the back of the parish church.

The collapse opened a large, rainwater-filled hole outside a flower shop whose owner warned just days earlier that the prolonged roadworks were driving away customers and threatening his livelihood.

CCTV footage shows a small excavator digging up the road at 7am, around the spot where the ground would cave in minutes later.

Footage shows the excavator leaving the spot just after 7am and returning 20 minutes later, when it is seen slowly making its way through the rugged terrain.

At that point the ground collapsed, leaving the excavator, with its driver still inside the cabin, hanging on the edge of a gaping hole that opened up in the middle of the road.

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Throughout the summer, beekeepers have taken to social media to highlight an unprecedented invasion of oriental hornets, one of the greatest threats to local bee colonies.

Denise Camilleri and Ray Sciberras, who are both full-time beekeepers, were speaking days after a routine inspection revealed that hornets had destroyed 30 of their hives at their Birżebbuġa apiary.

“Instead of seeing bees entering and exiting their hives, we found hundreds of hornets,” Camilleri said. “I could see hundreds of hornets inside every hive and not a single bee. They destroyed all our hard work.”

Camilleri and Sciberras estimated their losses at the apiary at approximately €30,000, even before counting the time they spent feeding and nurturing the hives over the long, hot summer months.

“We don’t make €30,000 in a whole year,” Sciberras said. “And we have losses in other apiaries too.”

The emotional toll was just as devastating as the financial loss. In videos posted that day, Camilleri could be heard sobbing quietly in the background as she inspected her hives.

“It was like being stabbed in the heart,” Camilleri told Times of Malta, comparing the scene to the Battle of Helm’s Deep, an iconic massacre from JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. “I had colonies here that had been with us for eight years,” she said.

Camilleri and Sciberras say they are at their wit’s end, having tried several different traps in their efforts to keep hornets at bay.

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The murder of 72-year-old Mary Grace Cassar in Mqabba marks Malta’s fourth murder this year, with all four taking place within the past two months.

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The victims of Thursday’s Mqabba stabbing have been identified as Mary Grace and Ganni Cassar.

Mary Grace, 72, was found dead inside the couple’s home, while her 74-year-old husband was hospitalised in critical condition with a chest wound.

Their son, John Cassar, was arrested after initially fleeing the scene and later surrendering to police.

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Police have given an update following the arrest of John Cassar, the suspect in Thursday’s murder in Mqabba.

Cassar is suspected of killing his 72-year-old mother and seriously injuring his 74-year-old father during a family argument.

He initially fled the scene before giving himself up to police following negotiations.

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Times of Malta is in Mqabba this Thursday afternoon, where a stabbing incident left a 72-year-old woman dead and a 74-year-old man seriously injured.

A police spokesperson said the incident happened at around 2.15pm at a residence on Valletta Road.

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John Cassar, the brother of Roderick Cassar, who is serving a 40-year prison sentence for murdering his wife Bernice Cilia, is the suspect in Thursday’s Mqabba murder.

The 72-year-old victim was found dead inside her home, while her 74-year-old husband was seriously injured in the attack.

Their son, John Cassar, initially fled the scene but later gave himself up to police following negotiations.

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A police spokesperson said the incident happened at around 2.15pm at a residence on Valletta Road.

Police found the man injured outside the property. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospital and is in serious condition.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the stabbing occurred during a family argument, the spokesperson said.

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A 72-year-old woman has been murdered and her 74-year-old husband injured in a stabbing incident in Mqabba on Thursday afternoon.

A police spokesperson said the incident happened at around 2.15pm at a residence on Valletta Road.

Police found the man injured outside the property. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospital.

His wife was found dead inside the residence.

The suspected attacker fled the scene and police are searching for him.

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Jets flying over Malta on Thursday caught the attention of residents, with several people looking up at the sky wondering what was going on.

But there was a simple explanation: the Saudi Hawks, Royal Saudi Air Force's aerobatics display team, were back in Malta for a stopover.

Several Times of Malta readers reported seeing the BAE Hawk jets flying over the south of the island, particularly Marsascala and Cospicua.

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Beekeepers on Thursday expressed disappointment over what they said was a lack of action by environmental authorities about the dwindling numbers of bees brought about by a surge in hornets.

For years, they added, they had been left alone to address an issue brought about by human activity.

Throughout the summer, beekeepers repeatedly warned that oriental hornets were devastating their colonies. They spent months urging the authorities to take urgent action, warning that the hornet infestation threatened their livelihoods and the agricultural sector.

Read the full story on Times of Malta. by @timesofmalta

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