Detectives arrest man, 36, and woman, 41, for murder after 55-year-old woman is stabbed to death Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Ravenscroft Place, Sheffield Woman, 55, was rushed to hospital but later died from her injuries Man, 36, and woman, 41, are being questioned under suspicion of murder By Luke Andrews … Read more
Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine Prosecutors claim they have … Read more
Detectives last night opened a criminal inquiry into Britain’s biggest maternity scandal. They will investigate failings at two hospitals where dozens of babies died or suffered brain damage. The dramatic development came after police met NHS officials and the leader of a probe into 1,200 cases dating back to the 1970s. It means maternity staff … Read more
Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a man in his 60s fell to his death from the third floor balcony of a young woman’s flat. Neighbours heard screams and shouts after Gary Henderson, 64, from Essex, fell around 30ft from the flat in a block off a road in Ipswich, Suffolk, at about 2.30am yesterday. … Read more
Unlike the UK and many other countries, Germany never gave up on contact tracing, even as infections ballooned. While Britain’s Ministers stopped trying to keep tabs on new infections on March 12 – believing there was little point as cases were likely to head into the millions – Germany persevered by doggedly pursuing the contacts … Read more
Tributes have been paid to teenager Louise Smith by her friends after detectives found a body believed to be hers in a wooded area in Hampshire. Mandy Fernando has known the 16-year-old since she was a little girl. She laid flowers at the entrance to Havant Thicket in Hampshire where police discovered a body believed … Read more
Three tyre-fitter brothers have been arrested over the murder of a 19-year-old law student who was shot dead in a botched drive-by shooting, while police arrested three more men as chilling footage emerged of the moment she was gunned down. Feroz, Suhayl and Nadeem Suleman are in their early- to -mid thirties and run R1 tyres … Read more
Detectives quiz murder suspect, 42 after 79-year-old man is found dead with head injury in north London Anthony Rooks, 79, was found at his home in Holloway, north London on Monday He was pronounced dead at the scene of the property in Dalmeny Road Police said the victim and the 42-year-old suspect were known to … Read more
Who ate all the pies…? Villagers turn super sleuth amateur detectives to find thief who stole £100 worth of pastries… because police are too busy Shopkeeper Mark Griffiths, 26, was stunned when a thief pinched his delivery Delivery of 70 pies, sausage rolls and pasties were stolen at his post office store in Broughton, Flintshire … Read more
Detectives call on billionaire tycoon’s fugitive son wanted for Norwegian socialite’s rape and murder to return to UK 12 years after her brutalised body was found in London basement rubble Martine Vik Magnussen was killed in central London after a night out She was last seen with Farouk Abdulhak, son of a billionaire sugar magnate By … Read more