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Police have launched a fresh appeal for information about "possible previous offending" by serial killer Steve Wright, as he was jailed for the murder of a teenager more than 25 years ago.

The only surviving victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright has told how if police had taken her story seriously, the other women he went on to murder may still be alive today.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a university student in Leicester.

The next Gruffalo book will introduce a new member to the monster's family, best selling children's author Julia Donaldson has revealed.

A Nigerian court has reportedly ordered the UK to pay £420m to the families of 21 striking miners killed by security forces during British colonial rule.

The owner of a Michelin-star restaurant has been found guilty of spiking a woman's drink with a date-rape drug at a Mayfair private members' club in a bid to overpower her for sex.

Labour MPs are urging Sir Keir Starmer to reveal whether he saw a report by an influential party peer that warned of Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein.

A summer camp leader who drugged children with sweets laced with a tranquiliser before sexually assaulting them has been jailed for more than 23 years.

An "incel" schoolboy who threatened to launch a Valentine's Day massacre has pleaded guilty to possessing bomb-making videos.

There is "no end in sight to the rain", forecasters have warned, despite downpours having lashed Britain every day in 2026.