Police looking for a student who went missing in December fear she “may have come to harm”. Hertfordshire University midwifery student Joy Morgan, 21, from Hatfield, was last seen at a church celebration in Ilford, London, on 26 December. Ms Morgan’s bank cards or mobile phone have not been used. She was not reported missing until…
DNA that was found on Alesha MacPhail’s body matched the 16-year-old accused of her murder, a court has heard. Forensic scientist Stuart Bailey told the jury that the odds of the intimate samples belonging to anyone else were more than a billion to one. The teenager still denies abducting, raping and murdering six-year-old Alesha. Alesha’s…
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died, aged 85, in Paris. The German designer who was the creative director for Chanel and Fendi was one of the most prolific figures and worked until the day he died. Lagerfeld also designed collections for his own brand and collaborated with high street brand H&M. Many tributes have been posted…
A new rapid test for early diagnosis of sepsis has been developed by University of Strathclyde researchers, which they say could save thousands of lives. A microelectrode device analyses the patient’s blood and the results show in two-and-a-half minutes. Current diagnosis tests for sepsis can take up to 72 hours. The researchers hope that the low…
A British man and a French man have gone missing while backpacking in Australia, sparking a police search. The alarm was raised when passersby found the belongings of Hugo Palmer and Erwan Ferrieux on a beach north of Sydney on Monday. Police searched the beach and discovered the pair’s rental car nearby. Other personal items…
An internet search for “How do police find DNA” was allegedly made on a phone said to belong to the 16-year-old accused of murdering Alesha MacPhail. A cybercrime expert told the jurors the request was made on Google at 00:32 on July 3rd last year. This was the day after Alesha’s body was discovered. He said the…
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