Australian prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who had been accused of murdering a UK-born toddler almost 50 years ago. The disappearance of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer from a New South Wales beach in 1970 is one of Australia’s longest-running mysteries. A man was arrested in 2017 and pleaded not guilty to murder. This…
It has been two weeks since Libby Squire went missing from Hull, police now say she “may have been harmed”. There is still no trace of what has happened or where she went after the CCTV and witnesses events. Humberside Police said they remained hopeful of finding Ms Squire but were keeping “an open mind”. They…
A&E waits in England have reached their poorest levels since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004. The deterioration in performance came after hospitals appeared to be coping well in the early parts of winter. During January, just 84.4% of patients were treated or admitted in four hours.This meant nearly 330,000 patients waited longer than…
The FBI have released portraits done by serial killer Samuel Little drew of his victims in hope that they will be identified. Samuel Little confessed to 90 killings across four decades in the US, the killings took place across the US between 1970 and 2005. Little was already serving life in prison for the murder…
One of the three schoolgirls who left east London in 2015 to join the Islamic State group says she has no regrets about going but wants to return to the UK. In an interview with the Times, Shamima Begum,19, talked about seeing “beheaded heads” in bins but it “did not faze her”. She is said…
The brother of a victim of the Moor Murderer Ian Brady has issued a plea for a solicitor to reveal the contents of two briefcases the killer left behind after his death. Alan Bennett whose brother Keith was never found said Ian Brady’s solicitor has the combination locked cases containing personal papers. Mr Bennett alleges Robin…
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