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Body found during river search for missing 11-year-old boy

Mackenzie Swift was last seen entering the River Don in South Yorkshire on Saturday

2 Jun 2026
Crime

Lucy Letby latest: Medical experts ‘did not find any murders’

Letby’s case will be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
4 Feb 2025
Crime

Child killer Lucy Letby’s case to be reviewed

The Criminal Cases Review Commission received an application from child killer’s lawyers on Monday and has already begun looking at the case

4 Feb 2025
Music

Marianne Faithfull’s death is loss of the knowledge of a generation – Nick Cave

The actress and singer, who shot to fame in the 1960s, died on Thursday.
31 Jan 2025
Crime

Southport child killer’s 52-year sentence sparks calls for law change

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.
24 Jan 2025
Crime

Rudakubana the latest high-profile killer to disrupt sentencing proceedings

Sir Keir Starmer has backed giving judges powers to force offenders to attend sentencing hearings.
23 Jan 2025
Crime

Southport killer ordered to leave dock twice amid illness claims

The 18-year-old’s disruptions meant he was not in court as the judge handed him one of the longest minimum terms on record.
23 Jan 2025
Crime

Southport attack survivor says victims have ‘scars we cannot unsee’

Survivors of the July 29 attack spoke at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.
23 Jan 2025
Crime

Southport child-killer’s violent past outlined in court before sentencing

Judge Mr Justice Goose ordered Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock shortly after the start of the sentencing hearing.
23 Jan 2025
UK

Man held after five people injured in suspected stabbing near Asda in Croydon

Police were called to Marlowe Way in Beddington on Thursday morning.
23 Jan 2025
Politics

Starmer welcomes ‘wonderful and long-overdue’ news of hostages’ release

The Prime Minister said the hostages and their families had suffered ‘months of agony’.
19 Jan 2025
Politics

David Lammy congratulates Qatari PM on Gaza ceasefire deal

The ceasefire is expected to come into force on Sunday morning.
18 Jan 2025
Film

Steve McQueen says David Lynch approached cinema with ‘two guns blazing’

The world of film and TV have remembered the ‘visionary’ filmmaker, who was known for the surreal TV series Twin Peaks and a host of films.
18 Jan 2025
Politics

Cabinet minister rejects claims that Musk pushed Government into grooming action

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that she does not believe ‘that this Government is being driven by what happens on social media’.
17 Jan 2025
Music

Linda Nolan’s legacy deemed one of ‘love, kindness and being fabulous’

Actress Vicki Michelle has paid tribute to the Irish singer, who died age 65 in hospital on Wednesday.
16 Jan 2025
UK

Nolan sisters remember Linda for finding ‘humour in life’s darkest corners’

The Irish star died on Wednesday in a hospital in Blackpool.
16 Jan 2025
UK

The Princess of Wales in remission: A timeline of her cancer journey

Kate gave an update on her health after visiting the hospital where she was treated.
14 Jan 2025
Environment

Temperatures plummet to minus 18.9C overnight as cold spell continues

Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, recorded minus 18.9C on Saturday morning, the Met Office said.
11 Jan 2025
Politics

UK must ‘engage confidently with China’ on trade, says Reeves

The Chancellor has said ‘choosing not to engage’ with the Asian nation ‘is no choice at all’.
11 Jan 2025
Politics

UK must ‘engage confidently with China’ on trade, says Reeves

‘Choosing not to engage with China is therefore no choice at all,’ said Rachel Reeves.
10 Jan 2025
Environment

In Pictures: Animals brave the snow and ice as cold snap continues

Deer, birds and dogs were among the animals snapped by photographers during Friday’s cold weather.
10 Jan 2025