Rod Minchin
UK
Police watchdog launches investigation into explosion deaths
Jo Shaw and former partner Ryan Kelly died in Bristol in the incident last month.
By Rod Minchin
2 Jun 2026
Crime
Granddaughter speaks of how Louisa Dunne’s murder cast shadow over family
Mary Dainton told Bristol Crown Court in a victim impact statement how her mother never recovered from circumstances of her own mother’s murder.
By Rod Minchin
1 Jul 2025
Crime
The UK’s longest-running cold cases
The conviction of Ryland Headley, 92, for the murder of Louisa Dunne in 1967, is thought to be the longest-running cold case to be solved by police.
By Rod Minchin
30 Jun 2025
Crime
Man, 92, convicted of 1967 murder in Britain’s longest-running cold case
Ryland Headley, then aged 34, forced entry into the home of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in Bristol in June 1967 before attacking her.
By Rod Minchin
30 Jun 2025
Crime
Former teacher, 90, will face trial after denying historical sex offences
Derek Barker pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to when he worked at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s.
By Rod Minchin
27 Jun 2025
Crime
Man jailed for killing brother with single punch in drunken fight at motocross
Ben Starr, 35, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event in Swindon in August last year.
By Rod Minchin
26 Jun 2025
Crime
Jury retires to consider verdicts in 1967 murder trial
Ryland Headley, then aged 34, is accused of forcing entry into the home of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in Bristol, and attacking her.
By Rod Minchin
26 Jun 2025
UK
Student who ‘does not like running’ aims to run 500km in 10 days
University of Exeter student Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK.
By Rod Minchin
26 Jun 2025
Environment
Church clock thought to be 600 years old returns after restoration
The much-loved turret clock has been undergoing specialist restoration since its removal in March from St Catherine’s Church in Montacute, Somerset.
By Rod Minchin
26 Jun 2025
UK
Steam train brings Wallace & Gromit sculptures to Bristol for summer arts trail
The heritage train was loaded with a dozen character sculptures and driven by Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park.
By Rod Minchin
25 Jun 2025
UK
Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF base and vandalise planes
The incident took place inside RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
By Rod Minchin
20 Jun 2025
Crime
Palm print found at 1967 murder scene matched accused, expert tells trial
Ryland Headley, 92, is accused of raping and killing Louisa Dunne, 75, in Bristol.
By Rod Minchin
19 Jun 2025
UK
£4m Lotto win puts Harley-Davidson fan on the road to early retirement
Jon Waring, 57, has already handed in his notice at Devon and Cornwall Police where he has worked as a radio operator for 16 years.
By Rod Minchin
19 Jun 2025
Crime
Billion-to-one DNA match links man, 92, to 1967 rape and murder, court hears
Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry into the home of Louisa Dunne, 75, in Bristol in June 1967 before raping and killing her.
By Rod Minchin
18 Jun 2025
UK
Tributes paid to student killed while skydiving in Devon
Adam Harrison was one of two people who died in the incident near Dunkeswell Aerodrome.
By Rod Minchin
17 Jun 2025
Politics
Welsh Government pledges full co-operation with grooming gangs inquiry
Eluned Morgan said she welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to hold a statutory inquiry into child abuse across England and Wales.
By Rod Minchin
17 Jun 2025
UK
Families of Air India crash victims facing ‘pain and frustration’ over delays
The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.
By Rod Minchin
16 Jun 2025
UK
Family of young couple killed in Air India crash speak of their loss
Zaheera Nanabawa said Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara Nanabawa would be missed ‘tremendously’.
By Rod Minchin
13 Jun 2025
Crime
Pair jailed for burglary of £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace
A gang of thieves smashed their way in to the palace and ripped out the fully-functioning 18-carat gold toilet during a raid in 2019.
By Rod Minchin
13 Jun 2025
Health
Retired banker reaches Scotland after running 50 marathons along the coast
Steve James has reached Scotland which marks the quarter-point of his goal to run 200 marathons in 200 days.
By Rod Minchin
11 Jun 2025
Science
Weight-loss jabs may need to be taken for life, experts warn
Professor Graham Easton said much like blood pressure drugs, ‘if you want lifelong effects, you have to keep on them lifelong’.
By Rod Minchin
8 Jun 2025