Greek detectives are investigating whether a Scottish charity worker found dead inside a suitcase in Athens was killed by someone she knew while attempting to help vulnerable people living on the streets. Elizabeth-Jane Ross, 38,
An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a suspected explosion damaged a block of flats in Ipswich, forcing residents to evacuate and prompting a major emergency services response. Police were called to Princes Street, Ipswich,
A 17-year-old boy has been charged following a stabbing in Northolt that prompted a major emergency response, including London’s Air Ambulance. Emergency services were called to New Park Close, near the Hollowfield Walk estate in
A dangerous sexual predator has been jailed for life after abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl in Edinburgh city centre in what prosecutors described as one of the most disturbing stranger attacks seen in the
Jon Venables, one of the men convicted of the murder of two-year-old James Bulger, has launched a legal challenge in an attempt to prevent James’ parents from attending his forthcoming parole hearing. Venables, now 43,
A person has died following an incident at Beckenham Junction railway station, prompting a major emergency response and hours of disruption across the Southeastern and Southern rail networks. Emergency services were called to Beckenham Junction
A man who destroyed his childhood home in a massive explosion after wrongly believing he had been cut out of his late father’s will has been jailed for more than four years. Darren Davies, 55,
A rogue funeral director who stored decomposing bodies, reused coffins and handed grieving families the wrong ashes has been jailed for 20 years in one of the UK’s worst funeral scandals. Robert Bush, 47, was
The Bluebell Railway has suspended all steam locomotive services with immediate effect due to the ongoing hot, dry weather and heightened risk of lineside fires. The popular Sussex heritage railway confirmed that steam services were
