5 h. ago Ruth Ellis: the tragic story of the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK

Her story is being made into ITV show A Cruel Love, which is due to air later this year

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5 h. ago A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

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39 h. ago Nickel Boys’ Brandon Wilson: ‘There’s no logic to racial structures’

The rising star of the Oscar-nominated drama speaks to Lydia Spencer-Elliott about the ghosts of America’s past, his exciting future and an unlikely British sitcom connection

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4 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton struggled to 'switch off' as she filmed harrowing Ruth Ellis drama

Actress Lucy Boynton appeared on BBC's The One Show on Thursday where she spoke about the upcoming ITV drama in which she portrays the last woman to be executed in Britain

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4 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton felt 'sick' reading transcripts for ITV drama

Lucy Boynton appeared on BBC's The One Show when she opened up on how terrible she felt reading certain aspects of the script for her new real-life ITV drama based on the story of Ruth Ellis

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5 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton shares huge challenge of playing Ruth Ellis

The last woman in the UK to be hanged was Ruth Ellis, and now actress Lucy Boynton is taking on the role in new ITV drama A Cruel Love, alongside Laurie Davidson, who plays David Blakely

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5 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton reveals huge challenge playing last woman to be hanged

Lucy Boynton stars in ITV's true crime drama A Cruel Love as Ruth Ellis, who shot her boyfriend dead in 1955 and became the last woman in the UK to be hanged for her crime

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7 d. ago Ruth Langsford takes a playful swipe at her ex Eamonn Holmes in candid parenting discussion on Loose Women

Ruth Langsford took a playful swipe at her ex Eamonn Holmes as she reflected on his parenting style on Loose Women on Monday. 

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7 d. ago Actress Lucy Boynton says society has become ‘desensitised’ to domestic violence

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will air on ITV1 at 9pm on March 5.

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9 d. ago The New York Yankees’ repeal of their facial hair policy is simply business

Ending their decades-long ban on facial hair and bringing beards back to the Bronx had to be done to prop up New York’s declining competitive advantageOne of the last vestiges of George Steinbrenner era is finally over. The in-house (that Ruth built) rule that denied New York Yankees players the right to wear beards on baseball diamonds from the 1970s on is done and dusted, not unlike like The Boss himself, who died at 80 back in 2010. It’s the latest move showing that the new boss, George’s son Hal, who axed the 49-year-old rule on Friday, will do everything he can to differentiate himself from the old Boss, his dad.“In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former and current Yankees – spanning several eras – to elicit their perspectives on our longstanding facial hair and grooming policy, and I appreciate their earnest and varied feedback,” Steinbrenner said in a statement. “These most recent conversations are an extension of ongoing internal dialogue that dates back sev...

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2 w. ago Last woman to be hanged in Britain should NOT have been: Ruth Ellis suffered 'miscarriage of justice' after shooting violent boyfriend, grandson says

Ruth Ellis was put to death nearly 55 years ago aged just 28 for shooting dead her violent boyfriend, racing driver David Blakely. She is portrayed by Lucy Boynton in ITV production A Cruel Love.

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