81 m. ago Huge £240K reward to help find remains of Brit backpacker Peter Falconio

Australian police have announced a huge new reward for any new information that leads to the discovery of British backpacker Peter Falconio's remains

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5 h. ago Australian police offer new reward in bid to find Peter Falconio’s body

Bradley Murdoch is serving a life sentence for killing the British backpacker and attacking his girlfriend, Joanne Lees.

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7 h. ago Australian police offer $500,000 reward in bid to find murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains

Falconio killed while travelling in Northern Territory with girlfriend Joanne Lees in 2001 but his body has never been foundNorthern Territory police are offering a $500,000 reward for information on the location of the remains of British backpacker Peter Falconio, whose murder in the Australian outback more than 20 years ago captured worldwide attention.In July 2001, Falconio, then 28, was travelling Australia with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, on a remote stretch of highway about 300km north of Alice Springs in the NT when he was pulled over by Bradley John Murdoch, who said their van might have an engine problem. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Parents of murdered Brit backpacker Peter Falconio reveal they've been kept in the dark about jailed killer's move to palliative care amid fears he'll take secret of missing body to his grave

Bradley John Murdoch, 67, is out of jail receiving care at Alice Springs Hospital as he battles terminal throat cancer.

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21 h. ago Man appears in court charged over murder bid on Ayrshire street

Ryan Young appeared in Ayr Sheriff Court on Tuesday, June 24, charged in connection with an attempted murder in the town last week.

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28 h. ago Outback killer Bradley John Murdoch transferred from prison to palliative care

The ruthless drug runner spent 20 years in jail for shooting British backpacker Peter Falconio and tying up Mr Falconio's girlfriend Joanne Lees before she made a harrowing escape.

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5 d. ago Police investigating Ayr murder bid after man found injured in street

A 39-year-old man was taken to hospital on Tuesday after being found injured on Braeside Road in Ayr.

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7 d. ago Two men appear in court after 'machete murder bid' on Mark Richardson associate

The pair appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with a number of offences.

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7 d. ago Two men charged over 'machete murder bid' on Mark Richardson associate at Edinburgh home

David McMillan was attacked outside his home in Edinburgh by thugs wielding machetes, with another arrest made over the firebombing of a salon in the city.

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1 week ago Indonesian police hunt for two Australians after Melbourne man shot and killed in Bali

Search under way for two Australian men after Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic fatally shot and another man injured at Bali villaAuthorities are searching for two Australian men suspected of fatally shooting a Melbourne man and injuring another at a villa on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) confirmed a man died and another was injured. The shooting, just after midnight on Friday at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in the district of Badung, killed Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Melbourne. The second victim, who is 34 and also from Melbourne, was beaten, Badung police chief, Arif Batubara, said. “We cannot yet determine the motive,” Batubara said, adding that an investigation was under way. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australian man shot to death at a villa on the tourist island of Bali

Indonesian police say an Australian man was shot dead at a villa on the tourist island of Bali, in an attack that also left another Australian man injured

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1 week ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British backpacker faces 20 years in jail after being charged over Australia e

Alicia Kemp charged with death by dangerous driving while under influence

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2 w. ago Parents of British backpacker, 24, on trial for 'killing pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, 24, a psychology graduate from Redditch, Worcestershire, was arrested and charged with riding the e-scooter on a footpath that fatally knocked down 51-year-old engineer Thanh Phan, 51.

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2 w. ago Boy, 15, charged over 'murder bid' after teen 'stabbed' on Glasgow street

The youth will appear in court today.

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2 w. ago British backpacker, 24, killed pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

A British backpacker allegedly killed a father after ploughing into him while riding drunk on an e-scooter, an Australian court has heard. 

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3 w. ago 'Stunning' Debenhams £1,500 watch slashed to under £180 in Father's Day offer

The STÜHRLING Regatta Automatic 42mm Diver Watch is now available with 88% off at Debenhams, meaning customers save more than £1,300

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3 w. ago Man charged over Inverness murder bid as two rushed to hospital after 'stabbing'

Cops raced to Craigton Avenue in the city at around 7.30pm on Sunday evening after reports of two people injured within a property.

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4 w. ago Revealed: Dramatic rescue operation to save British backpacker who was robbed, attacked and left living on the streets of South America 

Hannah Almond, 32, who had travelled to Peru on a yoga retreat to 'find herself', was discovered slumped on the pavement by a Peruvian Good Samaritan who flew to Cusco to search for her.

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4 w. ago Desperate hunt for missing British backpacker: Woman spent a month living on the streets in South America after being violently robbed of her passport and all her money

Hannah Almond, 32, a fashion graduate from Grimsby, was left stranded, penniless and unable to contact her family after the attack, with all her remaining belongings torched by local thugs.

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