2 h. ago UK's last death penalty victim as calls grow for return of capital punishment

Polling shows that 50% of Brits support the reintroduction of capital punishment and 42% of the public say it should be typical sentence when it comes to murder

Events

6 h. ago Starmer shuts down Lowe’s calls for a referendum on the death penalty: ‘It is not the answer’

Sir Keir Starmer has shut down Rupert Lowe’s recommendation that the death penalty be reintroduced for foreign criminals.

Politics

8 h. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence on bringing death penalty back to UK

Independent MP Rupert Lowe asked Sir Keir Starmer to put the reintroduction of the death penalty before the public in the form of a legally binding referendum in the wake of 'brutal murders'

Events

11 h. ago Keir Starmer to address nation after 'facing plots to oust him' by fellow MPs

Wes Streeting, Health Secretary, has been labelled as one of the plotters but denied the allegations on BBC Radio 4 this morning as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to fight for his career

Politics

35 h. ago Israeli parliament backs death penalty bill targeting Palestinians

Bill passed by 39 votes to 16 but must clear two more parliamentary votes to become law

Politics

45 h. ago Murderer has gruesome decision to make 35 years after raping and killing student

Harold Wayne Nichols was given the death penalty in 1990 after raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a 21-year-old student at Chattanooga State University in Tennessee

Events

52 h. ago Police make fresh appeal for information on the anniversary of tragic murder of Curtis Green

The police are still without answers a year on from the fatal shooting of Curtis Green in London last November

Events

5 d. ago Labour urges Badenoch to reveal if she intervened in Greensill probe

Kemi Badenoch has been accused by the Australian financier Lex Greensill of restructuring an inquiry into his activities, according to reports.

Politics

5 d. ago Woman agreed to knock on door before fatal shooting in exchange for £10 of crack cocaine

Melissa Quailey-Dashper, 40, denies she was aware Joanne Penney would be shot on a doorstep at a flat in Llys Illtyd, after she attended the scene with the killer, Marcus Huntley

Events

6 d. ago Death row drug mule gran seen for the first time since jail release

Lindsay Sandiford was given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia.

Events

6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford seen for first time in DECADE as she leaves jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

Events

6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford, 69, seen for first time in DECADE leaving jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

Events

6 d. ago Woman shares simple fitted sheet folding trick and people say 'it's magic'

An Australian woman was left red-faced when she was accused of 'witchcraft' for her simple folding trick - and people say it's 'magic'

Politics

7 d. ago Emotional moment Aussie facing the death penalty after he was accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali hugs his family outside court

Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, gave his testimony in Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

Events

8 d. ago Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in prison 43 years after rampage

George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the U.S., has died

Events

1 week ago Airman was killed on nuclear weapons base in Wyoming by comrade who had pointed gun at him ‘jokingly’

Two other airmen admitted to making false statements about the circumstances of Brayden Lovan’s death

Events

1 week ago Rust gun supplier sues Alec Baldwin and producers over ‘scapegoat smear campaign’

Seth Kenney alleges film’s lead actor, producers and crew defamed him to deflect blame for fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

Politics

2 w. ago Horror 24 hours in London sees fatal triple stabbing, double shooting and woman killed at home

Horror 24 hours in London sees fatal triple stabbing, double shooting and woman killed at home  MyLondon

Events

2 w. ago Motorcyclist suspected in fatal police shooting crashes on California highway during high speed chase

Pursuit on Los Angeles freeway reached speeds of 140 m.p.h before the biker was clipped by a car and sent flying

Events

2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson says people who drop litter should be shot by snipers in trees

The Clarkson's Farm host says racists and paedophiles aren't at the top of his hate list - it's litterers. He has advocated bringing back the death penalty for lazy folk who don't use bins

Politics