11 h. ago Man's body found in Witham street by member of the public as police swarm scene

Police initially rushed to the scene following reports of a concern for welfare and the man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene, with his death not being treated as suspicious

Events

17 h. ago Police probe mystery death of man, 20, found under a viaduct

Officers rushed to the scene at the Collegewood Viaduct in Penryn near Falmouth in West Cornwall where they made the tragic discovery of the young man's body at 8.40am on April 27.

Events

53 h. ago Man appears in court charged with murder after body found in Scots home

Grzegorz Bialy, 56, was found dead when police scrambled to a house in Whitburn, West Lothian, on Friday afternoon.

Events

55 h. ago Body found in home in Scots town as man arrested and charged

Grzegorz Bialy, 56, was found dead when police scrambled to a house in Whitburn, West Lothian.

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5 d. ago Why does the Scandinavian sleep method work for so many couples?

One reason it may work is because the body’s internal clock manages daily rhythms in core body temperature, which drops when you fall asleep

Politics

5 d. ago Investigators seek motive for shootings of MIT professor and Brown students

Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhuntInvestigators turned on Friday to the search for a motive in the murders of two Brown University students and a physics professor in Massachusetts in separate but linked attacks, after the prime suspect was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.The body of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and formerly very briefly a student at Brown, was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility on Thursday night after a five-day manhunt. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Diver's harrowing death trapped in one of world's deepest caves while on rescue mission

A man lost his life in 2005 attempting to recover the body of 20-year-old fellow diver who vanished a decade earlier

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6 d. ago Brian Walshe to be sentenced after being convicted of killing of his wife

A Massachusetts man is expected to be sentenced for murdering his wife, whose body was never found after she disappeared nearly three years ago

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7 d. ago Harvard Medical School morgue manager auctioned off body parts to sick customers to bind books with human skin

THE manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue sold off body parts to sick customers so they could bind books using human skin. Cedric Lodge, 58, took heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from cadavers that had been donated to the Harvard Medical School for research in what has been described as a “macabre scheme spanning...

Economics

7 d. ago Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8

A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts

Politics

7 d. ago Teenager injured in horror stabbing outside Bury school as police make four arrests

"We got a text telling us not to come in"

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8 d. ago Cops hunting hooded man seen on CCTV after 'shotgun murder' in Motherwell

Police found the body of a 26-year-old man at a flat in the town.

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8 d. ago Man found dead in Motherwell home as forensic officers comb scene

The body of a 27-year-old man was found in a property on Monday afternoon.

Events

8 d. ago Moscow school stabbing: One child dead and three people injured in horror attack

Special forces stormed a classroom where a teenager was holding a student hostage following a knife and pepper spray rampage at a school in Moscow

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9 d. ago Man appears in court charged with murder after body find at Edinburgh property

Christos Nikiforidis appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after the incident in the Gorgie area of the city.

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9 d. ago Second body pulled from Bristol harbour weeks after police officer found dead

The body of a missing 50-year-old man was recovered from Bristol Harbour weeks after Welsh police officer PC Rehaan Akhtar was found dead in the same waters in November

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9 d. ago Horror as car ploughs through Scots primary school gates during 'police chase'

The incident happened at Castleton Primary School in Castleton, Glasgow this morning (December 15) - a man in his 40s has since been arrested, police have said

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1 week ago Man discovers missing dad's body buried under family home where he lived for decades

Sister Jean Kennedy said she saw a psychic in 2010 who supposedly told her that her dad was murdered and buried at their family home, and his body was found decades after he disappeared in that exact spot

Society

1 week ago School trip horror with 16 pupils dead after bus crashes 250ft down huge cliff

Harrowing photos from the scene showed the bodies of dead or dying school kids in undergrowth by the overturned bus and terrified survivors sat on rocks in tears

Events

1 week ago A hospital patient was trapped inside his own body and couldn't speak

Andrew Jonathan Davies claimed the allegations were 'false memories', adding the patient had a grudge after being refused a drink of squash

Science