25 h. ago Woman appears in court charged with murder of Polish mother whose body was found buried in garden 15 years after she vanished

Anna Podedworna, 39, appeared before Southern Derbyshire magistrates this morning charged with the murder of Izabela Zablocka,

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40 h. ago Woman is charged with murder after Polish mother's body was found buried in garden 15 years after she vanished

Anna Podedworna, 39, has been charged after the body of Polish mother, Izabela Zablocka, (pictured) was founrd in a garden in Derby by police 15 years after she vanished. 

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49 h. ago Tragedy as Brit missing in Malaysia is found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft on a construction site a week after he was last seen

Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, was last seen on May 27 at a bar in an upmarket suburb in Kuala Lumpur, sparking a police probe and a search by his parents.

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52 h. ago Tragic last photo of missing Greg Monks before mystery disappearance and death on Portugal stag do

The last known photo of Greg Monks shows him smiling while out with his friends, a week before his body was tragically found

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3 d. ago Women behind the lens: ‘The bridal dress is meant to present her as a queen but to me it always felt like a cage’

The work of the Moroccan photographer Sara Benabdallah explores ritual and repression in her country’s marriage traditionsThrough my series Dry Land, I explore the deep contradictions embedded in Moroccan marriage traditions – how they oscillate between sacred ritual and social imprisonment. This image was taken on the arid outskirts of Marrakech, where the earth is cracked and open, a stark contrast to the heaviness of the dress the woman carries on her body. It shines beautifully but restricts, almost theatrical in its weight.The woman stands still in a traditional Fassi bridal garment, a piece that is both exquisite and nearly unbearable to wear. It is a dress I grew up seeing and quietly fearing – not just for its grandeur, but for what it symbolised. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Bernardine Evaristo scoops Women’s prize outstanding contribution award

One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’Bernardine Evaristo is to receive £100,000 after being announced as the winner of the Women’s prize outstanding contribution award, a one-off prize to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s prize for fiction.The author of Girl, Woman, Other and Mr Loverman has been rewarded for her entire body of work, as well as her “transformative impact on literature and her unwavering dedication to uplifting under-represented voices across the cultural landscape”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Boy, 4, sucked into hotel swimming pool in Majorca holiday horror

The four-year-old's arm was sucked into the cleaning system of the swimming pool at the hotel.

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4 d. ago Body of Brit woman found naked on Thailand's notorious Full Moon Party island

The woman's naked body was discovered by a local villager washed ashore on a beach in Koh Phangan, southern Thailand, this morning

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4 d. ago BREAKING: Brit woman's naked body found on notorious Full Moon Party island in Thailand

Police raced to the scene and found a 54-year-old British woman washed ashore on a beach in Koh Phangan, southern Thailand - she had been discovered by a local villager

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4 d. ago Mystery as naked body of British woman is found on beach on Thai Full Moon Party island

The Brit was wearing only an orange bra when her body was discovered face-down on the beach by a villager early this morning. Police discovered her orange underwear drifting ashore nearby.

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4 d. ago Buried alive horror as ‘dead’ woman wakes up while coroners prepped her body for funeral

An 88-year-old woman was nearly buried alive after she 'woke up' while funeral workers were preparing her lifeless body for her own funeral, following a coroner's blunder

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4 d. ago Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe finally breaks silence on fiancee's mystery cruise ship death

Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe has finally broken his silence on the mysterious cruise ship death of his fiancee Kimberly Burch.

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4 d. ago Death of 'bullied' soldier whose badly decomposed body was found three weeks after he died remains a mystery, inquest told

Lance Corporal Bernard 'Bernie' Mongan, 33, was allegedly the victim of 'systematic harassment' and 'bullying', a coroner was previously told.

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5 d. ago Body found in search for woman reported missing on Scots island as family informed

Alison MacDonald vanished from the Isle of Lewis.

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5 d. ago Death Valley fans left speechless after spotting 'genius' moment in latest episode

The second episode of the BBC's new murder mystery series Death Valley aired on Sunday night

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5 d. ago Bletchley fire kills girl, 15, and woman as neighbours try to break door down

Firefighters found the body of 15-year-old Ann Eyre in the house in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, along with the body of a 67-year-old woman who has not yet been identified

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8 d. ago Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the Black Death's prolonged reign of terror

Research has revealed that the evolution of a single gene in Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes bubonic plague - allowed it to adapt and survive for so long.

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8 d. ago ‘Death is not a mystery’: what happens to your body when you’re dying?

Experts say knowing more about death – or ‘death literacy’ – can actually help quell fears of dyingTell us: how has your sex life changed after 60?“Who would like to hear about what happens when you’re dying?”In the final episode of the FX series Dying for Sex, a hospice nurse with an oddly comforting sense of enthusiasm explains to a patient what to expect as she dies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman's naked body found hanging from balcony after boyfriend's son's horror fall

Rebecca Zahau, 32, was found naked, bound and hanging from the second-story balcony of her boyfriend's mansion in Coronado, California

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1 week ago Woman with 'perfect body' explains cost of her monthly food budget

Karol, 25, was determined to have the perfect physique based on proportions, strength and well-being

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