40 h. ago 'Feral' sisters violently beat stranger so badly on night out she was left blind

Toni Lee Patterson, 32, Ellie Patterson, 20, and Abbie Patterson, 19, punched and kicked the woman unconscious in an unprovoked and vicious attack, a court heard

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54 h. ago Chilling last words of Ruth Ellis – the last woman to be hanged for murder in Britain

Nightclub hostess and glamour model, Ruth Ellis from Rhyl, North Wales shot her abusive partner David Blakely dead over 70 years ago, but the case is still very much talked about today

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3 d. ago Who was Desmond Cussen? A Cruel Love star's role in Ruth Ellis' life

Desmond Cussen was a key figure in the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, who is depicted in the ITV drama A Cruel Story: The Ruth Ellis Story

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3 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love viewers query 'confusing' format of new Ruth Ellis drama

ITV's new drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain, with viewers praising the series but many left confused

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4 d. ago The tragic true story behind ITV's A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

Hanged in 1955 over the killing of her abusive lover David Blakely, Ellis was the last woman to ever be hanged in the UK

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4 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story cast in full as Lucy Boynton takes the lead

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will delve into the true story of Ruth Ellis, who was famously the last woman to be hanged in the UK. The new ITV drama will show the events that led up to the murder of David Blakely

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4 d. ago Ruth Ellis' children now as A Cruel Love drama on Welsh criminal airs on ITV

Ruth Ellis was the last woman in Britain to be hanged, and when she was executed in 1955 she left behind two children who were both tormented by being associated with their mother

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4 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Ruth Ellis said six very calm words after shooting abusive husband

Aged just 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain on July 13, 1955, with her story now turned into an ITV series, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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4 d. ago Ruth Ellis' family tragedies after death sentence from triple suicide to daughter's fatal illness

Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain on July 13, 1955, at just 28-years-old - with her sentence outraging thousands of people who called for an end to the death penalty

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4 d. ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in UK – it set of deadly chain of events'

In 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain and her story is now being told in new ITV drama – A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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4 d. ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in Britain – it set off horrific turn of events'

After Ruth Ellis became the last British woman to face the death penalty, a grim legacy of trauma and loss cascaded through her family

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5 d. ago Ruth Ellis and the tragedy of her children as new drama broadcast on ITV

New ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will see the tragic life of the last woman to be hanged in Britain explored, including her two children

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6 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Inside Ruth Ellis' life and why was she the last woman to be hanged in Britain

A new ITV drama, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

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6 d. ago Who was Welsh criminal Ruth Ellis? True story behind new ITV drama

New ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story shares the life of the last woman to be sentenced to death in Britain

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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1 week 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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3 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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