7 d. ago Body of Texas veteran suspected of killing as many as six women to be exhumed from his military grave

Fernando Cota, who was convicted of rape in 1975 and released in 1983, took his own life and was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio

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1 week ago Murderer Matthew Armstrong and violent offender on run after prison escape

Convicted killer Matthew Armstrong and violent criminal Daniel Washbourne are being urgently sought by Avon and Somerset Police after escaping from a prison on New Year’s Day

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1 week ago Murderer Matthew Armstrong on run as two violent offenders escape from prison

Police have warned people to stay away from prisoners Matthew Armstrong and Daniel Washbourne if they spot them and to alert officers on 999 right away if they are found

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2 w. ago Teenage girl who shared bed with Fred and Rose West in sick house of horrors

The serial killer and his wife, Rose, murdered at least 12 women and girls, some of whom were their own daughters

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2 w. ago 'Hitman' accused of murdering Scots mob boss in Spain faces new year in cramped prison

Michael Riley is set to be moved from his lavish prison to a much more crowded and violent jail after he was flown to Madrid in October to stand trial for the gangland shooting

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2 w. ago Britain’s female serial killers from cruel poisoner to sadistic nurse

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. From Victorian poisoners to modern hospital killers, these are Britain’s most notorious female serial killers, the women whose crimes shocked the nation, influenced policy and rocked public trust

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3 w. ago Manchester Arena plotter’s alleged prison attack sparks call for US

Report recommends adoption of US-style punishment and rewards for most dangerous inmatesA long-awaited report that examined how the Manchester Arena plotter was able to carry out an alleged violent attack on prison officers has recommended a new punishment and rewards system for the most dangerous inmates, similar to that used in a US Supermax jail.David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, is facing demands to publish the report, which looks into why Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for life for helping his brother carry out the 2017 bombing, was able to target staff at HMP Frankland with boiling oil and homemade weapons in a planned ambush. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scientists call for vaccinating boys against HPV to eliminate cervical cancer

Cervical cancer caused by HPV kills nearly 350,000 women every year

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3 w. ago Everything we know after two women, 57 and 59, killed after being struck by car in Bolton

Two pedestrians, aged 57 and 59, were pronounced dead at the scene

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3 w. ago Teenage driver arrested after two women, 57 and 59, were killed in a rush hour crash this morning

The two women were both pedestrians and suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene in Bolton. The teen driver remains in custody to be interviewed by detectives.

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3 w. ago Police investigate as two women killed walking down road in horror crash

The two victims suffered catastrophic injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene in Bolton

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3 w. ago 'Crossbow Cannibal' who killed three women faces violent prison attacks

Stephen Griffiths was convicted on December 21, 2010 for murdering three women. He has reportedly suffered multiple violent attacks behind bars including being knocked unconscious in 2024.K nE

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3 w. ago Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world

Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre began. Some had just given birth and others were still in labour.Working at the hospital that night, lab technician Abdo-Rabo Ahmed, 28, was one of the few known survivors. “I heard the voices of women and children screaming,” he says. “They were killing everybody inside the hospital. Those of us who were able to run, did.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Vile murderer repeatedly stabbed prison guard with ‘vicious’ makeshift shank – nine years after he shot dead man in back

A THUG already serving life for a brutal murder repeatedly stabbed a prison guard with a makeshift shank in a horrendous attack inside jail. Christopher Stubbs, 30, acted "like a rabid dog" when he stabbed the officer multiple times at Garth Prison in Lancashire. The violent killer, originally from South Bank, was jailed for life...

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3 w. ago Railway Killers' chilling act as children before embarking on sick murder and rape spree

The pair have gone down in history as two sadistic serial rapists turned killers who attacked women and children near railway stations in Britain during the 1980s - but what were they like as kids?

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3 w. ago Railway Killers' horrifying act as children before sick murder and rape rampage

The Railway Killers were a pair of sadistic serial rapists turned killers who attacked scores of women and children in the 1980s - but what was their own childhood like?

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3 w. ago Railway Killers' who raped and murdered women and children committed sickening act as kids

John Francis Duffy and David Mulcahy embarked on a sickening spree of rape and murder in the 1980s, targeting women and children near railway stations in the UK - but what were they like as kids?

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3 w. ago Cannibal who kept brain in microwave and severed breasts on table suffers prison hell

Stephen Griffiths, the 'Crossbow Cannibal' serial killer who murdered three women, has suffered multiple violent attacks in prison including being knocked unconscious last year

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3 w. ago Evil 'Crossbow Cannibal' who kept severed breasts on coffee table suffers hell in jail

Serial killer Stephen Griffiths was jailed for life 15 years ago and below we look at how the Crossbow Cannibal has dodged death on multiple occasions while locked up

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4 w. ago I want my sons to know masculinity can be kind – and my daughter to live without fear | David Lammy

Violence against women is a national emergency. As a minister, but also as a father, I see Labour’s new strategy as a matter of the highest priorityDavid Lammy MP is the deputy prime minister, lord chancellor and secretary of state for justiceIn the year leading up to March 2025, one in eight women in England and Wales had been a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Almost 200 rapes are recorded every day. And on average, three women are killed by men in the UK every single week. Just pause and consider that.There has been plenty of tough talk on violence against women and girls over the past decade – but too little action. We will deploy the full power of the state in the largest crackdown on violence perpetrated against women and girls in British history. This violence is a national emergency. And as a dad to a daughter, it terrifies me. But as a dad to two sons, it drives home that we can’t keep doing things the same way.David Lammy MP is the deputy prime ministe...

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