11 h. ago Detectives seek motive after elderly couple killed in ‘sickening’ arson attack

Peter Eric Greener, 77, and Sheila Jackson, 83, died in the fire at their home in St Helens.

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14 h. ago Elderly couple, 83 and 77, die in 'sickening' arson attack on their home as police launch murder investigation

Emergency services rushed to the scene on South John Street in St Helens at around 12.40am on Tuesday following reports of a house fire.

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14 h. ago Murder probe after elderly couple killed in 'truly shocking' arson attack

Police have issued a statement

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15 h. ago Murder investigation launched after two die in 'sickening' arson attack on house

Peter Eric Greener, 77, died on Wednesday night, while his partner Sheila Jackson, 83, died on Thursday morning

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4 d. ago Peter Falconio killer Bradley John Murdoch just 'a couple of days' from death

Peter Falconio's killer has entered his final days of life as the convicted murderer is 'in and out of consciousness, very groggy and 'not comprehensible'.

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6 d. ago Horror as loving couple are brutally executed by their son leaving family ripped apart

David and Teresa 'Teri' Pabst, both 64, were executed by their adult son James in their home in Middleton, Wisconsin.

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2 w. ago 'Killer' took zip wire Brighton day trip with elderly gay couple before killing one of them on camera during sex then battering the other with a hammer, court hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is accused of slaughtering Albert Alfonso, 62, on camera after killing Mr Alfonso's partner Paul Longworth, 71, with a hammer in London.

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2 w. ago A Russian drone strike on Odesa kills a married couple and injures 17 other people, Ukraine says

Ukrainian authorities say two people were killed and some 17 injured after Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa

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3 w. ago 'Argument over hot dog' leads man to allegedly kill nudist couple and drown dog

A man who had a deadly feud with his nudist neighbours spanning a decade, made his final killing blow over a hotdog worth a quid, courts heard, as he stood trial for murder

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3 w. ago Revealed: Kenneth Noye's new life. He brutally stabbed two men and stole £26m. Now as he swans around Kent with a much younger lover and plays doting grandfather, friends expose the dark truth

Life, of late, has been undeservedly kind to Kenneth Noye. Despite having a couple of killings under his belt, the gangster is a familiar sight on the streets of Sevenoaks, Kent.

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4 w. ago Israel’s attack has exposed Iran’s lack of firepower – but conflict could yet turn in Tehran’s favour

Iran has struggled to respond effectively after Israel killed many of its top military commandersIt is a week since Israel began its largest attack ever on Iran, and in conventional military terms it is clear that Tehran is under extreme pressure. Israel has been able to achieve superiority over Iran’s skies at extraordinary speed, within hours of launching its surprise assault. Its military claimed on Monday to have knocked out 120 Iranian air defence systems through a mixture of air and drone strikes, about a third of Tehran’s pre-war total.In response, Iran’s most effective weapon has been its stock of high-speed ballistic missiles, estimated at about 2,000 by Israel’s Defence Force (IDF) at the outset of hostilities last week. But the heavy targeting by Israel of launch sites in western Iran, in underground bases such as at Kermanshah – coupled with Israel’s grimly effective targeted killing of Iran’s top military commanders – have left Iran struggling to respond militarily and ...

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