6 h. 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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8 h. 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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10 h. 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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15 h. 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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19 h. 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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42 h. 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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42 h. 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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42 h. 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 d. ago Major update after woman killed in Asda car park days before Christmas

A 78-year-old woman was fatally struck by a van in an Asda car park just days before Christmas - police have launched an investigation and are appealing for witnesses

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3 d. ago Pensioner dies after being struck by van in supermarket car park

A 78-year-old woman has died after being hit by a van while returning to her vehicle in the Oldham supermarket car park

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3 d. 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 d. ago Horror in Asda car park as woman killed after being hit by van days before Christmas

A woman has been killed after being struck by a van in an Asda car park in Shaw, Oldham - Greater Manchester Police have now launched an investigation

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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Woman in her 60s seriously injured after being struck by car

Emergency services attended the incident in Tameside last night

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7 d. ago NWAS paramedic thought 'I'm in the middle of a terrorist incident' after he's injured in horror attack

Jay Vernon was struck by a car during the Liverpool victory parade crash when Paul Doyle drove into crowds of fans

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8 d. ago Women born before this year 'mostly unaware' of their risk of killer disease

Most women don't attend regular health check ups

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9 d. ago Six women killed in holiday hotpot as Brits issued grim warning

Concerning new figures have emerged revealing a dangerous rise in violence against women in a major holiday hotspot that welcomes millions of Brits each year

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1 week ago Dear Coleen: I’m starting to feel awkward around my flirty married mate

"I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t attracted to him. I think most women are because he has the killer combo of being sexy and funny."

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1 week ago Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa state

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2 w. ago Terror as 'Monster of Tamuín' who murdered four girls and woman could be freed

Filiberto 'N' has been accused of killing five people - four of whom were women and girls - before dumping their bodies in sugarcane fields around Tamuín, Mexico

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