11 h. ago Man jailed for life with 45 years before parole for murder of ex

Elias Morgan shot former prison officer Lenny Scott, a ‘devoted’ father-of-three.

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33 h. ago The Thursday Murder Club cast on who would survive a real murder mystery

Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays sit down with us to talk all things The Thursday Murder Club – from what it was like stepping onto set with legendary acting icons like Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan, to who in the cast would survive (and who wouldn’t) in a real-life murder mystery.

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3 d. ago Lucy Lawless: ‘I’ve got bag lady hair. I look like I’ve just had sex in a dumpster’

The actor and director on struggling with Dostoevsky, her love of Maggie Smith and flossing in her carBorn in Auckland, New Zealand, Lucy Lawless, 57, studied drama in Canada. In the 1990s she starred on television in Xena: Warrior Princess. She went on to appear in Battlestar Galactica, Spartacus, Parks and Recreation, Agents of SHIELD and Salem. Her films include Spider-Man, EuroTrip, Boogeyman, Bedtime Stories and Minions: The Rise of Gru. In 2024 she made her directorial debut with Never Look Away. She plays Alexa Crowe in the crime series My Life Is Murder; all four series are now available on DVD and digital. She is married for the second time, has three children and lives in New Zealand.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Laziness. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Killer's question to police as they discover his appalling secret

Christopher Barlow was jailed for life for the murder of Mariann Borocz

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4 d. ago The real life Coopers Chase! Thursday Murder Club was filmed at a VERY posh stately home that hosted a 'royal' wedding and was also used for The Crown and Black Mirror

Englefield House near Reading was transformed into Coopers Chase years after it hosted Pippa Middleton's wedding attended by Princes William and Harry in 2017.

Society

5 d. ago Disgraced chiropractor gets life sentence for trying to murder wife with lead

Brian Thomas Mann, a 36-year-old chiropractor from Alabama, tried to slowly kill his wife Hannah, 26, with vitamins laced with lead.

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6 d. ago Family of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey GRANTED inquest into his death in major victory after 10

A coroner has ruled there is a 'sufficient cause' for an inquest, which will explore alleged police failures to protect him from threats on his life prior to his murder

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7 d. ago Channel 4 The Jury viewers recognise iconic soap actress in first episode of series two

The Jury: Murder Trial returned on Tuesday (August 26) night with the real-life trial of a young mother called Sophie who stabbed her boyfriend Ryan in the chest with a kitchen knife

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7 d. ago The Jury: Murder Trial season 2 start date, jury list, trial details and how to watch

The Jury: Murder Trial is returning to Channel 4 for a second season, with a new jury set to deliberate over a real-life murder trial - but will they reach the same verdict?

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7 d. ago The Jury season 2 start date, jury list, trial details and how to watch

The BAFTA-winning Channel 4 show is back for a second series as it recreates a real-life murder trial

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8 d. ago Teen tortured for weeks as eyes gouged out and scalp removed in UK's worst murder

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: James Patterson Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Kelly Anne Bates, who he tortured for weeks in one of the UK's most shocking crimes

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9 d. ago Celia Imrie: how brooches, hankies and a secret tribute brought Thursday Murder Club character to life

Exclusive: Olivier Award-winning actress says she was given unusual freedom on set to personalise Joyce’s world

Society

1 week ago Teen who grinned as he stabbed lad in heart 'fulfilled fantasy' with 'dark motive'

Exclusive: A young killer who grinned while stabbing his victim shows signs of thrill-seeking violence, obsession with knives, and possible emerging psychopathic traits, according to a criminal psychologist

Politics

1 week ago Grinning teen with an unhealthy obsession with knives is jailed for life for murder after plunging Rambo

Charles Hartle had a fixation with knives and killing people he believed to be opponents and a dangerous obsession with gang culture, a court heard.

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1 week ago Killer of Michael Jordan's father opens up on 1993 murder and makes desperate plea as he serves life sentence

Daniel Green, 50, has spent the last three decades behind bars over the July 1993 killing of Jordan, who was shot in North Carolina during what authorities believed was a botched robbery.

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1 week ago Thursday Murder Club fans do double take as they spot Fresh Prince of Bel Air legend

The Thursday Murder Club brings to life former Pointless star Richard Osman’s best-selling murdery mystery novel for the big screen.

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1 week ago Family of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey say they feel 'punished' as they continue 10

He received several threat-to-life warnings up until his murder in 2015

Politics

1 week ago Meredith Kercher's family lawyer slams 'disrespectful' Amanda Knox after new series

Amanda Knox has executive-produced a new series based on her life and the aftermath of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, and the British student's family lawyer has hit out

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1 week ago Beaming Amanda Knox laughs as she poses up a storm and kisses her husband at premiere of new series based on her ex

Amanda Knox grinned and shared a smooch with her husband - at the New York premiere of a dramatized mini-series based on the real life case that saw her accused of murder.

Politics

2 w. ago Florida man who fatally stabbed friend over Trump convicted of second

Donald Jamesbrown Henry and Shawn Popp got into a fight over ‘Trump going bankrupt’ when the latter was attackedA Florida man who fatally stabbed a friend during an argument in 2022 over Donald Trump’s businesses having gone bankrupt, is facing possibly spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murder.Donald Jamesbrown Henry, 38, awaits a sentencing hearing tentatively scheduled for October after jurors found him guilty Friday of second-degree murder in the killing of Shawn Popp, whose death came to be regarded by some as an example of the havoc that politics can wreak on interpersonal relationships in the US. Continue reading...

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