11 h. ago SNP 'denying reality' of housing emergency in Dundee with hundreds of kids left homeless

The SNP administration in the City of Discovery has twice voted against declaring a housing emergency despite being urged to do so by a leading charity.

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11 h. ago 'I was left alone in the Beckham household and discovered what family was really like'

Brooklyn Beckham shared a series of explosive Instagram posts last week in which he made a number of claims about his parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham

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11 h. ago Historic Victorian sawmill is saved by politicians' campaign... before they discover it housed killer serial rapist's favourite sex club

The swingers' venue, CJ's in Glasgow, was earmarked for the bulldozers until MSP Paul Sweeney stepped in to protect the venue based in the historic Port Dundas building.

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12 h. ago Sex club used by serial killer accidentally saved from demolition by MSPs

MSP Paul Sweeney campaigned to save Glasgow's historic Port Dundas sawmill without realising it housed CJ's swingers club once attended by convicted murderer Iain Packer

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51 h. ago This Week in History: Monica Lewinsky, deadly storms and Britain’s most prolific serial killer

Explore how major events were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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3 d. ago Horrifying serial killers executed for their gruesome crimes

Saturday 24th January marks 37 years since notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was executed via the electric chair. Here's a look at other infamous criminals who have faced execution.

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3 d. ago Inside Ted Bundy's sinister mind and how he manipulated and seduced victims

Serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to 36 murders, but experts believe the actual number could be much higher as psychologist explains his chilling manipulation tactics

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3 d. ago Ted Bundy's life from cradle to grave – 37 years on from his deadly execution

Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy charmed his way through life while brutually murdering countless young women, which finally resulted in his execution by electric chair.

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4 d. ago Serial killer left body parts in River Thames while Jack the Ripper struck terror

Serial killer left body parts in River Thames while Jack the Ripper struck terror  mylondon.news

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7 d. ago Yorkshire Ripper victim's son: killer's estate should have gone to murdered women

The son of a Yorkshire Ripper victim has told the Mirror of his anger that the serial killer's victims were not given every penny from Sutcliffe's estate when he died

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7 d. ago Police stunned as Lucy Letby faces no further charges despite 'full file of evidence'

Serial killer and former nurse Lucy Letby, 36, is currently serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others

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7 d. ago Discover Renée Gailhoustet and her radical approach to socially engaged housing

Discover Renée Gailhoustet and her radical approach to socially engaged housing  wallpaper.com

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7 d. ago Police relaunch investigation into 'murdered' man whose body was mysteriously found in serial killer's dumping spot

Police have reissued computer-generated mock-ups of how the man - whose skull was found by shocked motorsport fans - may have looked in his 50s, 60s and 70s.

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8 d. ago Parliament's pay watchdog admits more than half of Brits think MPs' salaries are too high... but says it won't cut them as voters just need a 'deeper understanding' of what politicians do

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which decides the pay of MPs and their staff, recently carried out a 'listening exercise' with the public.

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8 d. ago Victoria Hall's mum dies weeks before serial killer goes on trial for daughter's murder

Lorinda Hall, 70, died peacefully in Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, last month ahead of Steve Wright's trial for murdering her daughter Victoria, 17, in 1999

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8 d. ago Mother of teenager 'murdered by serial killer Steve Wright' dies without knowing who killed her daughter

Lorinda Hall, 70, passed away in hospital after waiting a quarter of a century to find out who killed her daughter, Victoria, 17 (pictured). Serial killer Steve Wright, 67, denies the murder.

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1 week ago Couple buy abandoned house without looking inside – they were left astounded

Ryan Knight and Jen Peters-McKnight's renovation video went viral with 2 million views after discovering 'tonnes and tonnes of junk' inside their Pink House auction purchase

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1 week ago Family of dad who died in Colombia 'living in hell' after remains 'buried without consent'

Ross Macquarrie, 38, from Mauchline in East Ayrshire, was discovered dead by housekeeping staff at his lodgings in Bogotá on November 11 last year, but his family in the UK are still fighting for answers over his remains

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1 week ago Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing offLike a 1970s rust-belt serial killer, Nigel Farage is painstakingly assembling around him the political corpses of Boris Johnson’s final, terrible cabinet. Think about it. You never see Reform’s defectors after the initial unveiling press conference, and I’m beginning to wonder what happens to them. I think Nigel amateurishly embalms them or stuffs them with horsehair and sackcloth, then seats them round a “cabinet” table in his cellar, where they all silently agree with him at all times, and never interrupt him.But look, I’m prepared to consider more outlandish fan theories too, particularly after the sheer farce of Robert Jenrick’s defection on Thursday. If Nigel’s sloppy-seconding carries on at this rate, the Reform/Conservative party differentiation is going to feel a lot like it did when Bucks Fizz factionalised and split, then mounted rival tours of the U...

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1 week ago Serial killer Levi Bellfield suffers allergic reaction to face cream in jail

The depraved murderer, 57, whose victims include 13-year-old Milly Dowler, is currently serving a life sentence in HMP Frankland in County Durham.

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