67 m. ago Peter Falconio’s killer did not disclose location of body before dying – police

Bradley John Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint.

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2 h. ago Girl, nine, rushed to hospital 'with head injury' after being hit by bus

The nine-year-old was hit by a double decker in Birkenhead, Liverpool, earlier this afternoon with passersbys and neighbours dashing to help the child, it was reported.

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2 h. ago Bradley John Murdoch dead: Murderer never told police where he hid his victim's body

Bradley John Murdoch - known as the "Outback Killer" - murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, who vanished in arid Central Australia in the summer of 2001

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3 h. ago 'Outback Killer' Bradley John Murdoch dies at 67, leaving mystery of Peter Falconio's body unsolved

Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer” and convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio who vanished in arid central Australia 24 years ago, has died

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4 h. ago Give prison governors more power to fix Britain's broken jails, say Lords

Lords say jails are in crisis due to years of political and bureaucratic failure

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5 h. ago US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash

Trump has faced growing resentment over the decision of his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to withhold informationUS politics – live updatesAnalysis: How Epstein files uproar became a vehicle for QAnonMike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald Trump over an issue that has roiled the president’s rightwing base.It was a rare moment of friction between Trump and the speaker, a top ally on Capitol Hill, and came as the president faces growing backlash from conservatives who had expected him to make public everything known about Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while in federal custody as he faced sex-trafficking charges. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'Outback killer' who murdered Yorkshire backpacker takes details of his death to his grave

Bradley John Murdoch fatally shot tourist Peter Falconio, 28, with his body having never been found

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6 h. ago Bradley Murdoch, man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, dies aged 67

Body of Falconio, who Murdoch killed in the Australian outback in 2001, has never been foundBradley John Murdoch, the man who killed British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died from throat cancer at the age of 67.Murdoch succumbed to throat cancer on Tuesday night at a hospital in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, a corrections spokesperson confirmed. He had been moved to the hospital from jail in June. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Man who killed British backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia dies

Bradley John Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees.

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6 h. ago Epstein lawyer reveals 'truth' about client list as House Republicans block files release

The MAGA world continues infighting over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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6 h. ago 'Outback killer' dies taking details of Peter Falconio's death to his grave

Bradley John Murdoch fatally shot British tourist Peter Falconio, 28, some 24 years ago, with the victim's body having never been found in the decades following his murder

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6 h. ago Bradley John Murdoch dead at 67: Peter Falconio killer succumbs to throat cancer taking his evil secret to the grave

Notorious outback killer Bradley John Murdoch has died of throat cancer aged 67.

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6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mix Tape: A blissful wallow in the nostalgic afterglow of innocent young love

Funny thing - until the advent of the Pill in the 1960s, most young women married their first serious boyfriend.

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7 h. ago Lawyer says an Alabama teen who was killed by police was shot in the back

Attorneys for the family of an Alabama teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer last month say an independent autopsy determined he was shot in the back

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7 h. ago Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states, union says

Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days

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7 h. ago Democrats demand Pam Bondi and Kash Patel be summoned for Epstein hearing

Letter calls for AG and FBI chief amid rift between Trump and supporters over files on notorious sex criminalDemocratic members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday demanded that Republicans summon the attorney general, Pam Bondi, the FBI director, Kash Patel, and their deputies for a hearing into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the sex-trafficking case against him.The letter from all 19 Democratic members on the committee to its Republican chair, Jim Jordan, comes amid a rift between Donald Trump and some of his supporters over the justice department’s conclusion, announced last week, that Epstein’s death in federal custody six years ago was a suicide, and that there is no secret list of his clients to be made public. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago ICE can expedite deportations to ‘third countries’ with as little as six hours’ notice, memo says

Immigrants don’t have enough time to challenge their removal to countries where they could face violence, lawyers warn

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9 h. ago Epstein lawyer reveals 'truth' about client list as House Republicans block files release: Live updates

The MAGA world continues infighting over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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9 h. ago Innocent 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan now in line for £1.3m payout but lawyers say miscarriage of justice changes 'don't go nearly far enough'

The current cap on compensation payments for people wrongly jailed for 10 years or more will rise by £300,000 to £1.3million, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed.

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9 h. ago Windrush commissioner pledges to fight for justice for marginalised groups

Clive Foster aims to ‘confront uncomfortable realities’ and expand his remit to help those faced with discriminationThe newly appointed Windrush commissioner has promised to expand his remit, to fight for justice for a wider spectrum of marginalised communities who have experienced discrimination in housing, education, employment and policing.At a launch event on Wednesday, Clive Foster will tell the immigration minister, Seema Malhotra, that he does not intend to perform a public relations role for the government. Continue reading...

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