15 h. ago Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review – engrossing retelling of ‘the crime of the century’

This account of Dr Crippen’s notorious Edwardian-era killing shifts the focus to the women at the centre of the sordid taleOn the evening of 31 January 1910, two couples dined together at a house in Hilldrop Crescent, on the borders of Holloway, London. The hosts, Dr Crippen and his wife, Belle Elmore, had been entertaining their friends, Clara and Paul Martinetti, until the small hours. After some difficulty fetching a cab, the visitors headed home around 1.30am. It was the last time they, or anyone else, would see Elmore alive. When her colleagues at the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild made inquiries about their friend – she was treasurer of the organisation – Crippen told them she had gone off to America to deal with a family crisis. Some weeks later they were informed she had died of double pneumonia in Los Angeles.Thus was sparked an international murder case, one of the most notorious in Britain, later called “the crime of the century”. But Hallie Rubenhold’s engrossing account begin...

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36 h. ago Inside Last One Laughing's Bob Mortimer's life – wife, health battles and crippling shyness

Bob Mortimer recently found himself appearing on Amazon Prime Video's Last One Laughing alongside Richard Ayoade as they made their way to the final of the programme

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5 d. ago Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday cast video revealed a bleak truth about the future of cinema

On Wednesday, more than 10 million people tuned in to watch footage of motionless chairs for five hours straight. It seems that rumours of the MCU’s near-death have been greatly overestimated, writes Louis Chilton

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs: Britain scrambling to strike last minute deal to avoid 25% levies on car imports to US

The US president’s tariff on cars move came only hours after Britain’s budget watchdog warned the levies could force Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes or cut spending

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs: Reeves says UK isn't planning to retaliate 'at the moment' after US President slaps 25% levies on car imports

The move came only hours after Britain’s budget watchdog warned Trump’s threatened tariffs on the UK could force Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes or cut spending

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5 d. ago Donald Trump imposes 25% tariffs on car imports dealing new blow to UK and global economy

The move came only hours after Britain’s budget watchdog warned Trump’s threatened tariffs on the UK could force Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes or cut spending

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6 d. ago Wife of former Russian minister cries during UK sanctions trial

Ekaterina Ovsiannikova told Southwark Crown Court she ‘did not have a clue’ that sanctions imposed on her husband would affect her family.

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6 d. ago Monster husband chopped wife into 224 pieces after killing puppy in washing machine

Nicholas Metson, 28, was jailed for life - with a minimum term of 19 years and 316 days - after he stabbed wife Holly Bramley to death and then chopped her body into more than 200 pieces

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6 d. ago Freddie Flintoff and wife lose fortune after crash left him with devastating facial injuries

The former England cricket star was seriously injured in a life-changing car accident in 2022

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7 d. ago Joey Barton given suspended prison sentence for assaulting wife at London home

Barton was branded a liar by the judge, but says he will appeal his assault conviction

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7 d. ago Joey Barton found guilty of assault after kicking wife in the head

Georgia Barton was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the incident in Kew

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7 d. ago Joey Barton guilty of pushing and kicking wife in drunken assault at London home but avoids jail

Joey Barton kicked his wife in the head in a drunken row at their London home

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7 d. ago Joey Barton guilty of pushing and kicking wife in drunken assault at London home

Joey Barton kicked his wife in the head in a drunken row at their London home

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7 d. ago Doctor accused of trying to murder his wife with rock on Hawaii hiking trail

Gerhardt Konig has been arrested after his wife was injured on Oahu and left in critical condition

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9 d. ago Woman accused of murdering her Cal Fire captain wife after she tried to end marriage arrested after month

Yolanda Marodi was arrested Saturday in Mexico a month after her wife, Cal Fire Capt. Rebecca Marodi, 49, was found stabbed to death

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1 week ago Football Daily | Autographs and a flashmob: just another day in world football

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!It has been a special day for fans of novelty bookings, reeling as they are from the glorious double-whammy of watching Panama’s Cecilio Waterman get cautioned in the early hours of Britain’s Friday morning for the crime of hugging Thierry Henry, before New Zealand’s Chris Wood pulled off the genuinely special achievement of getting his name in the referee’s notebook for putting his name in other people’s notebooks. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Karren Brady feels 'watched' after burglar raided her home 'four times in 16 hours'

Baroness Karren Brady has been left feeling 'vulnerable and unsettled' after a burglar raided her £6million Belgravia home four times in 16 hours, stealing valuable designer items

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1 week ago Husband charged with murder of wife Harshita Brella who was found dead in car boot in Ilford

Pankaj Lamba, 23, is also charged with two counts of rape, sexual assault, and controlling or coercive behaviour

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1 week ago Husband charged with murder of wife Harshita Brella who was found dead in car in Ilford

A man has been charged with the murder of his wife who was found dead in the boot of a car in east London last year.

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1 week ago Evidence used to 'exonerate' notorious wife killer Dr Crippen has 'a number of issues': Expert calls for 115

Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged in November 1910 after being convicted of the murder of his wife Cora. Remains believed to be hers were found in his basement.

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