21 h. ago Kirsty MacColl's ex claims her tragic death was 'cover up' and 'killer not caught'

Steve Lillywhite, the ex-husband of Kirsty MacColl, has opened up about the singer's death 25 years after she was horrifically killed while swimming in the ocean with her sons

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23 h. ago Kirsty MacColl: A look back at her life from her iconic Christmas song to her tragic death

The Standard looks back at the life and legacy of Kirsty MacColl, from her iconic Christmas duet with The Pogues to her tragic death

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28 h. ago Kirsty MacColl's brutal death, wealth and who gets Fairytale of New York royalties

Kirsty MacColl continues to dominate the music industry around Christmas, with her smash hit Fairytale of New York alongside the late Shane MacGowan – but who receives her royalties?

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4 d. ago The Pogues producer Steve Lillywhite: ‘Fairytale of New York is like a fine wine, it grows on you!’

As a recording of the first live performance of the immortal Christmas song is released, the legendary producer and ex-husband of Kirsty MacColl reflects on what makes it so special. As told to Roisin O’Connor

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7 d. ago 'I was jailed in deadly prison and what I saw left me with PTSD'

Pieter Tritton was banged up abroad after being caught smuggling drugs into Ecuador and was locked up in its most infamous prison, known for its brutal gang violence and death

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2 w. ago Death row's youngest woman 'had threesomes with her victim' before brutal murder

Emilia Carr became notorious for being the youngest woman on death row at the age of 26, after killing a woman who she was sleeping with along with her partner, according to her lawyer

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2 w. ago Inside EastEnders' Pete Beale star's life 32 years after brutal soap death

What happened to actor Peter Dean after leaving Walford?

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3 w. ago Tragic Fairytale of New York singer's son 'can't escape' mum's horrific death

Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in 2000, just days before Christmas, and now her son Louis Lillywhite has spoken out about the tragedy

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3 w. ago Fairytale of New York singer Kirsty MacColl's son 'still gets flashbacks' of her speedboat death

Louis Lillywhite says he still suffers flashbacks of the moment his mum Kirsty was struck by a speedboat.

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3 w. ago Kirsty MacColl's son's fresh agony and fight for justice after £67 fine over death

Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in Mexico in 2000, with her son Louis Lillywhite, now 39, saying the 'grim' flashbacks still haunt him 25 years on, after a failed legal battle

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3 w. ago Kirsty MacColl's son 'still gets flashbacks' 25 years after tragic speedboat death

'Mum would be annoyed that the song she is most famous for is a Christmas song, but at least it isn’t a cringe one'

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3 w. ago 'Mum's tragic speedboat death gives me flashbacks 25 years on' says Kirsty MacColl's son

On the 25th anniversary of her death in a horrific speedboat accident, Kirsty MacColl's son Louis remembers his mum

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3 w. ago 4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man at New York prison

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on bodycam videos were each Friday to prison

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4 w. ago Florida rapist executed for killing his former manager who 'knew he was going to kill her'

Richard Barry Randolph was convicted of murder, armed robbery, sexual battery and grand theft and sentenced to death in 1989 - Minnie Ruth McCollum died six days after the brutal attack

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4 w. ago Death row inmate who killed his boss in brutal attack set for lethal injection in Florida’s 17th execution this year

The highest previous annual total of Florida executions was eight in 2014

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last month Twisted message left by hitman after dismembering teen in revenge killing

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Keane Mulready-Woods was caught up in a drug feud in the Irish town of Drogheda and suffered a brutal death at the hands of Robbie Lawlor

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