7 h. ago A Cruel Story: The Ruth Ellis Story filming locations as new true crime series debuts

A Cruel Story: The Ruth Ellis Story on ITV stars Lucy Boynton and Laurie Davidson and tells the true story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

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14 h. ago Ruth Ellis' son's tragic life and heartbreaking final act away from A Cruel Love series

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story begins on ITV1 tonight and tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in England, but her son's life was just as tragic as hers

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16 h. ago The tragic true story behind ITV's A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

Hanged in 1955 over the killing of her abusive lover David Blakely, Ellis was the last woman to ever be hanged in the UK

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16 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story cast in full as Lucy Boynton takes the lead

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will delve into the true story of Ruth Ellis, who was famously the last woman to be hanged in the UK. The new ITV drama will show the events that led up to the murder of David Blakely

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16 h. ago Ruth Ellis' children now as A Cruel Love drama on Welsh criminal airs on ITV

Ruth Ellis was the last woman in Britain to be hanged, and when she was executed in 1955 she left behind two children who were both tormented by being associated with their mother

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18 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Ruth Ellis said six very calm words after shooting abusive husband

Aged just 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain on July 13, 1955, with her story now turned into an ITV series, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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18 h. ago Ruth Ellis' family tragedies after death sentence from triple suicide to daughter's fatal illness

Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain on July 13, 1955, at just 28-years-old - with her sentence outraging thousands of people who called for an end to the death penalty

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18 h. ago Last woman hanged in UK sparked family 'curse' which ended in tragedy

Ruth Ellis was executed in 1955 for the murder of her lover, David Blakely, with story now being depicted in new ITV1 drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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19 h. ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in UK – it set of deadly chain of events'

In 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain and her story is now being told in new ITV drama – A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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20 h. ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in Britain – it set off horrific turn of events'

After Ruth Ellis became the last British woman to face the death penalty, a grim legacy of trauma and loss cascaded through her family

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30 h. ago Ruth Ellis and the tragedy of her children as new drama broadcast on ITV

New ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will see the tragic life of the last woman to be hanged in Britain explored, including her two children

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38 h. ago Sort Your Life Out viewers say 'this is a painful watch' as family sparks concerns

Viewers of Stacey Solomon's BBC show Sort Your Life Out were left gobsmacked as they watched a family who admitted to hoarding 3,000 plastic toys

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49 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Inside Ruth Ellis' life and why was she the last woman to be hanged in Britain

A new ITV drama, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

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68 h. ago Ruth Ellis: the tragic story of the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK

Her story is being made into ITV show A Cruel Love, which is due to air later this year

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68 h. ago A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

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7 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton shares huge challenge of playing Ruth Ellis

The last woman in the UK to be hanged was Ruth Ellis, and now actress Lucy Boynton is taking on the role in new ITV drama A Cruel Love, alongside Laurie Davidson, who plays David Blakely

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8 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton reveals huge challenge playing last woman to be hanged

Lucy Boynton stars in ITV's true crime drama A Cruel Love as Ruth Ellis, who shot her boyfriend dead in 1955 and became the last woman in the UK to be hanged for her crime

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8 d. ago Illegal migrant Uber Eats driver hangs his head in shame as court hears how he raped woman in her home

Roiber Andres Rodriguez Melendez, 21, hung his head in shame as he appeared in court for the first time after allegedly raping an Uber Eats customer in her home earlier this month.

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2 w. ago My 600lb Life doctor lost for words as woman's stomach hangs below her ankles

TLC star Dr Now was shocked by one weight loss patient as she pulled down her trousers to reveal her stomach, which hung over her legs and down to her ankles

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2 w. ago Gabby Petito's family hit back at Netflix documentary about daughter's brutal murder with furious message

Netflix's new true-crime documentary which focuses on the murder of American vlogger Gabby Petito has sparked controversy with her family.

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