7 h. ago Fred West's chilling confession that led police to 'house of horrors'

Serial Killer Fred West's 'matter of fact' confession to stunned police officers sparked an investigation into the most sickening and depraved crimes in UK history

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36 h. ago German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe

Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shiftedGerman election live – latest updatesIn the final days of an election campaign dominated by migration, the likely new chancellor of Europe’s biggest polluter sought to assure voters that its economy ministry would not be occupied by NGOs. Instead, conservative lead candidate Friedrich Merz posted on social media that it would be led by “someone who understands that economic policy is more than being a representative for heat pumps”.Climate action barely featured on the campaign trail before Germany’s federal elections on Sunday – except when right-leaning parties used it to swipe at the Greens. Merz’s jab was at the tamer end of attacks aimed at the Green party candidate, Robert Habeck, the economy and climate minister who pushed through an unpopular law to promote clean heating, but is a sign of how far the political conversation around climate action has shifted. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Three people arrested on suspicion of murder after man went missing in 2002

Police said ‘new information’ led them to arrest two men and a woman on suspicion of murdering Robert Scott Clive who disappeared in October 2002.

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4 d. ago How Raneem Oudeh’s death led to change in how police support domestic abuse victims

The murder of a woman and her mother has prompted a change in the law that will domestic abuse specialists embedded in 999 control rooms across some police forces.

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6 d. ago Machete thug's mistake at scene of vicious burglary led police straight to him

A police officer spotted a vital clue in the road

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8 d. ago Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

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