5 d. ago Simple reason pizza boxes are square – and it makes a lot of sense

There's a clear reason pizza boxes are square and not round – so did you know this fun slice of fast food trivia? It may surprise you

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6 d. ago Expelled! review – deliciously daft private school murder mystery

(Inkle; Nintendo Switch, iPhone/iPad, Mac, PC)Prove that Verity Amersham is innocent of trying to bump off the head girl in this ingenious whodunnit from the makers of Overboard!There’s been a murder – or an attempted one, at least. At sunrise someone shoved Louisa Hardcastle, soon to be crowned head girl of Miss Mulligatawney’s School for Promising Girls, through the school’s stained-glass window. Your character, Verity Amersham, stands accused, and must present an account of her day that proves her innocence. This is achieved via a Groundhog Day structure: you repeatedly play through the hours leading up to Verity’s expulsion as an interactive flashback, from the moment she woke, through to attending chapel and classes, and the accusation on which the story pivots. There’s no magic involved: you’re simply recounting the day’s events to your concerned father as you construct your alibi, establish whether Verity committed the crime – or if not, by whom she has been framed.Developed ...

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6 d. ago Ominous confession letter sent in mystery box reveals crime committed half

A pensioner has finally cleared his conscience 56 years after committing a crime with his friends back in the 1960s - he issued an apology and said there was 'no excuse'

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1 week ago UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago When he flashed the torch on his face, it was clear something was terribly wrong

He 'catfished' a vulnerable teenager on Grindr before committing a heinous crime

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3 w. ago Scots cannibal roasted servant on spit and ate him in Edinburgh stately home

James Douglas was only 10-years-old when he committed his horror crime in the kitchen of his family home.

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3 w. ago Adolescence creator insists it's 'absurd to say that this crime is only committed by black boys' following accusations he 'race

The writer and co-creator of the Netflix hit series Adolescence has insisted that his show is in 'no part based on a true story' amid criticism over the race of the main character.

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3 w. ago Sew Torn review – seamstress thriller turns into Run Lola Run

A sewing supply shopowner who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong is faced with three choices – commit the perfect crime, call the police, or run awayThread-slingers with an addiction to YouTube tutorials (like me) may have seen an amusing film by seamstress/historian Bernadette Banner in which she reacts to a bunch of films that feature actors sewing, or at least pretending to sew. Examples include How the Grinch Stole Christmas (not convincing) to The Phantom Thread (mostly bang on, featuring real dressmakers at work). Each one is picked apart with waspish scrutiny by Banner, who can spot the difference between a vintage treadle-operated chain stitch machine and a lockstitch machine from different periods in the 19th-century. Hopefully Banner will get a chance to scrutinise this loosely sewing-themed thriller and nitpick its faux pas, such as the bit where the seamstress protagonist Barbara (Eve Connolly) seems to sew a button on a client’s wedding dress in less than a minute. (N...

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3 w. ago Sadistic online gangs run by teenage boys committing harrowing crimes, top crime chiefs warn

Harrowing crimes have increased six-fold between 2022 and 2024, and include child abuse and the sharing of extreme material that normalises horrific violence

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3 w. ago Man, 38, leaves sexual note on girl’s car – and police use phone number written on it to track down suspect

Thomas Mellick Hensler, 38, was charged with child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime and possession of a controlled substance

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