74 m. ago Evil mum abused baby so badly he lost both his legs – now she's free to walk the streets

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jody Simpson, 33, was jailed in February 2018 after inflicting multiple fractures, dislocations and blunt trauma to Tony Hudgell's face

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87 m. ago Murderland by Caroline Fraser review – what was behind the 1970s serial killer epidemic?

A compulsive new history suggests the crimes of Ted Bundy et al were – at least partly – down to the air they breathedIn 1974, the year Caroline Fraser turned 13, Ted Bundy committed his first confirmed murders. Bundy was handsome, charming, extremely intelligent and sociopathic – “a sexual virus masquerading as a person”. There is persuasive evidence that he began killing much earlier but never this gluttonously. Almost all of his victims had long brown hair, parted in the middle. Sometimes he broke into the women’s houses while they slept, or snatched them off the street. Sometimes he would put on a sling or plaster cast and lure them into his car to help with some fabricated task. If one refused, he tried another, convinced that he would never be caught because they would never be missed. “I mean, there are so many people,” he reasoned. “It shouldn’t be a problem.” Fraser lived on Mercer Island, Washington, near Bundy’s first hunting grounds. Recalling the moment he was first cha...

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89 m. ago Bangladesh reels after rape of Hindu woman filmed and shared online

Public fury, protests, and legal demands follow viral video of gang-rape in Cumilla district

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97 m. ago Men who had no idea police were tracking their every movement are jailed

'They were under surveillance the whole time'

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1 hour ago Prison officer jailed after she's caught putting items in her bra for prisoners

Barbara Peters was jailed for 10 months

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2 h. ago Horrific details of how boy, 3, was killed by dogs heard as parents deny manslaughter charges

Mark Twigg and Joanne Bedford appeared at Manchester Crown Court

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2 h. ago Moment gunman shoots down taxi passengers in middle of street in horror daylight attack

The gunman has been jailed for 16 years

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3 h. ago ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France

Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004When 14-year-old Pascal Gélie saw a brochure for an elite French Catholic boarding school boasting swimming in summer and skiing in winter, he begged his parents to send him. He had just watched the American school drama Dead Poets Society and was expecting “sport and friendship”.“On the first night, I realised I’d made a terrible mistake,” said Gélie, now a 51-year-old office-worker in Bordeaux. “There were 40 of us in a dormitory with decrepit mattresses. When I whispered to another boy for some toilet paper to take to the bathroom, the supervisor grabbed me by the face and pointed to the stone terrace outside. Someone told me to take my coat because you could be forced to stand outside for hours in the cold and damp. I was made to stand there all night.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Backlash from campaigners has forced welcome rethink on PIP plans

We must now hope the UK Government continues to listen to MPs and anti-poverty campaigners to ensure robust safeguards are in place to protect the most vulnerable in society.

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4 h. ago Newcastle's transfer misery after missing out on FOUR targets to Man Utd and Chelsea

Newcastle are closing in on a deal for Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford, finally ending an extremely frustrating summer window which has seen them fail to land a number of top targets

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6 h. ago Missing boy, 10, who vanished wearing pyjama shorts and jacket with Pokemon balls is found

Ten-year-old Oscar went missing from the Vespasian Road area of Andover at 5pm on Monday, June 30.

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6 h. ago Deported Maryland migrant thrown back in jail despite judge's efforts to free him

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's initial deportation became a flashpoint for the Trump administration's border security efforts after it was determined he was wrongly targeted and caught up in the raids.

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6 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Lisa flew into a prolonged riff tearing into Glastonbury and the BBC... Nandy was jammin'!

Well that should have Glastonbury's founder Michael Eavis chewing his silly beard. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy came to the Commons to debate the BBC's hate-rapper incident.

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6 h. ago Clubber from Newcastle reported missing a week ago by his girlfriend is found in a Cambodian jail arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling

Robert Brown, 41, from Newcastle, has been arrested in Cambodia after attempting to smuggle nearly 20kg of marijuana into the UK - just hours after he was reported missing by his partner.

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7 h. ago Tony Hudgell's mother is released from prison: Britain's worst parent who abused baby so badly he had to have his legs amputated is FREED from jail after serving just seven years

Jody Simpson, 31, was jailed in 2018 for 10 years alongside Tony's birth father Anthony Smith after they were both convicted of child cruelty offences.

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8 h. ago Man, 92, to be sentenced for rape and murder of woman in 1967

Ryland Headley had previously been jailed for raping two elderly women in 1977.

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8 h. ago Urgent hunt for missing boy, 10, who vanished wearing pyjama shorts and jacket with Pokemon balls on it

Ten-year-old Oscar went missing from the Vespasian Road area of Andover at 5pm on Monday, June 30.

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9 h. ago Justin Bieber and wife Hailey dance away their marital woes with united front at concert

In fan footage, the 31-year-old pop star could also be seen wrapping his arm around the 28-year-old Rhode founder

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9 h. ago Scottish firefighters tackle wildfires for third day as risk to life grows

Dealing with very serious blazes means fire and rescue service has limited ability to respond to other emergenciesFirefighters battled wildfires in the Scottish Highlands for a third day on Monday in a situation the first minister has called “extremely serious”.The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA), which has helped tackle the blazes, warned the fires are “becoming a danger to human life” that are leaving “stretched” firefighters unable to attend other incidents. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Prison officer jailed over items hidden in her bra after inmates made 'threats'

Barbara Peters, 57, was paid thousands of pounds by 'serious criminals' in order to sneak illicit items into HMP Altcourse on more than a dozen occasions before she was caught

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