1 hour ago He was a rock star with the world at his feet until a drugs raid uncovered the depraved truth

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was killed this weekend at HMP Wakefield where he was serving a 29-year prison sentence for child sex offences

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3 h. ago The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition Lamplighters, pavement artists, babysitters – they have taken on whole new meanings thanks to John le Carré. As his fans will know, they are part of tradecraft practised by the spies he wrote about so evocatively. Now, almost five years after his death, an exhibition, with the title Tradecraft, reveals the techniques and motivations of the characters’ real creator, David Cornwell.As you enter the exhibition in Oxford University’s Bodleian library you are greeted with a large portrait of Cornwell, wearing a black bucket cap, looking straight ahead with piercing eyes, his chin resting on his gently clasped hands. Accompanying the photo are two of his quotes. “I am not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world,” one says. The second, after questioning whom, if anyone, we can trust, continues: “What is loyalty – to ourselves, to whom, to what? Whom, if anyone, ...

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3 h. ago Where are Lostprophets members now as paedo frontman Ian Watkins killed in prison

Lostprophets were a successful rock band that burst onto the scene back in 1997, but the group disbanded in 2013 after lead singer Ian Watkins was convicted of sex crimes

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3 h. ago Armed police escort van 'carrying inmate who killed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins' after depraved paedophile had throat slashed in prison

The depraved child sex offender was killed yesterday morning at HMP Wakefield when he reportedly had his throat slashed after prisoners came out of their cells.

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4 h. ago Ian Watkins 'predicted his own death' before Lostprophets paedo killed behind bars

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The twisted ex-singer of the Lostprophets, who was knifed to death in prison on Saturday, forecast precisely how he would die years before he met his grisly end

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4 h. ago UK police arrest 2 in stabbing death of former Lostprophets singer in prison

Police have arrested two men in the death of former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, who was killed in a prison in northern England while serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offenses

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5 h. ago Ian Watkins killer 'given bonus points' by inmates for stabbing paedo to death

The Lostprophers singer was sentenced to 29 years in jail for child sex offences.

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7 h. ago Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison knife attack as police make two arrests

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence

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7 h. ago Inmate who killed Ian Watkins 'given bonus points' by lags after stabbing paedo

WARNING, DISTURBING CONTENT: Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets singer who was jailed for a series of child sex offences, was stabbed to death by another inmate in HMP Wakefield on Saturday

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7 h. ago Two arrests after former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison knife attack

The convicted paedophile was attacked with a knife while serving a 29-year sentence

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12 h. ago 'I'm surprised it took so long for him to be killed': How paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins had a 'target on his back while in prison'

The former girlfriend of paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, Joanne Mjadzelics, has said she is surprised it 'took so long' for the depraved frontman 'to be killed'. 

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16 h. ago Two men arrested after disgraced rock star Ian Watkins killed in prison attack

The paedophile rock star was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences.

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17 h. ago Rock star paedo Ian Watkins killed inside 'Monster Mansion' as prison secrets revealed

Child murderer Roy Whiting and 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Robert Maudsley are locked up in HMP Wakefield, also known as 'Monster Mansion'. Ian Watkins was a prisoner until he was stabbed to death on Friday.

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19 h. ago Paedo Ian Watkins 'knifed over drugs debt' two years before Lostprophets star killed

Watkins was stabbed to death in his prison cell Friday night while serving a 35-year sentence for a string of child sex offences. The paedo musician was stabbed two years earlier over drug debt.

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19 h. ago Ian Watkins killer 'given bonus points' by inmates after stabbing Lostprophets paedo to death

An ex-prison officer said other paedophiles jailed at HMP Wakefield are likely to have a tough time after former Lostprophets star Ian Watkins was stabbed to death in his prison cell

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19 h. ago Ian Watkins dead: prison statement in full after paedophile rock star killed

Ian Watkins has been serving a 29-year sentence since 2013 after being convicted of child sex abuse offences.

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20 h. ago Grisly secrets of HMP Wakefield 'Monster Mansion' as Ian Watkins killed behind bars

HMP Wakefield, known as 'Monster Mansion', is home to some of the UK's most dangerous criminals, including child killer Roy Whiting, 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Robert Maudsley, and mass murderer Jeremy Bamber

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20 h. ago Ian Watkins made chillingly accurate prediction about his death before prison stabbing

Lostprophets’ singer Ian Watkins was killed in jail this weekend after a fellow inmate 'ambushed' him and stabbed him in the neck with a 'shank' - causing hi to die due to blood loss

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20 h. ago Depraved crimes that saw Ian Watkins handed huge prison sentence

Ian Watkins has been killed in Wakefield Prison after an attack

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20 h. ago Lostprophets' paedophile Ian Watkins stabbed over drugs debt two years before fatal attack

Disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was killed behind bars aged 48 on Saturday while serving time for a string of vile sex crimes - including assaulting children

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