42 m. ago TV exec's 'shivers' handling gun used by notorious killer Ruth Ellis

TV exec said she had 'shivers' handling the gun used by notorious female killer Ruth Ellis

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4 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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4 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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33 h. ago BBC Breakfast host 'heartbroken' as guest breaks down over son's tragic death

Sammy Knowles, 40, and husband Jordan appeared on BBC Breakfast via a pre-recorded video to share their tragic story of losing their son Jaxon, four, to meningitis

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34 h. ago BBC Breakfast host 'heartbroken' as guest breaks down over 'every parent's worst nightmare'

Sammy Knowles, 40, and husband Jordan appeared on BBC Breakfast via a pre-recorded video to share their tragic story of losing their son Jaxon, four, to meningitis

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50 h. ago Nigel Havers: 'My judge grandfather didn't want Ruth Ellis to die'

Actor says Sir Cecil Havers, who passed sentence on Ellis after a jury found her guilty of murder, always felt she should have been spared

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53 h. ago The mystery of what happened next to the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse finally revealed: For the first time friends tell ALISON BOSHOFF the tragic story

Just a select few movie theatre-owners got a first peek of Michael, the new biopic of Michael Jackson, at a film event last April in Las Vegas.

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66 h. ago Jordan Chandler was the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse, got a $15m payout and then vanished. Now for first time friends tell ALISON BOSHOFF tragic story of what happened next

Just a select few movie theatre-owners got a first peek of Michael, the new biopic of Michael Jackson, at a film event last April in Las Vegas.

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4 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton struggled to 'switch off' as she filmed harrowing Ruth Ellis drama

Actress Lucy Boynton appeared on BBC's The One Show on Thursday where she spoke about the upcoming ITV drama in which she portrays the last woman to be executed in Britain

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4 d. ago Ruth Ellis' granddaughter fumes murder trial was 'shambles' with 'pitiful' defence

But 70 years on from her hanging, Ruth Ellis leaves a legacy of judicial changes which have brought her family some comfort, they say in new ITV documentary

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4 d. ago A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton felt 'sick' reading transcripts for ITV drama

Lucy Boynton appeared on BBC's The One Show when she opened up on how terrible she felt reading certain aspects of the script for her new real-life ITV drama based on the story of Ruth Ellis

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5 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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5 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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5 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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7 d. ago Actress Lucy Boynton says society has become ‘desensitised’ to domestic violence

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will air on ITV1 at 9pm on March 5.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Was the last woman hanged in Britain the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice? A new campaign is calling for her to be PARDONED after extraordinary evidence came to light

As the crowds gathered outside Holloway Prison in London on a warm summer's morning in July 1955, the tinkling of the popular tune La Vie En Rose wafted out of the condemned cell.

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1 week ago Was the last woman hanged in Britain the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice? A new campaign is calling for her to be PARDONED after extraordinary  evidence has come to light

As the crowds gathered outside Holloway Prison in London on a warm summer's morning in July 1955, the tinkling of the popular tune La Vie En Rose wafted out of the condemned cell.

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2 w. ago Gabby Petito documentary reveals tragic final words from mum to Brian Laundrie before murder

Netflix has released a three-part documentary titled American Murder: Gabby Petito, which delves into the tragic 2021 story of a woman who was murdered by her own fiance while on a cross-country trip

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2 w. ago Last woman to be hanged in Britain should NOT have been: Ruth Ellis suffered 'miscarriage of justice' after shooting violent boyfriend, grandson says

Ruth Ellis was put to death nearly 55 years ago aged just 28 for shooting dead her violent boyfriend, racing driver David Blakely. She is portrayed by Lucy Boynton in ITV production A Cruel Love.

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