7 h. ago World Cup 2027 qualifying draw live: England face Spain rematch as group opponents revealed

Sarina Wiegman’s European champions will take on the world champions in their road to Brazil in 2027, while Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are also hoping to qualify

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7 h. ago Scotland's longest road dubbed as a 'killer' crowned 'most dangerous and darkest' in UK

Between 2020 and 2024, Scotland’s main Highland trunk routes recorded 81 deaths, 556 serious injuries, and 1,503 total casualties despite major improvements.

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9 h. ago World Cup 2027 qualifying draw live: England could face nightmare group with opponents to be revealed

Sarina Wiegman’s European champions could face a tricky test on the road to Brazil in 2027, while Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are also hoping to qualify

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6 d. ago Woman and dog killed after being hit by Land Rover Sport while crossing the road

Amy Gray and her dog Reggie were making their way across the A8 Greenock Road in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde in Scotland when they were both struck by a Land Rover Sport

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6 d. ago Cannibal killer dubbed 'People Eater' murdered victims and served them to jail inmates

José Dorángel Vargas Gomez, more commonly known as Dorángel Vargas or the "People Eater," is one of Venezuela's most notorious criminals, who killed and ate at least 10 men

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6 d. ago Twisted cannibal killer dubbed the People Eater murdered two in jail and served up body parts to inmates

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Venezuelan killer Dorángel “People Eater” Vargas shocked the nation with grisly murders and admitted cannibalism - a violent history that ended with long-term isolation and renewed horror in a 2016 prison riot.

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2 w. ago Urgent police appeal over missing teenager, 19, last spotted leaving Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Scotland Yard said the woman was seen leaving walking onto Fulham Road, before heading towards Westminster

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2 w. ago Scottish road that 'sends shiver down drivers’ spines' crowned UK’s spookiest drive

A new study has named a road in Dumfries and Galloway Britain’s most haunted, known for decades of ghostly sightings and eerie occurrences.

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2 w. ago Strange Harvest review – lurid horror expertly disguised as true crime

Stuart Ortiz’s convincingly faked crime documentary details the hunt for a Los Angeles serial killer dubbed Mr ShinyFor its first few minutes, this comes on like a standard true crime documentary: establishing shots of the Greater Los Angeles area, talking heads introduce themselves as police officers and friends of the victims, and we zoom in on a handwritten list of names until one particular name fills the screen. All the tricks of the trade are here, and director Stuart Ortiz plays things more or less straight. In fact it’s a mockumentary: not a parody but instead a horror movie that happens to be told using the format of a true crime documentary.The story, about a masked killer called Mr Shiny (if you think this name strains credibility, don’t forget there are real serial killers nicknamed the Happy Face Killer, the Dating Game Killer and the Doodler), is functional enough. There are lurid details of the killings, and police officers talking about how the crimes were beyond bel...

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3 w. ago Scotland's stunning coastal road trip ranks among UK's top autumn drives

It's perfect for fans of "expansive coastline, delicious seafood and breathtaking views"

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3 w. ago Netflix’s monstrous Ed Gein series is lurid exploitation dressed up as a serious drama | Richard Lawson

Ryan Murphy’s questionable universe of serial killer tales reaches its lowest point with a morally dubious look at a grave-robbing murdererThough the first season of the anthology series Monster, produced for Netflix by Ryan Murphy, had its lurid aspects – a hunky, lustily filmed Jeffery Dahmer (Evan Peters) doing wicked things in the night – it did, admirably, try to focus as much attention on the victims of Wisconsin’s most notorious serial killer as it did on the man doing the murdering. Season two of the series turned away from that drab gloom and focused, with at least some sensitivity, on the sensational trials of the Menendez Brothers in sunny California.Season three, the Ed Gein Story, returns to midwest murk and, especially in its early episodes, makes far less of an effort to do anything other than grimly titillate. The show’s thesis makes some sense: Ed Gein, who murdered at least two people and stole the bodies of many more from their graves, was an object of intense fas...

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4 w. ago Strange Scottish road where cars roll uphill named among UK’s weirdest roads

A new analysis of Reddit and forum posts reveals Scotland’s quirkiest roads that both confuse and attract drivers.

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