8 d. ago Vulnerable woman tortured and strangled after taking 'kind offer' from a friend

Jennifer Paxton had accepted an offer of food and a place to stay, but was never seen again.

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9 d. ago Pub chef offers mum, 36, something to eat before she ends up in freezer for sexual kicks

Jennifer Paxton was a vulnerable woman who thought a friend was kindly offering her a place to stay – but she was stepping into hell and a trap that she never escaped from

Politics

1 week ago Met Police officer is charged over ‘inappropriate relationship with vulnerable woman’

PC Peter Woodfine will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday

Events

3 w. ago The ultimate test: watching this glorious sporting summer has given me a headache

Euros final, Lions tour of Australia and a riveting Test series forced social engagements on to the back burnerThere is a crick in my neck, a rick in my back, and a permanent ache behind my eyes. A friend refuses to offer sympathy. “You did this to yourself,” she says as I pop paracetamol. Thousands of hours of medical research are ploughed into elite sport, but where are the studies into the physical and mental demands of keeping up with it?While winter may be fiercely programmed, it’s the multi-disciplinary bunfight of summer that is the ultimate test of a sports fan. Right when our diaries demand we’re at our most sociable, our most available, our most outdoors, the calendar loses all sense of perspective and dumps events on us like it’s trying to save them from a burning building. We stand below, arms hopelessly full, desperately trying not to drop anything. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The ultimate test: watching this glorious sporting summer has given me a headache | Emma John

Euros final, Lions tour of Australia and a riveting Test series forced social engagements on to the back burnerThere is a crick in my neck, a rick in my back, and a permanent ache behind my eyes. A friend refuses to offer sympathy. “You did this to yourself,” she says as I pop paracetamol. Thousands of hours of medical research are ploughed into elite sport, but where are the studies into the physical and mental demands of keeping up with it?While winter may be fiercely programmed, it’s the multi-disciplinary bunfight of summer that is the ultimate test of a sports fan. Right when our diaries demand we’re at our most sociable, our most available, our most outdoors, the calendar loses all sense of perspective and dumps events on us like it’s trying to save them from a burning building. We stand below, arms hopelessly full, desperately trying not to drop anything. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Amazon customer says delivery driver she found masturbating in her bedroom returned to her home

Exclusive: British woman living in Spain says she felt ‘very vulnerable’ when courier returned to her houseAn Amazon customer who complained to the online retailer about a delivery driver coming into her home and masturbating in her bedroom is demanding to know how the man was allowed to return to her house two days later.Spanish police have taken a suspected semen sample allegedly left by the courier as part of a continuing investigation into the incident. Continue reading...

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