1 hour ago Every 10 minutes a woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member, UN finds

The United Nations has released a report on femicide showing that one woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes, with rates refusing to fall.

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2 h. ago Tesla faces new lawsuit over design flaws after woman killed when car lost control

A federal lawsuit alleges that design flaws in a Tesla Model 3 caused it to suddenly accelerate out of control, leading to a crash into a utility pole and subsequent fire.

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2 h. ago Tributes paid to young woman, 20, killed by a car in broad daylight while walking her dog as woman, 34, jailed

A HEARTBROKEN family has paid a touching tribute to a young woman who was fatally struck down while walking her dog. Danielle Mitten has been jailed after she mowed down Lucy Atkins, 20, as she walked her Lakeland Terrier, Simba, in Birmingham last year. University student Lucy was hit by the car as it sped...

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14 h. ago Woman killed after being mistaken for Rupert Murdoch's wife could be found in back garden

Muriel McKay was kidnapped and murdered five decades ago after she was mistaken for media mogul Rupert Murdoch's wife — now her loved ones think they have found her resting place

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14 h. ago Suspected killer faces second murder charge over woman's death in south London

Simon Levy has been charged with a second count of murdering a woman

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15 h. ago First picture of police officer accused of killing woman, 22, on Christmas Eve

Emergency crews battled to save Rachael Louise Moore but she died at the scene

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18 h. ago First woman to be executed on death row in 200 years for ‘parading love rival’s skull'

Christa Gail Pike, 49, was aged just 18 when she helped lure a woman to the woods and then bragged about the killing and has spent 27 years as the only woman on Tennessee’s death row

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31 h. ago Guatemalan woman's body returned home after fatal shooting in Indiana

The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country

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62 h. ago 'It's a tragedy that should have been avoided': Survivors of Patagonia blizzard disaster that killed British woman tell how officials' 'failures' forced trekkers to become rescuers

Multiple survivors of the Patagonia tragedy have alleged that failings by park authorities and managers of the campsites forced them to become their own rescuers and healers.

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3 d. ago Survivor of Chilean blizzard that killed Briton says staff told trekkers they could proceed

Tom Player speaks out about incident in which Victoria Bond died along with two Mexicans and two GermansA survivor of the blizzard that killed a British woman and four others in Chilean Patagonia has said that tourists were concerned about adverse weather conditions ahead of the trek, but were told by staff it was “normal” and they could proceed.Tom Player, a London-based composer, told the Guardian that during the brutal blizzard about 30 volunteers worked together in an attempt to try to rescue hikers. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking final post of British woman who 'flew to US for suicide pact'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Sonia Exelby, the British woman who allegedly flew to Florida with the intention of being killed, shared a tragic post in her final months

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3 d. ago BREAKING Merseyside Police officer charged as horror Christmas Eve crash killed woman walking home

Pc Scott Thompson, 32, of Merseyside Police, is due to appear in court next week after Rachael Moore, 22, a carer, was struck by a Merseyside Police car in Liverpool

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3 d. ago Merseyside Police officer charged as horror Christmas Eve crash killed woman walking home

Pc Scott Thompson, 32, of Merseyside Police, is due to appear in court next week after Rachael Moore, 22, a carer, was struck by a Merseyside Police car in Liverpool

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3 d. ago Priest fights back tears at funeral for Co Louth crash victim, 23, killed alongside Scots woman

Alan McCluskey was one of five young people who died in Saturday's horror crash

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4 d. ago Friend of British woman killed in Chile snowstorm describes hiking horror

Victoria Bond, 40, from Cornwall, died in the Torres del Paine nature reserve in Chile when a blizzard hit. She was hiking with four friends when the storm struck

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4 d. ago Woman, 21, who drove round bend at 85mph admits killing three young men

Jorja Colville, 21, continued to drive at speeds in excess of 85 mph as she took a corner on a rural road before killing passengers Reece Williams, Lewis Soden and Connor Page

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4 d. ago British woman killed in snowstorm in Chile ‘made everything brighter’

Victoria Bond was killed in a ‘freak severe snowstorm’ in Chilean Patagonia.

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4 d. ago Final moments of Cheryl Cole's former aide who died in 120mph blizzard: Surviving hikers describe how they were told route was 'safe' before five died

Cornwall-based Victoria Bond, 40, was tragically killed on Monday after 120mph blasts of snow hit Torres del Paine nature reserve, Chile's most visited foreign tourist spot.

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5 d. ago British woman killed in 120mph Patagonia blizzard was former aide to Cheryl Cole: Survivor describes how tragedy unfolded, killing his friend and four other hikers

Cornwall-based Victoria Bond, 40, was tragically killed on Monday after 120mph blasts of snow hit Torres del Paine nature reserve, Chile's most visited foreign tourist spot.

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5 d. ago Tributes paid to British woman who died in 'freak severe snowstorm' while hiking in South America

'She was adored by all who knew her'

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