It is feared victims of female genital mutilation in England are not reporting cases because of delays and lockdown closures, charities have told the BBC. It comes as new figures revealed 635 new cases […]
A man who killed and dismembered a retiree in a bid to steal his money dumped his victim’s remains in a badger sett, a court has heard. Daniel Walsh, 30, is accused […]
A woman who faked a cancer diagnosis to claim more than £45,000 in donations has been convicted of fraud. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, set up an online fundraising campaign, claiming she needed money […]
The University of Manchester has suspended security officers who were accused of “racially profiling” a student. It comes after footage posted online showed first-year student Zac Adan held up against a wall […]
A nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of another 10 has appeared in court. Lucy Letby, 30, had previously been arrested in 2018 and 2019 as part of […]
A man obsessed with horror films has been convicted along with his boyfriend of murdering and dismembering a woman in their flat. Nathan Maynard-Ellis, 30, took Julia Rawson home after meeting her […]
The Ministry of Culture is moving to retrieve precolonial indigenous sculptures being housed at the British Museum in the United Kingdom (UK). These are Taino wooden sculptures the ‘Boinayel figures’ and ‘Birdman’. […]
A man has admitted killing his two children at their family home during lockdown. Nadarajah Nithiyakumar attacked 19-month-old Pavinya and three-year-old Nigish with a knife in Ilford, east London, on 26 April. […]
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been upgraded from “substantial” to “severe”. The move means security chiefs believe that an attack is highly likely but there is no specific intelligence of an […]
Two adults and two children have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of northern France. A large search and rescue operation began earlier after the vessel was seen […]
