Ewan Methven, 27, murdered Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, in the home they shared :: Warning distressing content 16:51, 17 Jun 2025Updated 16:55, 17 Jun 2025 Ewan Methven(Image: Police Scotland) A man brutally murdered his girlfriend and then deceitfully texted her mother, masquerading as the deceased. Ewan Methven took the life of …
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Ben Strangeways carried out a disturbing poison pen letter campaign to at least 10 victims around the country 21:09, 14 Jun 2025Updated 21:13, 14 Jun 2025 Ben Strangeways was jailed for nine years and five months and an additional 27 months on extended licence for horrific letter campaign(Image: Cleveland Police …
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An urgent warning has been sounded as a “threat to humanity” fungus is now spreading across the UK, sparking concern amongst health professionals. Originally discovered in Japan’s patient ear canal back in 2009, Candidozyma (previously known as Candida) auris (C. auris) has been detected in over 40 countries globally on …
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Evri has revealed plans for a significant revamp in its parcel returns process, a move that’s bound to divide opinion among its user base. The logistics firm, jockeying with rivals like DPD and Royal Mail, is bidding farewell to paper receipts in favour of a digital approach. From now on, …
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It is a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without a certificate following a spate of horrific attacks on the public, but these two didn’t seem to live up to the reputation 11:55, 29 May 2025Updated 12:56, 29 May 2025 Video footage captured the …
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Shopping City has lost plenty of shops – but remains a lifeline for some people Shopping City in Runcorn(Image: Liverpool Echo) When it was opened by the Queen in May 1972, Runcorn’s Shopping City was seen as a huge boon for the town. It was Europe’s biggest shopping centre, drawing …
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Households have been alerted to the environmental impact and health risks associated with using washing powder in their machines. Environmental specialists are raising concerns about two destructive ingredients present in laundry detergents: phosphates and surfactants. Both elements, they say, can devastate wildlife and contaminate watercourses, and they’re found in both …
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Several Leicestershire post offices could lose nearly half their profits if Royal Mail proceeds with controversial plans to remove their sorting offices, a county councillor has warned. The proposed changes in Groby and Ratby would see mail sorting operations moved to Meridian at Fosse Park. Under the new proposals, mail …
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Victims of domestic abuse in the Northumbria area are now receiving a more specialist police response to calls for help, as the first domestic abuse specialists are embedded in five 999 police control rooms across the country. Northumbria Police will pioneer this new approach to improve the police response to …
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Three Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office IT scandal have been awarded £1.8 million in redress payments. More than 900 former sub-postmasters across the UK were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 because the Horizon computer system wrongly showed missing payments from their branch accounts. Convictions were quashed by …
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