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The Yorkshire Ripper’s ashes have been sent by Royal Mail special delivery to two of his “pals”. Peter Sutcliffe’s remains were delivered to his brother Mick after the serial killer was cremated in secret last month. Mick later divided the white powder into two piles before they were boxed up …

Officers from the Metropolitan Police in a co-ordinated raid broke up an illegal gathering at the Cenotaph in Whitehall just after 11 o’clock on Sunday. In a textbook operation they moved in so swiftly the assembled group were stunned into silence. A Police spokesman said ‘This was a well organised …

A newborn baby has been found abandoned in a London street with his umbilical cord reportedly still attached. Police were called by a member of the public at about 11.40am today after reports of an abandoned baby boy in Hackney. The infant was found wearing a grey babygrow and a …

Detectives hunting the Great Train Robbers believed a woman was part of the notorious gang, secret documents have revealed. Scotland Yard became convinced a “housekeeper” helped out at the villains’ countryside hideout where they counted the bundles of cash from the £2.6million heist on August 8, 1963. Officers even tested …

Fifty six years since the Great Train Robbery, Rosa Silverman hears how one assailant’s son made a shocking discovery  Danny Pembroke always knew his father was different. He didn’t look, talk or walk like other fathers. He had no social circle, did not belong to a darts team or a golf …

Police are investigating land transactions related to the planned Middlewich eastern bypass, writes Stephen Topping. But Cheshire East Council insists it will not cause the project to be delayed. The council has confirmed that the investigation comes from one of the seven matters it has referred to police over the …

FOUR people were taken to hospital after falling ill at a Royal Mail depot in Aberdeen. Emergency services were called to the site at Wellington Circle in Altens around 6.30pm on Thursday night. 1 Four people fell unwell during incident at Altens depot It was first feared that the workers …