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Serial Tube sex attacker's reign of terror could have been stopped seven years earlier if police had linked investigations into three separate sex assaults just months apart

Instead, the depraved sex predator was allowed to remain on the streets to commit a series of violent attacks, which escalated from groping to rape, suffocation and eventually a double murder. Detectives believe dozens…

Reform to punish councils that flout Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces

If councils won’t abide by the law and respect women-only spaces, they can wave goodbye to taxpayers’ money. ‘Women and girls across the country must know their rights under the law will always be protected. We will stop…

Mystery deepens over disappearance of Bristol man after new study dismisses leading theory

For the past year, former harbour master Mike Ferguson has thoroughly reviewed the police’s long-held suspicion that Jack, then 22, fell into the River Avon after walking home from a night out with friends on . Since…

Why misguided influencers are wrong to ditch sunscreen during Europe’s record-breaking heatwave

Sunscreen is full of chemicals that cause cancer.” That is one of the claims spreading across social media as Europe experiences soaring temperatures , with influencers and podcasters urging people to ditch sunscreen.…

Cold case appeal for young woman found dead in field

Her killer had strangled her at some point between the night of and the following lunchtime, before leaving her close to the Wheatsheaf Hotel near the A540 Rainford Bypass - making little effort to conceal her remains.…

Search for missing woman last seen ‘entering sea alone’ launched at Dorset beach

Helicopters from the police and Coastguard along with the RNLI are scouring the waters in Weymouth after the incident yesterday evening. The alarm was raised shortly after 11pm yesterday by a member of the public after…

Costa Rican diplomat emerges as strong contender to be first female head of UN

The current secretary general, António Guterres, will complete his second term on and under an informal system of regional rotation his successor is expected to come from Latin America. In a secret first straw poll of…

West Ham’s new dawn is already in danger

Adapting to the Championship this season, the club’s attempts for a fuss-free, brief stay in the second tier is overshadowed by boardroom chicanery. It should spell and end to the perceived managed decline largely…

More than 100 firefighters tackle east London fire with residents told to ‘keep windows closed’

The alarm was raised at about 3.26am today after the fire broke out at the site on Chequers Lane, Dagenham. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing into the air as flames engulfed the facility on the industrial estate…

Hot weather reveals hidden history across the South

Among the sites which have seen the outlines of historic installations exposed by the hot weather are Portchester Castle and Blenheim Palace. At Blenheim, the footprint of an 18th Century garden - which had once…