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A father has been found guilty of murdering his daughter after he stabbed her in the heart at their home in Darlington. Simon Vickers, 50, was convicted of murder at Teesside Crown Court on Monday. He gave different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he plunged a kitchen knife into his daughter Scarlett’s

Detectives investigating the rape of a woman in west London have released an e-fit of a man they are working to identify. A woman was walking alone along Bradiston Road, in Maida Vale, when a car – believed to be a dark-coloured Audi A3 – stopped at the junction ahead of her. A man pushed

Members of a paedophile gang that ran a “monstrous” child sex abuse ring in a Glasgow drugs den have each been sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction. Warning: This story contains graphic content and details of sexual abuse An order for lifelong restriction (OLR) is the equivalent of a life sentence for non-murder cases

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after his damaged yacht was found off the French coast. A search was launched for the 73-year-old on Saturday after a distress beacon was launched 50 miles west of Lacanau at around 3pm, according to the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture, a French government organisation. He had

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn. Following miserable weekend weather which saw record wind speeds of 114mph as Storm Eowyn swept through the UK, new warnings have been put in place as

Angela Carson struggles to pull the damp laundry out of her washing machine. Her hands are so weak she can barely stop them from shaking. The 65-year-old places the wet clothes onto her lap and slowly moves herself in a wheelchair through the small kitchen to another room, so they can dry. Angela suffers from

The Scottish government is scrapping its plans to create a National Care Service. It is an embarrassing but perhaps predictable end to years of ambitious talk about finally coming up with a solution to the social care crisis. In a statement at Holyrood, the government tore up parts of the bill that would require major

The deaths of five people, including Leicester City’s owner, in a helicopter crash were accidental, an inquest jury has ruled. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, referred to in court as Khun Vichai, died in the crash along with two of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer, and Mr Swaffer’s girlfriend Izabela Roza Lechowicz, a

An Auschwitz survivor who was just 13 when she arrived at the concentration camp says the recent rise in antisemitism is driven by “ignorance”. Separated from her mother as she passed through the gates, Susan Pollack told Nazi guards she was 15 so they would keep her alive. “Somebody whispered to me, your mother will

A Russian “spy” ship has been monitored by the Royal Navy after it entered UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has said – as he issued a warning to President Vladimir Putin. The vessel, called Yantar, has been used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure, John Healey told MPs.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in Birmingham. A 12-year-old boy was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane in Hall Green shortly after 3pm yesterday. He was taken to hospital, but sadly died as a result of his injuries, West Midlands Police said. The victim’s family

Benefit fraudsters could be banned from driving and subject to bank account snooping if they fail to pay back the taxpayer, under a new government crackdown. In an effort to curb welfare fraud, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched what has been dubbed the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The Public

Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain faces a new threat and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer. Speaking the day after Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana admitted murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, the prime minister said the incident “is a sign Britain now faces a new

The teenager accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport in July last year has pleaded guilty to their murders. Axel Rudakubana, 18, from Lancashire, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on what was due to be the first day of his trial on Monday. He refused to stand

The government doesn’t think Donald Trump will impose trade tariffs on the UK, but is “prepared for all scenarios”, a cabinet minister has said.  Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that the former president’s return to the White House “could be an enormously positive thing

A photograph of the Duchess of Edinburgh smiling has been released by Buckingham Palace to celebrate her upcoming 60th birthday. The photo of Sophie mid-laugh perched on a window seat at her home in Bagshot Park was captured by the London-based photographer Christina Ebenezer earlier this month. The royal was sporting a cream pleated skirt

Fresh appeals have been made for information on what would have been the 20th birthday of Ellis Cox, who was shot dead in Liverpool last June. A number of people have been arrested in connection with the murder at Liver Industrial Estate, but no one has been charged yet. The 19-year-old’s family and police have

I’m watching a black disc of wonder material hovering over a bubbling bath of liquid nitrogen. “This is superconducting magnetic levitation,” says magnet scientist Greg Brittles. “The closest you’ll get to magic in the real world.” And magical it is. The ceramic-like substance, called rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO), is suspended – half a centimetre-or-so

A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification of the parents of three siblings found abandoned in London over eight years. The Metropolitan Police said that despite more than 450 hours of CCTV being reviewed, the parents of the three children, known as Elsa, Roman and Harry, remain unidentified. However,

Two missing sisters in Aberdeen made an earlier visit to the bridge where they were last seen hours before they disappeared, CCTV footage has revealed. Police Scotland said a text message was also sent to the women’s landlady on the morning they vanished, indicating they would not be returning to the flat. Eliza and Henrietta