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The Death Of Us author Abigail Dean wins top crime writer award Lawyer-turned-author Abigail Dean has won a top crime writer award for her thriller The Death Of Us. Dean took home the 2026 Gold Dagger for the best crime novel of the year at the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards for her

Teenage rapists detained for four years after ‘unduly lenient’ sentence reviewed by Appeal Court Judges Two 15-year-old boys who were spared custody for the rape of two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years’ detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences were “unduly lenient”. The boys, known as X and Y,

PM tells forced adoption survivors ‘shame is ours’ as he makes formal apology The forced adoption of babies from unmarried mothers in the decades after the Second World War has been branded a “stain on our history” by Sir Keir Starmer as he made a long-awaited state apology for the historical practice. Women whose babies

Defence funding plan faces fresh scrutiny over where cuts will be made Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to boost defence spending by £15 billion is facing fresh scrutiny, after Downing Street was unable to say where exactly the cuts required to pay for it will come from. The Prime Minister unveiled the defence investment plan (Dip)

Mothers and children to finally hear Government say sorry for forced adoptions Survivors of historical forced adoption are to get the state apology they have spent decades campaigning for when Sir Keir Starmer says sorry in Parliament. The Prime Minister is expected to stand in the Commons and acknowledge the harm caused when an estimated

Late Youri Tielemans penalty completes remarkable Belgium win against Senegal Youri Tielemans saved Belgium’s World Cup hopes by converting a contentious penalty in added time at the end of extra time to win 3-2 having scored an 89th-minute equaliser to keep the tie alive against Senegal With just four minutes remaining, the African nation were

Falorin Balogun sent off in United States’ win over Bosnia and Herzegovina The United States will be without prolific goalscorer Falorin Balogun for their last-16 clash with Belgium after he received a red card in the host nation’s 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Goals from Balogun and Malik Tillman were enough for the US

Watchdog tells CCRC to ‘significantly and urgently’ improve casework The Criminal Cases Review Commission has been told to significantly and urgently improve its investigations to avoid a repeat of failings like those seen in the Andrew Malkinson scandal. Watchdog Anthony Rogers made the warning after being asked to carry out the first ever independent inspection

Glow-worms introduced to new South Downs site to benefit from dark skies A national park which has some of the darkest skies in Europe has introduced the common glow-worm to a new site in the hope that the males will be able see the “spectacular” night-time mating display of the females. The location near Alton,