West Midlands Police Reanne Coulson, 34, from Coventry, had been missing since 21 May Officers searching for missing Reanne Coulson have found a body and charged a man with her murder, West Midlands Police have said. She had been missing for a month and failed to contact family on her birthday. The body was discovered...
Six people were killed when a boat capsized in Lake Tahoe, a popular tourist destination on the border of California and Nevada. Two others are still missing following the accident on Saturday, which occurred as fierce winds battered the lake, kicking up 8ft-tall (2.5m) waves. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said two survivors were...
A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London, on 13 June. The Metropolitan Police has previously said 69-year-old Jennifer Abbott’s death may have been linked to a missing Rolex watch. Nancy Pexton, of Gloucester Place, Westminster is due to appear later at...
Filipino authorities are investigating a claim that dozens of cockfighter enthusiasts who disappeared three years ago were killed and dumped in a volcanic lake. At least 34 men – who had been accused of fixing cockfighting matches – disappeared without a trace in the capital Manila and its surrounding provinces. Six suspects were later charged...
The man accused of being responsible for holding the missing American journalist Austin Tice has claimed that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered his execution, security sources have told the BBC. Major General Bassam Al Hassan is a former commander in the Republican Guards who was part of President Assad’s inner circle. He was also...
Catherine Lyst BBC Scotland News Louise Manson Louie alerts family members when Ellie is about to have an epileptic seizure An urgent search is being carried out to find a teenager’s support dog who has been missing in the Highlands for two weeks. Louie, a two-year-old golden retriever, is trained to let 17-year-old Ellie Lynn’s...
India’s Coast Guard is continuing efforts to douse a fire on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea near the coast of the southern state of Kerala. MV Wan Hai 503, which was heading to India’s Mumbai city from Sri Lanka’s Colombo, reported an internal container explosion on Monday, resulting in a major fire...
Police in India say a woman, who had gone missing after her husband was found brutally murdered during their honeymoon, is in custody after she surrendered. The families of the couple had alleged that the bride had also either been killed or abducted and mounted a huge campaign to find her. Police now allege that...
McDowell carded five birdies in a bogey-free 66 on Sunday, but his momentum was stalled by two weather delays as heavy rain hit Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. After a birdie on the 17th, the 45-year-old gave himself the chance to match Niemann’s 15-under mark on the final green, but missed his putt on the...
Joel Gunter Reporting from Bucha, Ukraine BBC Tatyana Popvytch’s son was taken to Russian. “He is so vulnerable,” she said. “I worry that he will lose his sanity there.” Tatyana Popovytch had contacted every agency she could think of. She had walked every step her son Vladislav could have taken after the Russians opened fire...
Dawson, meanwhile, admits he does not try to do anything “flash”. While Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley have their high release points and Rehan Ahmed his googly, Dawson is a throwback – the old-school magician who can still deceive you with two hands and a pack of cards, without the need for saws, fire and...
Police Scotland Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May A body has been found in the search for teenager Cole Cooper who has been missing for four weeks. Police said the body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock, near Falkirk, at about 16:15. Formal...
Sima Kotecha Senior UK correspondent Paul Lynch Shared data unit BBC The National Forensics Archive houses millions of exhibits from criminal cases prior to 2012 Thousands of criminal cases – including some of the most serious violent and sexual offences – are collapsing every year because of lost, damaged or missing evidence, the BBC has...
A body has been found in the search for a Scottish man reported missing in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, was reported missing last week after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Mr Monks, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, had travelled to the resort on 27 May...
Asha Patel BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Izabela Helena Zablocka had been living in Derby when her family lost contact with her in 2010 Human remains have been found as part of a murder inquiry following the disappearance of a woman last seen 15 years ago, police have said. Derbyshire Police launched an investigation into...