A woman who died after being struck by a van on a golf course near Sutton Coldfield has been named, as police confirmed three arrests in the case. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge, died in hospital on Tuesday night after the incident at Aston Wood Golf Club in Little Aston on Friday. The vehicle had...
The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has had her offer of compensation increased but she said “it’s still not good enough”. Betty Brown, 92, was originally offered less than a third of what she had claimed for, but she has now received a new offer of 60%. However the former sub-postmistress...
Jessica Ure BBC Investigations BBC Eathan Cooper received the first of many fines last summer for a bus lane violation in Essex while he was on a trip to Madrid A 24-year-old car cloning victim has told how he ended up dreading the morning post after fines demanding thousands of pounds started to pour through...
Detectives investigating the death of a man who was shot through his window are working “around the clock”, police say. Barry Dawson, 60, was shot in his Elm Street home in Stanley, County Durham, on Saturday and died at the scene. A 37-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder...
Johanna Carr BBC South West Investigations BBC An area of peatland on Dartmoor restored by the South West Peatland Partnership Healthy peat is the country’s biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere. New research shows instead of being part of the answer to climate change, peat bogs...
Jade Thompson – BBC News Investigations Divya Talwar – BBC News Investigations BBC Jasmine said she felt violated when intimate images of her were shared to several websites A record number of victims of so-called revenge porn reported intimate image abuse to a dedicated UK helpline last year. In 2024, the Revenge Porn Helpline, funded...
Family handout Paying tribute his family said Paul Bowles was “intelligent and quick-witted” A man who died after he was hit by a van in an alleged road rage incident was “kind and loving”, his family has said. Paul Bowles, 50, died at the scene following a reported argument between two drivers in Broadway, Chadderton...
Canadian investigators have formally identified a missing indigenous woman who was murdered by a serial killer in 2022. Ashlee Shingoose, 30, was the first of four people killed by Jeremy Skibicki in Manitoba. She had been known only as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (Buffalo Woman) until her identity was discovered by investigators and revealed on Wednesday. Police...
Four police officers are being investigated over their interaction with a woman who police believe was murdered by her husband. The police watchdog said the officers had been served disciplinary notices over their alleged handling of a domestic abuse report by Harshita Brella. Detectives believe the 24-year-old was strangled by Pankaj Lamba, 23, in Corby,...
