On the day he disappeared, 12 January 2013, Robert Duff was due to attend a family celebration for his daughter’s 18th birthday. It was not an event he was likely to miss. The 37-year-old father-of-two was close to his parents and his two daughters and was in contact with them at least once a day. …
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In the early morning of 24 September 2006, Daniel Ross was one of nearly 1,000 people enjoying a night out at the Scala nightclub in King’s Cross. He was walking across the dancefloor to tell his friends he was leaving when a gun was fired by an as-yet-unidentified gunman. The bullet hit Daniel in the …
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On 5 November, 1888, PC Herbert Lee was on duty in Marylebone Lane when he saw a woman lying on a doorstep. In her arms was baby. Approaching them, PC Lee noticed the child was dressed only in a nightshirt. He told the woman that she should wrap her baby… You must be a paid …
In the late 19th Century the English guzzled down an average of one gallon of spirits, 40 gallons of wine and 30 gallons of beer every year (and it had actually decreased since the 1870s). One of those enjoying alcohol on 28 May 1888 was John Shorting, a 42 year-old… You must be a paid …
On Thursday 24 May 1888, two young couples set off for a walk to Regent’s Park. There was Joseph Rumbold, a 21 year-old printer, and his date Elizabeth Lee, her cousin Emily Lee and a colleague of Joseph’s called Alonzo Burns. The entered the park by York Gate, just down… You must be a paid …
