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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Just as the late 20th century was revolutionised by the emergence of the internet, the Victorian era benefited from advances in long-distance communication using telegraphy. At the forefront of this technology was the Submarine Telegraph Company, who in 1850 had laid the first copper cable across the English Channel. Over… You must be a paid …
Could council officials have prevented the death of a vulnerable 89-year-old woman at the hands of her own son? The first sign that something terrible had happened was a handwritten note next to the letterbox on the front door: Call the police Suicide Side gate and back door unlocked JS… You must be a paid …
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At the age of 71, Major Thomas Hare must have thought he would be able to spend the rest of his days in peaceful retirement at his home in Surbiton. The former soldier, who served in the Irish 27th ‘Inniskillings’ foot regiment and the Cape Mounted Rifles in South Africa,… You must be a paid …
When James White battered his 67-year-old wife Margaret to death with a poker, one newspaper reported the case under the headline: ‘Warnings for “nagging wives” and brutal husbands!’. This inaccurate summary could never explain why their 41-year marriage ended in murder. The couple had raised a son and a daughter… You must be a paid …
