Man quizzed over pub attack death
A 22-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found fatally wounded outside a Blackpool pub.
Artist pays fatal price for entering Doherty’s orbit
Last week, film-maker Robyn Whitehead died in the squalid east London flat of a friend of the Babyshambles frontman. In 2006, Mark Blanco fell to his death at a party attended by the singer. Jamie Doward examines the trail of misery left in Pete Doherty’s wakeSheila Blanco calls Pete Doherty the Pied Piper. “He leads [...]
Row over age limit for shingles vaccination
Ministers want everyone over the age of 70 to be eligible but campaigners say age limit is too highEvery person in their 70s could soon be vaccinated against shingles, a painful infection that can cause pain, scarring, sight loss and sometimes death in older people. Four million people in England will be eligible to receive [...]
Sentences for stab death burglars
Three members of a gang of burglars are sentenced for their part in a raid in which one of their group was killed in self-defence.
‘Bad mood’ killer jailed for life
A man who stabbed a woman to death while she was walking her dog because he was feeling “very angry” is jailed for life.
Letter: Dignity in Dying and assisted suicide law
I find myself agreeing with almost everything Deborah Orr says in her article (You can’t make meaningful laws for assisted suicide, G2, 28 January). She does, however, seem to be confused about Dignity in Dying’s position on assisted suicide. Dignity in Dying campaigns for terminally ill, mentally competent adults to have the choice of an [...]
Cell death police may be charged
Five police officers could face criminal charges over the death of a Nottingham Forest footballer, the force’s watchdog says.
Pete Doherty film-maker found dead
Body of Robyn Whitehead, Goldsmith family member who made Road to Albion documentary about singer, found in London flatA member of the Goldsmith family who had made a documentary about the singer Pete Doherty was found dead in a flat, it emerged today.The body of 27-year-old Robyn Whitehead was discovered in a flat in Hackney, [...]
Crimewatch metal bar death appeal
Crimewatch appeals for information about a man suspected of killing a postal worker with a metal bar in 2003.
Fire death officers ‘face arrest’
Three firefighters face arrest over a Warwickshire warehouse fire in which four colleagues were killed, a union says.