The last-known Nazi concentration camp guard who “helped kill thousands” has died aged 100. Gregor Formanek, a former SS guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, died just before he was due to...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen22 hours agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had...
Police raids across France after wave of prison attacks5 hours agoJames GregoryBBC NewsGetty ImagesTwenty-five people have been arrested in early morning raids across France in response to a wave of...
North Korea despot Kim Jong Un sent 12,000 soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine, it has been confirmed for the first time. The supreme leader of the basket case country - the most...
'Our community is grieving,' say Vancouver festival organisersOrganisers of the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival where a car ramming attack killed 11 people have said they are "heartbroken" and...
The wife of the former king, Edward VIII, spent her final years as a “prisoner” in her “slum” of a bedroom. Wallis Simpson was an American socialite who met the then-Prince of Wales, Edward,...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen9 hours agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen46 minutes agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had...
An image of a meagre meal, taken during the inspection of Parc prison (Image: HM Inspectorate of Prisons)Inmates claim that substandard meals are fueling violence at the troubled Parc prison, a...
Express cartoonist Carl Giles at work in his studio on his Suffolk farm in 1948. (Image: Getty)Legendary Daily Express cartoonist Carl Giles refined his craft during the biggest conflict in modern...
Many years ago when I was a local newspaper reporter, I took a story to my editor. “My police contact says an ambulance paramedic was assaulted last night by someone they were taking to...
One notoriously dangerous killer has been kept in solitary confinement for around 46 years after murdering four people. Robert Maudsley, 71, committed a string of horrific murders, including three...
'Something different in the air' as hushed Rome reckons with Pope's death49 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsReporting fromRomeAPThe seat at the Vatican had been vacant for two days when a group of...
'Something different in the air' as hushed Rome reckons with Pope's death49 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsReporting fromRomeAPThe seat at the Vatican had been vacant for two days when a group of...
Museum thieves jailed for cage fighter murder plot1 hour agoThomas MackintoshBBC NewsReporting fromOld BaileyMet PoliceA gang of thieves from London who stole ancient artefacts from a Swiss museum...
At least 22 people were hanged this week alone, bringing the total number of executions since the so-called moderate president Masoud Pezeshkian took office in July to nearly 1,100 - one every 5.5...
The kiss at Forest Bank Prison that brought Choni Kenny's world crumbling down (Image: GMP)The disgraced officer Kenny had illicit affairs with two criminals and exploited her role at Greater...
Underbelly and Division 4 star Gerard Kennedy has sadly died at the age of 93. His death was confirmed by a family friend, who wrote on social media on Monday (April 21): “Vale Gerard Kennedy. 1932...
Anti-Hamas protests on rise in Gaza as group's iron grip slips33 minutes agoPaul AdamsBBC News, JerusalemGetty Images"Out! Out! Out!"The voice in the Telegram video is insistent. Loud. Sometimes...
Killers and stalkers should live in restricted zones, say victims2 hours agoGemma DunstanBBC NewsBBCPeople who have committed murder, manslaughter or stalking offences should be forced to live in...