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Serial killer Steve Wright has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 17-year-old girl in Suffolk more than 25 years ago.

A man has admitted killing a King’s College London student after hitting her with the van he was driving on the university’s central London campus.

The family of a woman who was murdered by a serial rapist more than 20 years ago said there must be "no attempt" to shut down evidence at the public inquiry into the police's handling of the case, as they met the chairman for the first time.

"There was lots of bullying, harassment, exclusion from the team, from projects. A lot of things were going on."

Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prison estate "within days" if he becomes first minister after the Holyrood election.

Bangladesh has sentenced former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her niece, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to jail in a corruption probe.

In the end, it was a scandal too far, even for Peter Mandelson.

Four Britons have died within four months of being struck down with stomach bugs while on holiday in Cape Verde, lawyers representing their families say.

Yellow rain alerts have been issued in the southwest of England in the wake of Storm Chandra, affecting previously sodden ground from the storm.

A man has been rescued by the emergency services after falling into a well in Staffordshire.