Ryan Lowry, 36, suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by a man who had earlier been seen smashing up parked cars in England.
A botched police investigation into child sexual grooming left abusers free to rape and prey on vulnerable girls for 15 years, a report revealed.
A woman warder at a prison dubbed ?Britain?s cushiest jail? appeared in court yesterday accused of an "inappropriate" four-month relationship with an inmate.
A woman who slashed her elderly father?s throat before burying his body in the garden and living off his pension for 12 years was jailed.
A police patrolman who lived in a fortified home and ?revelled? in his double life as head of a cannabis gang has been
Farmer Dan Jones feared for the life of his trusty collie, after Tian was nudged off a 180 metre high cliff by an angry ewe.
A former British army musician who kept her mental health battle from her family for fear it would burden them was found dead in a hotel bathtub.
A stuffed dog, attached to a helium balloon, was part of a school project until the toy's tracking was lost in space.
Remains dating from Roman times showed the practice of embalming and linen-wrapping the dead had spread from North Africa to Yorkshire.
Those who like tales of walking mummies may regard the mystery of the 4 000-year-old relic as the strangest thing. [VIDEO]