All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

Double murderer Stephen Farrow, 58, has died at HMP Frankland where he was serving a whole life term for the killings of Betty Yates, 77, and Rev John Suddards, 58

Merseyside Police have released a CCTV image of a man wanted in connection with an alleged rape in Toxteth in the early hours of Monday in which a woman was attacked in a derelict building

A child who died after falling ill at the family music festival Camp Bestival at Weston Park, Shropshire, over the weekend was a three-week-old girl, according to reports

A scientist in California has launched the Science on Trial campaign to appeal Lucy Letby's convictions, describing them as representing the "greatest miscarriage of justice" in UK history

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in the early hours of August 10 - with her dad, stepmum, uncle and siblings understood to have fled to Pakistan

Lucy Letby made plenty of notes about her mindset in relation to her horrific crimes which formed a major part of the police investigation before she was convicted of murdering seven babies

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das says Lucy Letby is the "most extraordinary and unique clinical case" he's ever encountered and does not believe it will be possible to fully understand her

Met Office maps show a four-day heatwave in the south east until Thursday, with a possible high of 27C this week after the UK was battered by Storm Betty over the weekend

A man in his 70s was found dead at the scene of a light aircraft crash, with emergency crews finding the plane on fire in a field close to the village of Pebmarsh near Halstead, Essex

King Charles' former confidant Michael Fawcett resigned as chief executive of The Prince's Foundation in the wake of allegations relating to a Saudi billionaire donor

Detective Superintendent Paul Hughes employed an unusual method for investigating the murders committed by nurse Lucy Letby which allowed his team to take 'unique ownership' of each case

Armed police were at the scene at Derby Kabaddi grounds after a man with a sword attacked three people during a sports tournament forcing people to flee and abandon their cars

Residents on a dead-end London cul-de-sac will be charged £12.50 every time they get in their non-compliant cars as part of Sadiq Khan's ULEZ zone expansion this month

The Irvine family, from Bangor, County Down, were forced to pay an extra £275 to check in for their flight in Belfast due to what they claim was a glitch on the Ryanair app

King Charles and Prince William did not go to Australia for the England's World Cup final clash with Spain, with the monarch instead attending church in Balmoral and his son watching from Sandringham

Emergency crews rushed to the scene in Leasowe Avenue in Leeds on Sunday afternoon after receiving reports of a man running down the street on fire - he was then rushed to hospital

Three new mutated Covid variants have been detected in the UK - Eris, BA.2.86 or 'Pirola' and Omicron subvariant 'BA.6' - with the UK Health Security Agency warning cases are on the rise

Baby murderer Lucy Letby may have struck at Liverpool Women's Hospital first as police probe her entire career with the possibility that the evil former nurse could be charged with further crimes

An escaped Staffy mix believed to belong to a 12-year-old "went nuts" as two mounted officers walked by its Limehouse home on Friday, with one of the riders falling from the saddle

A crew member fell off a Viking Cruises vessel at Saltburn Pier in Invergordon, Ross-shire and was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Friday but sadly died

Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven premature babies and attempting to kill six more at The Countess of Chester Hospital - making her Britain's most prolific child killer

Storm Betty will hit the UK tonight, and terrifying weather maps suggest it won't be a pleasant evening for the majority of the UK - particularly in the North and South West.

Malik Urfan Sharif, 41, is being hunted by cops in Pakistan after allegedly fleeing the UK prior to the body of his daughter 10-year-old Sara Sharif being found in Woking, Surrey

Lucy Letby's mum Susan allegedly screamed "I did it, take me instead" as her daughter was arrested. The evil nurse, 33, has today been found guilty of murdering seven babies

Storm Betty has been named by Met Éireann, and is due to wreak havoc across Ireland while also impacting the UK with weather warnings issued by the Met Office