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The two defendants are accused of planning and carrying out the murder of Brianna Ghey, who was found stabbed 28 times in Linear Park Culcheth, near Warrington, on February 11 this year

Brianna Ghey, 16, was murdered on February 11 in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire. The unnamed defendants, both aged 16, deny murder

Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, were found dead after their car left a road and they drowned in North Wales during a camping trip

The Met Office has issued a fresh warning for snow with now a 795-mile area now covered and going as far south as London - the latest yellow snow and ice warning is in place from 5pm tomorrow until 11am on Friday

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Transgender student Brianna Ghey, 16, was stabbed to death at Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington on February 11 this year - with both defendants denying murder

German paedophile Christian Brueckner, 46, was named by police as the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance in 2022. He is set to go on trial for multiple sex crimes

The trial of two teenagers accused of murdering 16-year-old transgender student Brianna Ghey began at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday - with the jury hearing details of the alleged plot to kill her

Two teenagers are accused of murdering transgender 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire

The men were trapped in by debris in the Silkyara tunnel after a landslide on November 12 caused the mouth to collapse - 41 workers were trapped in an enclosed space the workers are trapped in measures an estimated 1.2 miles

The UKHSA has issued a yellow cold-health alert in northern England, with the Met Office warning snow is likely in the coming days as weather maps show -6C in some parts

10-month-old Kfir Bibas was pictured during the October 7 alongside brother Ariel, four, being carried by his weeping mum Shiri, 32, being led away by Hamas fighters

Marie Rienecker, 38, and her husband Kim Birtel, 55, were accused of forging vaccine documents in order to fly their pet Dachshund home from the French Riviera on budget airline Eurowings

Kelan Logan-Derench, five, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, died in a swimming pool tragedy while on holiday in Egypt with his family - during his first trip abroad

Ruth Perry, former headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, died by suicide in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating

The UK's first case of flu strain H1N2 – which has been circulating in pigs – has been detected during a routine test by the sufferer's GP after they experienced respiratory symptoms

Victim Sebastiano Rosella Musico's death in 2019 had originally been declared to be from natural causes - but wife Loredana Graziano, 37, was later arrested after a lover said she was boasting about the murder

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be open to extending the ceasefire, offering an extra day for every 10 hostages released - but Hamas is said to be unsure of where some captives are being held

Kelan Logan-Derench, five, from Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, is understood to have died after falling into a swimming pool a day after arriving in Egypt with his mum

Only a few hundred thousand rare collectable Kew Gardens 50p coins were minted - with one lucky bidder flogging theirs on eBay for £140, with more than 40 bids coming in

Friends of Prince William have hit out at claims he briefed against his brother Harry amid claims in Omid Scobie's new book Endgame, with allies saying he and his inner circle would not make deals with the media

Mohamed Mao, 49, and Heyfa Akubar, 43, from Woolwich, southeast London, lost their youngest son Mustafa Ahmed, eight, in a horror motorbike crash on in February

More details are beginning to emerge about the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Friday, as part of the historic four-day ceasefire agreed after seven weeks of intense conflict

Rumours of Vladimir Putin's 'ill health' have been swirling for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President has died and his corpse is being stored in a freezer 'used for deep-frozen food'

Suzanne Pfeifer, owner of Pentagon Grand brothel on the Gold Coast, Australia, says a woman is planning to protest outside her business after her husband spent AU$6,000 (£3,100)

Double amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius, 37, was jailed for murder over the death of model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine's Day 2013 - who he claimed he mistook for an intruder