A postcard allegedly sent by a murdered woman shortly after she disappeared more than 20 years ago is a fake, according to police in England.

A killer taxi driver accused of murdering a sex worker in the UK has insisted to a jury that he never knew her.

A taxi driver jailed for life for murdering an office worker in England accused the senior detective who brought him to justice of being a "corrupt bastard", a court there has heard.

A murderer offered police "another one" before leading them to a remote field where he had buried a sex worker he killed years earlier, a court in England has heard.

Alex Ferguson was not in attendance for Manchester United as their quest for a fifth League Cup crown began against Scunthorpe in a Carling Cup third-round tie at Glanford Park.