Police hunting the killer of five prostitutes said tonight they were tightening the net around a series of suspects.

Detectives hunting a serial killer are investigating tonight whether clothing thought to have been found in an Ipswich river is linked to the deaths of two more women.

British detectives investigating the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich, England, said today that, during the night, they had received three more reports of missing prostitutes.

A senior British police officer said today that he was considering making a direct appeal to the person responsible for the deaths of five prostitutes.

Police in England will confirm today the identities of two more victims of the so-called Ipswich Ripper.

Detectives investigating the murders of three prostitutes in the Ipswich area have found two more bodies.

A detective investigating the murders of three prostitutes appealed to the killer today to give himself up.

Prostitutes in Ipswich are being told to stay off the streets as a second woman was declared missing today.