SERIAL killer Robert Black’s fourth murder conviction will prompt further investigations into other unsolved child disappearances, police said last night.

A STUDENT accused of murdering three prostitutes appeared in court yesterday.

A man accused of murdering three prostitutes in the UK was treated by medics after a self-harm incident at his remand prison, it emerged today.

A PROVISIONAL trial date was set yesterday for a criminology student accused of murdering three prostitutes.

Human remains recovered from a river in the UK are those of missing prostitute Shelley Armitage.

REMAINS found in the river where the body of Suzanne Blamires was discovered do not belong to two other murdered prostitutes, police said yesterday.

Forensic examinations were tonight being carried out on what police believe to be human remains after an underwater search team looking for two missing prostitutes made the grim find.

Police searching for two missing prostitutes believe they have discovered more human body parts.

A major hoard of War of Independence memorabilia has been snapped up by the Government.

Soham killer Ian Huntley was found unconscious in his jail cell today after taking a suspected overdose.

The death of serial killer GP Harold Shipman at Wakefield Prison “could not have been predicted or prevented”, a report by Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Stephen Shaw said today.

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A FORMER binman who killed his girlfriend, her twin sister and a defenceless elderly couple may have been planning to slaughter even more people, a court heard yesterday.

Serial murderer Harold Shipman killed up to 15 patients while he trained as a hospital doctor more than 30 years ago at Pontefract General Infirmary in West Yorkshire, an official report said today.

Doctors are too focused on “looking after their own” according to a “bruising” report into the case of serial killer Dr Harold Shipman published today.

Harold Shipman has been cremated at a service which was attended by his wife Primrose and just a handful of other mourners, it has emerged.

The body of Harold Shipman has been released to his family after an inquest into his death was opened and adjourned.

Harold Shipman’s widow Primrose will receive a pension and lump sum as a result of her husband’s death, the Department of Health has confirmed.

An independent inquiry into the death of doctor Harold Shipman was beginning today at the prison where he died.

The independent inquiry into the death of Harold Shipman will begin tomorrow morning, the British Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has said.

Killer doctor Harold Shipman took the secrets of 215 murders to the grave when he was found hanged in his prison cell today.

Killer doctor Harold Shipman died today after being found hanging in his cell at Wakefield prison, the Prison Service said.