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Her husband Fred, who took his own life at the age of 53 while awaiting trial in 1995, buried several of the bodies beneath their house.Horrifyingly, one of them was their 16-year-old daughter Heather, who was murdered in June 1987, while the youngest victim was Rose’s eight-year-old stepdaughter Charmaine.25 Cromwell Street has since been dubbed the “House of Horrors” and was demolished in 1996 to be converted into a walkway.The couple’s victims include Lynda Gough, Carole Ann Cooper, Lucy Partington, Therese Siegenthaler, Shirley Hubbard, Juanita Mott, Shirley Anne Robinson and Alison Chambers.

An ex-Reform UK politician has likened her former party’s response to criticism as being “like an abuser in a domestic abuse relationship”.Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, who defected to Plaid Cymru last month, also said she was “not surprised” by recent allegations of sexism and misogyny within the party, claiming she had personal experience of such behaviour.Reform UK says Cooper-Lesadd should resign and called her claims “outright fabrications”.An ITV undercover investigation, due to be broadcast on Sunday evening, has filmed several of the party’s supporters and candidates over a 12-month period, with several making racist and sexist comments.Reform UK said all those featured…

Sonay Kartal’s dream week continued as she beat former Grand Slam champion Jelena Ostapenko at the Wuhan Open to reach the biggest final of her career.British number five Kartal is playing in only her third event since returning from a six-month absence with a back injury, but she now stands one more victory away from a WTA 1,000 title – one of the most prestigious prizes outside of the Grand Slams.The 24-year-old’s composure helped her secure a 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-5) victory in a pulsating semi-final against Latvia’s Ostapenko.Kartal trailed 4-1 in both sets but remained level-headed and took advantage…

A historic Manchester pub that has drawn visitors from around the world is fearing for its future amid plans for a large tower to be built nearby.The Marble Arch has been serving pints on Rochdale Road since 1888 when Queen Victoria sat on the throne and the city was rapidly industrialising.Plans by the McGoff Group to build a 17-storey tower with 153 flats next to the Grade II-listed pub have prompted concerns about the visual impact and the pub’s continued existence.Manchester City Council said it accepted “some visual harm” would be caused as a result of the building going up,…

An HSE investigation found Baker had initially attached a winch to the front of the Range Rover, which would have prevented the vehicle rolling away if the handbrake was released or failed.But Baker later removed the winch, jacked up the vehicle and placed skates beneath the rear wheels, it said.Because the wheels were not secured with chocks, and no breakaway cables were attached, there was nothing preventing the vehicle from rolling backwards when it was lowered on to the skates.The investigation concluded Baker failed to take reasonable care for his own safety and that of others by not following established…

“How we solve problems depends on if we play against a man-marking team or a complete zonal team,” said Matos.”When you play against a complete zonal team, the most important thing is that you understand that you need to move them. By moving the opposition, you create spaces, you create a free player.”Much of the historic success of positional play has been underpinned by that same idea – finding the free player.Against zonal defences, an attacker can occupy a gap between opponents and become a free, unmarked player. If a defender comes across to mark him, they risk leaving another…

The nationalist first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland held a summit in Cardiff last month where they signed an agreement, which is not legally binding, that said no Westminster government had the right to “block democracy”.Swinney will tell his party’s supporters that “one by one, the stars are aligning in our favour”.He will say that if the SNP lost May’s Scottish Parliament election, the case for independence “would have been set back decades”.While the SNP won the Holyrood ballot, the party failed to win the overall majority Swinney had set as a target for trying to force a…

WXV Global SeriesAustralia (35) 56Tries: Merlo, Stewart, Miller (2), Whitaker (2), Ellis, Karpani Cons: Wood (6), Moleka (2)Scotland (5) 12Tries: Buchanan, Malcolm Con: NelsonScotland suffered a chastening eight-try defeat by Australia in their WXV Global Series match in Sydney. It was the visitors’ eighth straight defeat, four of them in the new competition, having lost to Canada, New Zealand and the Aussies in their home ties.Australia have two victories, both against the Scots, after losing to England and France, their 30-10 win in Edinburgh having lifted them above their hosts in the world rankings.As they sought revenge, the Scots, under…

With Halloween quickly approaching, people across the north-west of England have certainly been getting into the spooky spirit.For some, it means much more than just putting out a pumpkin and buying a tonne of sweets to hand out to the local kids out trick or treating. Take the Towler family from St Helens, for example. They have been busy 3D printing, welding and even buying a £400 car ahead of fright night.Louise and her husband Vinny have transformed their Haydock home into a Ghostbusters-themed spectacle – complete with a 10ft Marshmallow Man, a floating Slimer ghost and even an Ectomobile.”We…

The Piper Tomahawk II aircraft is registered to Leading Edge Flight Training in Renfrew, according to the Civil Aviation Authority’s aircraft register, external. It took off from Glasgow Airport on Friday afternoon at 16:17. It stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of Drymen in Stirling. Earlier the plane had taken off from Cumbernauld Airport at 11:46 on Friday morning, before flying 15 minutes to Glasgow Airport. It stayed there until about 13:00, before doing a two-hour flight north east to Newport on Tay before turning round and heading back to Glasgow.It was on the ground at the…