Twenty-five years ago, on a deserted stretch of Australian highway, Bradley John Murdoch flagged down British backpackers Joan Lees and Peter Falconio. Falconio was never seen again. Now, as police try to trace his family, a former British government expert says he ‘probably’ knows the place where Falconio’s body was hidden. queensland correspondent ben smee
Counter-terrorism police are now leading an investigation into the death of former MP and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe in light of ‘new information and evidence’. A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of national news, Archie Bland
Published on July 9, 2026 06:05 am new York Times Best-selling author Earl Swift is a legend among adventure journalists. He made his mark covering crime in the cocaine-fueled Wild West of 1980s Anchorage, Alaska. While employed at a coastal Virginia newspaper in the 1990s, he wrote an in-depth series about an Appalachian Trail thru-hike,
If you’ve ever climbed Angel’s Landing – Arguably the most iconic trail in Zion National Park – then you know how dangerous it can be. In fact, falls are by far the leading cause of death in America’s second most popular national park. This is what happened to Bernadette Vander Meer in August 2006. According
On June 23, 1991, a small town outside Kent County, Delaware, became home to a gruesome and bizarre murder, so shocking that even investigators couldn’t believe what actually happened. We’ve all been warned about the dangers of hitchhiking. But a few decades ago, society was generally more trusting. It was not unusual for a friendly
It has been a decade since Batley and a Spanish MP were murdered by a far-right extremist. His sister Kim Leadbeater, who took over his parliamentary seat, shows what lessons still need to be learned. Jo Cox was the Labor MP for Batley and Spain, where she grew up and where she had known all
Jo Cox was the Labor MP for Batley and Spain, where she grew up and lived all her life. She was strongly pro-Europe, a passionate campaigner for social justice – and a mother of two young children aged five and three. On 16 June 2016, at the height of a toxic Brexit campaign, Joe was