Grace Macaskill

SCANTILY-clad young people danced to the beat as lasers of light swept the room, before a figure in white robes took to the stage. But this was no rave and the man behind the half-moon desk was no …

IT’S an eyesore that can be seen for miles around as a ‘mega dump’ overshadows a northern motorway. Residents say a massive pile of rubbish which can be seen from the M67 ring roa…

SHE is the baby-faced scientist blamed for potentially unleashing the deadly pneumonic plague. Russian authorities claim laboratory assistant Daria Shipilova allowed the infection to escape after d…

IT began with a viral post for teenagers to take part in a mass punch-up with weapons in a Red vs Blue school war. Now experts say social media is fuelling a new generation of threat, enticing youn…

THERE are few women who would hang artwork from Britain’s most notorious prisoner on their front room wall. But then Kerry Daynes is no ordinary woman. The flame-haired forensic psychologist spent …

THEY are etched into the fabric of British tradition with millions of families enjoying ‘all the fun of the fair’. Now the country’s fairgrounds are facing a decline with many shutting the gates as…

WHEN a Brazilian psychologist vanished on a trip to Britain her family were mystified as to why she was last seen alive in a tiny town on the Essex coast. They had no idea why 31-year-old Vitoria F…

FORENSICS student Benjamin Day unlocked the door to his £40-a-night AirBnb and got to work lining the walls with plastic sheeting. Inspired by fictional TV serial killer Dexter, he then lured sex w…

IT’S like celebrity deja vu as the kids of famous actors take over Hollywood. No, you’re not imagining that so-called ‘nepo babies’ are taking over our screens as figures reveal a quarter of top mo…

IT was a suspected bomb plot foiled only by the fast-thinking actions of a farmer on her way home from a party. Days after the woman, in her 50s, called cops to report three suspicious vans parked …