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BBC National Short Story Award Naomi Alderman kicks off the shortlisted five stories for this year's £15,000 award Is Naomi Alderman a fan of The Archers? It seems rather likely that she took inspiration for her short story, Other People's...

Stanley Ellis was Britain's best-known dialectologist and phonetician, pioneering forensic analysis of voice recordings, among them the hoax tape that derailed the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. In June 1979 the Ripper squad received a cassette tape on which a sinister Tyneside...

Offenders will be pursued by the world’s biggest rape investigation squad, which was set up by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of two failed inquiries that left two serial sex attackers at large for years. The tactics could be...

Announcing ... the Ciffies Cif's annual awards are back – this year, with three categories...Play the nomination game Open thread 'Tis the season for the Cif awards.....This year, we will ask you to consider three categories: the best article, the...

My aversion to extended warranties is as intense as my aversion to freestyle aerobics – and believe me when I say I've got no time whatsoever for freestyle aerobics. I derive a strange sensory pleasure from buying a gadget that's...

The paper will outline today the plans alongside long-term proposals for standard police uniforms, body armour and beat cars in England and Wales. It is part of proposals for making huge efficiency savings in back office police support services throughout...