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Send us Fan MailToday's guest is Natalie Rivans — co-CEO of ReOrigin, certified menopause coach, somatic practitioner, and mindfulness teacher. Natalie shares her story with us: years as a Metropolitan Police officer in London, living with undiagnosed ADHD, overriding her body's signals in a high-pressure environment, and eventually experiencing a complete physical collapse with chronic pain, digestive issues, and debilitating symptoms that no specialist could explain. Her turning point came sitting in a car overlooking the sea, listening to a podcast about neuroplasticity. That moment led her to ReOrigin — and eventually to becoming its co-CEO and co-creating ReNew, a menopause program that has produced remarkable pilot results.What I love most about Natalie is that she brings both the lived experience and the science. And she is deeply, genuinely compassionate about what women are moving through.What we cover:Natalie's story — from Metropolitan Police officer to chronic illness to complete collapse, the thousands of pounds spent on specialists, the spreadsheet tracking symptoms, and the moment sitting by the sea that changed everythingWhat brain retraining actually is — a structured way of working with neuroplasticity to recognize and interrupt automatic patterns that keep the brain and nervous system in a heightened, protective state; it is not toxic positivity or positive thinking, it is deliberate, repetitive, embodied changeNeuroplasticity explained accessibly — the brain's natural ability to adapt and change through experience and repetition; like learning to drive, new neural pathways are built gradually through practiceThe nervous system as common thread — why so many chronic conditions (fatigue, pain, anxiety, digestive issues) share nervous system dysregulation as a component, and why the brain-gut connection is central to all of itThe window of tolerance — how prolonged stress and trauma narrow our capacity, making small demands feel enormous, and how pacing, titration, and pendulation at ReOrigin help gradually widen that windowMenopause and the brain — how estrogen and progesterone interact with receptors throughout the brain, not just the reproductive system; why the limbic system becomes more reactive during the transition; and what is actually happening physiologically during a hot flashLimbic loops — the repeated cycles in which a sensation or thought triggers an automatic emotional response (the sleep example is particularly recognizable), and how ReNew helps women identify these without self-blameThe ReNew program — education, neuroplasticity, somatic practices, sleep support, mindset and self-compassion, movement, community, and body kindness; built from thousands of peer-reviewed studiesThe pilot results — by day 90: 77% of participants described overall wellbeing as good (vs 13% at baseline); 80% improvement in sleep; depression lowered by 80%; anxiety lowered by 83%Perimenopause as threshold — a beautiful closing exchange about how this transition is not an ending but a doorway into a more authentic version of ourselves, and why being in the body matters so much right nowConnect with Natalie & ReOrigin:ReOriginReNew menopause programInstagramResources:Free Masterclass:  The Alchemy of the Perimenopause PortalAyurvedic Dosha Quick Reference GuideAbhyanga Self Massage GuideWeekend Nervous System ResetNourished For Resilience Workbook Find me at www.mynourishednervoussystem.comand @nourishednervoussytem on Instagram

In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by historian Peter Parker to discuss the remarkable rediscovery of James Courage's A Way of Love – widely regarded as the first gay novel by a New Zealander – and what it tells us about gay life in post-war Britain.First published in 1959 and banned in New Zealand in 1961, A Way of Love has returned to print after nearly seven decades. Set in 1950s London, it follows two men attempting to build a life together at a time when sex between men remained a criminal offence. Its timing is significant: it appeared two years after the Wolfenden Report recommended that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private should no longer be criminalised, but eight years before the partial decriminalisation introduced by the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.Peter Parker, author of Some Men in London volumes one and two – acclaimed anthologies of gay life in the capital – joins us to explore this fascinating transitional moment. Drawing on James Courage's extraordinary diary as well as the novel, we examine what it meant to be a gay man in a society where prosecution, censorship and social stigma were constant threats.We discuss the geography of gay life – the private members' clubs and pubs where men could relax and be amongst their own people – and the language they used, including the secret argot of Polari. We also explore the long struggle for legal reform, the resistance of the Metropolitan Police, and the cultural shifts that helped change attitudes – from the pioneering work of the Homosexual Law Reform Society to the impact of films like Victim (1961) and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me.Peter also reflects on the "happy ever after" problem in gay history: the assumption that rights appeared by magic overnight, rather than being won through decades of struggle, persecution and sacrifice.Topics covered:James Courage, A Way of Love, and its suppression and rediscoveryThe criminalisation of homosexuality and the Wolfenden ReportThe policing of gay life and the "pretty police"Gay clubs, pubs, and cultures of solidarityPolari and coded languageThe Homosexual Law Reform Society and the fight for legal changeVictim, A Patriot for Me, and stage censorshipThe pushback of AIDS and Clause 28Memory, martyrdom, and the unfinished struggle for equalityPeter Parker's Some Men in London volumes one and two are available from all good bookshops. James Courage's A Way of Love is republished by Lyric Editions. Please consider buying from an independent retailer or directly from the publisher.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us – we are migrating from Patreon to Substack. Details in the show notes.This response is AI-generated and for reference purposes only.Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeremy Kyle reacts as Downing Street advisers are pushing for an early general election NEXT YEAR. Several senior members of Andy Burnham's team believe that calling an election in the spring would give Labour the best chance of another majority. A YouGov megapoll released yesterday showed Labour would remain the largest party with 241 seats. The Conservatives would be in second place with 130 seats, better than their result in 2024, while Reform would be pushed into third place with 123 seats. In contrast, last year's megapoll showed Reform UK winning 311 seats.The number of small-boat migrants who have reached Britain under Labour is larger than the entire British Army. 781 migrants arrived on Wednesday – the highest daily tally this year. It pushed the total since the general election to 83,279 – passing the Army's 83,000 soldiers. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said. 'Labour has let an entire army-sized population cross the Channel illegally,Education Secretary Lucy Powell came under fire last night after she denied that benefits claimants spend their handouts on drink or gambling. She said welfare recipients spend their 'very little' money on rent and paying household bills rather than luxuries. Kemi Badenoch this week announced plans for a crackdown on benefits, with the jobless who have paid little in taxes seeing their handouts cut by 30 per cent.The criminal justice system is prioritising paedophiles before children, Britain's most senior police officer has said after a child sex offender was bailed to a flat near a children's playground. The Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley attacked the decision to free Zafer Dogan as “yet another example of victims being let down”. The 32-year-old had admitted taking thousands of photos of people without their knowledge before using software to turn some of them into sexually explicit images, including by digitally removing clothing.Wake up with Talk Breakfast in full on YouTube, DAB+ radio, Samsung TV Plus or the Talk App on your TV from 6am every morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2023: For the past two years, Betsy Stanko has been leading an unprecedented investigation into why the police have been failing so badly to tackle sexual violence. But is there any chance of fixing a system that seems so broken? By Melissa Denes. Read by Ruth Lass. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

A weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech, hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.AOBQ: short weekend trip to LisbonQ: Envoy v2.3.4 out -- stability and maintenance release; faster Bluetooth firmware updates for Passport Prime, bug fixes and further Tor connectivity improvementsQ: Legacy Mode beta for Passport Prime -- optional app porting Ledger's open-source device applications to KeyOS so users can manage alt coin holdings on open-source hardware; not installed by default, device stays Bitcoin-only if ignoredMax: bought a Stanley flask and a robot vacuum and mop combo NEWSCLARITY Act dies in the US Senate 49-50, eleven votes short of the 60 needed for cloture; every Democrat who voted said no, joined by Republicans Collins, Hawley and Moran; the final text dropped the explicit criminal protection for non-custodial developers against 18 USC 1960 charges -- the same law used against the Samourai and Tornado Cash developers -- keeping only civil protections; Senator Lummis warned failure leaves no realistic chance this decade; the SEC and CFTC immediately signalled unilateral rulemaking -- CoinDesk, Newsweek, TFTC, The Rage, TFTC, Coin CenterTwo days after the CLARITY Act failed, the CFTC sent a pre-rule rulemaking titled "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets" to the White House for review; contents are not public but expected to create a path for crypto spot exchanges to operate under CFTC oversight; prepared in advance and filed immediately once Congress failed to act -- PYMNTS, CoinDesk, The DefiantCFTC Staff Letter 26-25 extends to all qualifying developers the no-action relief Phantom received in March; software that passes user orders to CFTC-registered futures firms without holding assets, generating signals or controlling routing does not need to register as an introducing broker; not law, can be withdrawn at any time, and does not protect wallet developers from DOJ money-transmission charges -- TFTC, CFTCThe FCA, HMRC and Metropolitan Police raided three London premises on September 10 targeting unregistered peer-to-peer crypto trading operations and issued cease-and-desist letters at all three; the FCA says not a single P2P crypto business is registered in the UK; the second coordinated enforcement action this year, following raids across eight locations in April which are now feeding criminal investigations; the UK's full crypto regime begins October 2027 -- CoinDeskHodl Hodl shipped "enhanced bitcoin security scoring" on September 18 that checked incoming bitcoin for red flags and blocked trades with a bad score; after user backlash Anna from the team posted on September 19 that they got it wrong, it shipped without warning and was explained poorly, and it is now disabled; if it returns in any form it will be disclosed beforehand; scoring coins for red flags is taint analysis, and Hodl Hodl's position holding one key on every 2-of-3 multisig trade is what makes this kind of screening possible -- Hodl Hodl on X, Anna (Hodl Hodl) on XThe Rage argues the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created by Executive Order 14233 may exist only on paper; no reserve office appears in Treasury's public org chart or the 2025 Fiscal Report; Bloomberg reported in July that Treasury and Commerce were still disputing who has authority to run it; the House Financial Services Committee advanced the ARMA bill 28-21 on September 16 ordering agencies to keep custody of their bitcoin until the reserve is "fully established and certified operational"; a FOIA request for records on the reserve office is still pending -- The RageLiquid peg-outs remain paused two weeks after the $320M exploit; 3,400 BTC was returned and blocks resumed September 10 but 598.5 BTC remains with the attacker; the federation says peg-outs will resume only after 1:1 backing is confirmed and software updates and independent security reviews are complete, with no date given; L-BTC holders can only sell or swap through services like AQUA's Indra where liquidity is limited -- Liquid_BTC on X, Liquid incident reportJAN3 launched Indra on September 15, its own Lightning-Liquid swap backend for AQUA, after Boltz suspended service in August following sustained AI-assisted attacks; for now it only handles Lightning sends paying invoices from L-BTC, with receiving to follow; JAN3 replicated the Boltz API signatures so it can act as a drop-in replacement; about three hours after launch Indra was hit by a DoS attack and forward swaps were temporarily disabled -- JAN3, Stacker News, Samson Mow on XCLN operators are advised to disable experimental features after a suspected dual-fund channel drain; on September 12 a node operator reported a peer opened a dual-funded channel, drained most of his liquidity and went offline, with the funding txid his node recorded not existing on-chain; on September 15 Core Lightning issued a security advisory urging all operators running experimental features to disable them; at least two more operators have since reported losses; no patched release has shipped -- GitHub issue #9498, CLN collaborator comment, Core Lightning advisoryA pull request by Roasbeef would change the BOLT11 spec so readers must reject invoices containing more than one payment hash; a popular Telegram P2P bot was recently hacked through this ambiguity because some libraries took the first payment hash and others the last, allowing a system mixing both to be tricked into thinking a withdrawal was never paid out -- GitHub PR #1357Lightning wallet Blink paused all services on September 19 after an attacker drained a limited number of custodial accounts; "a few dozen" custodial accounts were affected, every affected account will be made whole, and non-custodial wallets were untouched; a patch was deployed and services came back online the same afternoon; the attack path is unknown pending a post-mortem -- Blink on X, Bitcoin.com News, TFTC on XLondon-based crypto infrastructure provider Haruko was hit by a targeted attack affecting 15 clients -- all those without an IP whitelist; attackers exploited a flaw in Haruko's own processes to extract a user-access token exposing exchange API details and trading data; three sources say a small amount of client funds was stolen, mainly from smaller hedge funds -- CoinDeskSwiss Bitcoin Pay, a non-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning payment processor, took its servers offline on September 14 after a malicious user likely accessed its internal systems; customer email addresses, bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction histories and hashed passwords may have been exposed; user funds are safe and any amounts owed will be returned in full; servers remain offline as of today with no restore date -- Bitcoin Magazine, FinanceFeedsUpdate on the Revolut breach: attackers used a hacked email account on a real Italian government domain to send fake law enforcement data requests; at least 680 customers are affected, targeted for their crypto holdings via blockchain analysis; on September 16 the group demanded 6,000 XMR (~$3M) within 24 hours or it would sell the data; the deadline passed, Revolut says it has had no direct contact, and Italian police and UK regulators are investigating; samples have already been posted on Telegram -- CoinDesk, SecurityWeek, CyberInsiderRELEASESHighlightsCake Wallet v6.4.5 -- 2026-09-20Smooths out the Trezor hardware wallet connection and transaction signing flow. Speeds up Monero background sync with more stable node connections. Includes UI polish and bug fixes.umbrelOS 2.0 Beta 2 -- 2026-09-17Second beta of the umbrelOS 2.0 major rewrite. Adds redesigned search across apps, files, photos and settings with visual results. AI agents can now create and use virtual machines with screen and keyboard; Omakix Linux is available in the machines feature. Apps can be moved to external drives and cloud imports are supported. Opt in via Settings, Advanced Settings.Bitcoin Core v32.0rc2 -- 2026-09-18Second release candidate for Bitcoin Core 32.0. PSBT-creating RPCs now default to version 2. A new exportwatchonlywallet RPC exports a watch-only copy of a descriptor wallet with no private keys for offline-signing setups. New derivehdkey and addhdkey RPCs aid multisig coordination. Testing release only -- not for nodes holding real funds.Sparrow Wallet 2.5.5 -- 2026-09-17Adds a System theme that follows the OS light/dark setting, now the default. Enables BitBox02 xpub export and multisig signing at the m/45h keypath on firmware v9.19.0+. Includes Trezor Safe 7 session recovery and bug fixes.BitBoxApp v4.52.0 -- 2026-09-15BitBox02 owners can now create a Lightning hot wallet inside the mobile BitBoxApp, funded from their on-chain balance and derived from their existing BitBox backup -- no extra seed words, no channel management. Public beta using Breez SDK and Spark statechains; unilateral exit is not yet available in the current beta.Eclair v0.14.3 -- 2026-09-14Security hardening release with fixes from Project Loupe, Blockstream's AI-assisted open-source security research initiative. The team warns some issues can be exploited by malicious nodes and urges all operators to upgrade immediately. Fully backward compatible with no channel closures required.Signal Beta Enables Phone-Numberless Registration -- 2026-09-16Signal's Android 8.28 beta lets new users register without a phone number by paying a one-time fee of about $3 via Google Play. Signal says the same zero-knowledge proofs used for donations keep the purchase unlinked from the new account. Requires Google Play Services; de-Googled phones cannot use it yet. Android beta only -- iOS and stable release timelines not announced.Everything elseAmber v6.6.4 -- 2026-09-14Fixes a Tor clearnet leak on Android where requests could bypass Tor and go over clearnet.BasicSwap DEX v0.18.9 -- 2026-09-15Latest in a rapid release series. Swap fund…

British investigators were continuing to expand their examination of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by reaching out to current and former royal protection officers who may have witnessed relevant conduct while assigned to him. The Metropolitan Police said officers were being asked to consider whether anything they “saw or heard” during their service could assist ongoing reviews, while Thames Valley Police said it was working through a “significant amount of information” connected to its separate investigation. The renewed focus followed claims from former protection officer Paul Page, who alleged that Andrew repeatedly bypassed normal Buckingham Palace security procedures to bring women into the royal residence without properly recording their names. Page said he eventually sent a dossier to the FBI after becoming frustrated with what he viewed as a lack of attention from British authorities. His claims remained uncorroborated, and Andrew continued to deny wrongdoing.Investigators were expected to examine the credibility of Page's account, compare it against other officers' recollections and available security records, and determine whether the alleged visitor-log practices formed part of a wider pattern connected to Andrew's association with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The scrutiny went beyond palace visitors: British police were also reviewing material concerning Andrew's travel, his official role as a trade envoy, allegations that confidential government information may have been shared with Epstein, and whether UK airports or royal security arrangements intersected with Epstein-linked trafficking activity. Three forces were conducting live Epstein-related inquiries, while a national police review was assessing whether newly released U.S. files pointed to broader violence, exploitation or trafficking in Britain. The central question was therefore shifting from Andrew's personal relationship with Epstein to what people around him, including sworn protection officers, may have witnessed and whether those observations were ever properly recorded or acted upon.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:What Andrew-Epstein police will examine next as they appeal to protection officers

British investigators were continuing to expand their examination of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by reaching out to current and former royal protection officers who may have witnessed relevant conduct while assigned to him. The Metropolitan Police said officers were being asked to consider whether anything they “saw or heard” during their service could assist ongoing reviews, while Thames Valley Police said it was working through a “significant amount of information” connected to its separate investigation. The renewed focus followed claims from former protection officer Paul Page, who alleged that Andrew repeatedly bypassed normal Buckingham Palace security procedures to bring women into the royal residence without properly recording their names. Page said he eventually sent a dossier to the FBI after becoming frustrated with what he viewed as a lack of attention from British authorities. His claims remained uncorroborated, and Andrew continued to deny wrongdoing.Investigators were expected to examine the credibility of Page's account, compare it against other officers' recollections and available security records, and determine whether the alleged visitor-log practices formed part of a wider pattern connected to Andrew's association with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The scrutiny went beyond palace visitors: British police were also reviewing material concerning Andrew's travel, his official role as a trade envoy, allegations that confidential government information may have been shared with Epstein, and whether UK airports or royal security arrangements intersected with Epstein-linked trafficking activity. Three forces were conducting live Epstein-related inquiries, while a national police review was assessing whether newly released U.S. files pointed to broader violence, exploitation or trafficking in Britain. The central question was therefore shifting from Andrew's personal relationship with Epstein to what people around him, including sworn protection officers, may have witnessed and whether those observations were ever properly recorded or acted upon.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:What Andrew-Epstein police will examine next as they appeal to protection officersBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

British investigators were continuing to expand their examination of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by reaching out to current and former royal protection officers who may have witnessed relevant conduct while assigned to him. The Metropolitan Police said officers were being asked to consider whether anything they “saw or heard” during their service could assist ongoing reviews, while Thames Valley Police said it was working through a “significant amount of information” connected to its separate investigation. The renewed focus followed claims from former protection officer Paul Page, who alleged that Andrew repeatedly bypassed normal Buckingham Palace security procedures to bring women into the royal residence without properly recording their names. Page said he eventually sent a dossier to the FBI after becoming frustrated with what he viewed as a lack of attention from British authorities. His claims remained uncorroborated, and Andrew continued to deny wrongdoing.Investigators were expected to examine the credibility of Page's account, compare it against other officers' recollections and available security records, and determine whether the alleged visitor-log practices formed part of a wider pattern connected to Andrew's association with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The scrutiny went beyond palace visitors: British police were also reviewing material concerning Andrew's travel, his official role as a trade envoy, allegations that confidential government information may have been shared with Epstein, and whether UK airports or royal security arrangements intersected with Epstein-linked trafficking activity. Three forces were conducting live Epstein-related inquiries, while a national police review was assessing whether newly released U.S. files pointed to broader violence, exploitation or trafficking in Britain. The central question was therefore shifting from Andrew's personal relationship with Epstein to what people around him, including sworn protection officers, may have witnessed and whether those observations were ever properly recorded or acted upon.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:What Andrew-Epstein police will examine next as they appeal to protection officersBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

In the wake of the Metropolitan Police's announcement that it's Special Enquiry Team has expanded its criminal investigation into donations made to Reform UK by Fiona Cottrell, the mother of “Posh” George, to include suspected breaches of foreign funding laws based on the Verbatim/C4 undercover sting operation, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC focus on the rise and fall of Dr James Orr, the former Reform UK Head of Policy - or “contractor” as he was contemptuously described by Nigel Farage soon after Orr was indefinitely suspended from the Party.  Just how clever is the Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in the Cambridge Faculty of Divinity and the man known as “Farage's Brain”?  And is he as weird as High Anglican Tory AN Wilson has claimed? Ken and Tim then discuss the potential for the £72m donations to Reform UK made by Thailand based Christopher Harborne and crypto currency businessman Ben Delo to be reversed when the retrospective provisions of the Representation of the People Bill 2026 come into force.  Can we anticipate the delicious prospect of Reform relying on the European Convention on Human Rights to argue that UK law is incompatible with the right to peaceful enjoyment of property? The duo turn next to debate the defeat of the second attempt to legislate for some form of Assisted Dying legislation in the UK and reflect on the shameful, anti-democratic, filibustering tactics deployed by 7 Peers which meant that the June 2025 House of Commons' vote in favour of the Leadbeater Bill was frustrated. They go on to express astonishment and concern at the apparently never ending Undercover Policing Inquiry which is due to lose its second Inquiry Chair, Sir John Mitting, next year some 12 years after it began. After costing £137m, is it time to pull the plug? And finally Ken and Tim reflect on the new legal risk guidance issued by Attorney General Ellie Reeves KC which reverses the previous guidance issued by Lord Hermer KC (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-attorney-generals-guidance-on-legal-risk--2). Does it undermine the rule of law and what political signal does it send? -- Covering the critical intersections of politics and law in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain's legal and political future.  What happens when politics and law collide? How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? What happens when judicial independence is tested, human rights come under attack, or freedom of expression is challenged? And who really holds power in Britain's legal and political system?  Get answers to questions like these weekly on Wednesdays.  Double Jeopardy is presented by Ken Macdonald KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Tim Owen KC, as they break down the legal and political issues in Britain. From high-profile legal cases to the evolving state of British democracy, Double Jeopardy offers expert legal commentary on the most pressing topics in UK law, politics, and human rights.  Ken Macdonald KC served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003 2008, shaping modern prosecutorial policy and advocating for the rule of law. He is a former Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, a crossbench member of the House of Lords, and a leading writer, commentator and broadcaster on politics and the rule of law. ​ Tim Owen KC has been involved in many of the most significant public, criminal and human rights law cases over the past four decades.  Both bring unparalleled experience from the frontline of Britain's legal and political landscape. ​ ​ If you like The Rest Is Politics, Talking Politics, Law Pod UK and Today i Focus, you'll love Double Jeopardy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February 2003, Amarjit Chohan and his family appeared to vanish without a trace. Amarjit was a successful businessman living in west London with his wife Nancy, their two young sons, Devinder and Ravinder, and Nancy's mum, Charanjit Kaur, but when the entire family disappeared, leaving behind almost everything they would have needed for a life abroad, serious questions quickly began to emerge about what had really happened to them.At first, there were attempts to make it look as though Amarjit had simply decided to leave England and start a new life with his family back in his native India, but as detectives began pulling apart the evidence, they uncovered a much darker story. It involved Amarjit's haulage business, deception, organised crime and a group of people who appeared to have gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal the truth. The investigation would eventually stretch from west London to Wiltshire, Devon and the south coast, before crossing international borders as police hunted those believed to be responsible.In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, I examine the disappearance and murders of the Chohan family, the investigation by the Metropolitan Police and the evidence that eventually led detectives to the people responsible. We look at Amarjit and Nancy's lives, the strange circumstances surrounding their disappearance, the discovery of crucial evidence, the search for the missing family members and the lengthy Old Bailey trial that followed.Exclusive content:Patreon - Ad Free, Early Access, Exclusive EpisodesFollow the show:British Murders with Stuart BluesDisclaimer:The case discussed in this podcast episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives. I aim to cover such stories with a victim-focused approach, using information from publicly available sources. While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised. Thank you for your understanding and support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the concluding episode of Crime Time Inc's three-part examination of the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, former Metropolitan Police detective Mike Barley reflects on an investigation that has remained with him for forty years.Mike considers why the appointment with “Mr Kipper” was different from every other entry in Suzy's diary, the limitations facing detectives before modern computer and forensic systems, and the emotional burden of living with an unresolved case.He also answers one of the most difficult questions an investigator can face: knowing what he knows now, what does he believe the police got right—and what would he have done differently?The discussion examines several potentially important decisions. Should witnesses have been asked to produce a description of the woman seen with the unidentified man? Did the photograph originally released accurately reflect Suzy's appearance when she disappeared? Should John Cannan have been interviewed again? And was an opportunity lost when a proposed search of Norton Barracks was refused?Mike explains how John Cannan's death in prison affected him and why it finally persuaded him to record the investigation from the inside in a book written with Russell Barnes: Suzy Lamplugh: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Missing Person Investigation.After Mike's interview, Tom Wood and Simon McLean review all three episodes.They consider how a major investigation changes when the initial activity subsides, the danger of becoming fixed upon one suspect and the importance of separating evidence from theory.Simon also raises convicted serial murderer Steve Wright, sometimes called the Suffolk Strangler. Wright and Suzy had both worked aboard the QE2, and Wright's former wife reportedly claimed she had seen them speaking. Tom tests that suggested connection against the available timeline, victimology and known patterns of offending—and explains why an intriguing possibility is not the same as evidence.The episode concludes with a wider reflection on the responsibilities detectives carry towards victims and their families, and why the success of an investigation cannot always be measured solely by whether somebody is convicted.No person has ever been convicted in connection with Suzy Lamplugh's disappearance. Opinions expressed about possible suspects are identified as investigative assessments or theories, not established findings of fact.Listen now to the final part of Crime Time Inc's conversation with Mike Barley.Real cases. Real detectives. Real talk.00:00 — Cold open: John Cannan's death00:55 — Suzy's false appointment with “Mr Kipper”02:13 — The houses-for-sale attacks02:53 — Investigating before HOLMES and modern technology04:50 — Thirteen years carrying the case08:02 — The Suzy Lamplugh Trust and Cannan's final years09:54 — What did the investigation get right and wrong?13:41 — Norton Barracks and the search that never happened15:10 — Did the original photograph accurately depict Suzy?16:27 — Why Mike Barley finally wrote the book22:50 — Tom and Simon begin their review24:12 — How a major investigation becomes a cold case28:21 — Suspect fixation and investigative objectivity30:49 — Steve Wright, the QE2 and the suggested connection35:57 — Testing historical theories against the evidence37:08 — Offender patterns and body disposal40:40 — Tom and Simon assess the police investigation43:43 — Could John Cannan have been interviewed differently?46:51 — The Lamplugh family and the detectives48:09 — Justice, compassion and what success really means52:03 — Closing reflectionsMike Barley & Russell Barnes — Suzy Lamplugh: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Missing Person InvestigationUK: Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX81YK1NOutside the UK: Search Amazon in your local country for ASIN B0GX81YK1NAbout Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Milliband made a bold statement in the Commons this week - UK government sanctions on Israeli settlements. But is there more to the timing of this?Harriet makes the case for why it's principled rather than political, and Beth, Ruth and Harriet dig into another question underneath the policy - is this a rebuke of Keir Starmer, and did his government simply not move fast enough?And the response from Britain's Jewish community, and whether Ed Miliband needs to do more on this now.We also go further into Reform's woes, following on from our members' episode this week.As the Metropolitan Police widens its investigation into party donations after Channel 4's undercover documentary, former Conservative-turned-Reform member Tim Montgomerie joins the ladies fresh from quitting the party to explain why he thinks the court around leader Nigel Farage is starting to crack, and whether Reform has already peaked.To listen without ads, get new episodes a week early, exclusive bonus episodes, and much more, become a Sky News Insider. Find out more and subscribe at https://skynews.com/electoraldysfunction Got a question for the burner phone? WhatsApp 07934 200 444 or email electoraldysfunction@sky.uk. Sky News Insider requires a paid subscription and is available to UK listeners aged 18 and over.

In today's episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are joined by Kate Nicholls, chair of UKHospitality, to discuss how Andy Burnham's tourist tax would damage the industry.Plus, can Kemi Badenoch capitalise on Reform UK's woes as the Metropolitan Police announces an investigation into claims that the party broke political donation rules?► Subscribe to our new Daily T YouTube channel: youtube.com/@dailytpodcast► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorThe Telegraph is the Publisher Podcast Awards' Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026Producer: David LeveneSenior Producer: Emma WilliamsSocial Producer: Nada AggourVideo Producer: Jim SpencerExecutive Producer: Charlotte SeligmanEditor: Camilla TomineyHighlights:Kate Nicholls from UKHospitality slams Andy Burnham's tourist taxCan Kemi Badenoch capitalise on another investigation in to Reform UK? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having spent the summer trying to ease the cost of living, is a new tourist tax about to hit domestic holiday makers in the pocket?The government is giving mayors additional powers to introduce a levy on hotel stays, with no cap on how much they can charge.With the tourism industry already angry, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the move and why the timing maybe a little uncomfortable for the government.Elsewhere, Sky News has uncovered more turmoil in Reform-run local councils. With the Metropolitan Police also widening their investigation into allegations of illegal foreign donations, how much trouble is Reform and leader Nigel Farage really in?Plus, the Assisted Dying Bill returns to parliament tomorrow – can it clear its first major hurdle for a second time? And Anne assesses the international fallout from the UK's action over Israel.You can watch Cathy Newman's full investigation into Durham's Reform-led Council here.

Pizza Express carried out an internal inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's infamous claim that he was at its Woking branch on March 10, 2001 — the same date Virginia Giuffre alleged she was sexually abused by him after being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew used the Woking visit during his 2019 BBC Newsnight interview as part of his denial, saying he had taken Princess Beatrice to a children's party there and remembered it because going to Pizza Express in Woking was an unusual thing for him to do. According to the BBC's reporting, Pizza Express checked what it could, including records and former staff, but found no evidence proving he had been there — and no evidence definitively proving he had not.BBC Newsnight also revisited the claim and found no record of anyone seeing Andrew at the restaurant that day. The BBC tried to get answers from the Metropolitan Police about whether royal protection officers had accompanied him, but the Met refused to confirm or deny whether it held relevant information, citing national security and protection issues. So the bottom line is brutal: one of Andrew's most famous Epstein alibis remains unsupported by any clear public evidence, and the most visible attempt to test it appears to have come not from police producing a clean answer, but from Pizza Express itself trying to verify whether the former royal was ever actually in that Woking branch.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Pizza Express held inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Woking claimBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

After rounding up the day's top stories, Richie is joined by Royal Navy veteran and ex-policeman Robert Sole. Rob spent nine years in the navy before joining the Metropolitan Police. In a remarkable 25-year career, Rob served on the flying squad, and what is now the National Crime Agency. He also worked undercover infiltrating organised crime gangs. On today's show, Rob tells Richie why he believes that there is no political solution to the migrant crisis, why stopping the boats before they reach the UK is actually feasible and how he feels about policing in modern-day Britain. Do not miss this show.Follow Rob Sole here:https://x.com/RobertSole9

What happens to trust and judgement when people are placed under intense pressure?Former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector and The Traitors contestant, Amanda Collier, joins Nadia Nagamootoo to explore human behaviour, resilience and ethical leadership.Amanda reveals why people instinctively seek safety in uncertain environments, how confidence can make someone a target and what the experience taught her about trust. Drawing on decades in serious crime and counter-terrorism operations, she shares how effective leaders make difficult decisions and create psychologically safe teams.She also reflects on being a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police during the 1990s, the tough persona she developed to survive and the emotional cost of appearing strong.Amanda also shares how medical checks for The Traitors uncovered a serious heart condition and inspired a new chapter of LGBTQ+ visibility, heart-health awareness and public service.This is a powerful conversation about integrity, identity and leading with humanity when the stakes are high.Key Takeaways:Under pressure, people form connections quickly and instinctively gravitate towards those who make them feel safe.Calmness and confidence can build trust, but they can also be perceived as authority, distance or threat.A strong professional persona may support survival and career progression while concealing a significant emotional cost.Effective leadership combines empathy and emotional intelligence with the courage to make difficult decisions.Character, kindness and respect are essential hiring considerations because technical skills alone do not create a healthy culture.Psychological safety grows when leaders trust their teams, protect specialist expertise and give people the authority to do their jobs.Leaders shape culture through the behaviours they reward, challenge and consistently demonstrate.Concealing parts of your identity at work can affect wellbeing, belonging and the ability to lead authentically.Integrity becomes most visible when certainty, familiar structures and control disappear.Unexpected adversity can create new opportunities for advocacy, service and personal purpose.Guest BioAmanda Collier is a former Detective Chief Inspector with the Metropolitan Police, with decades of experience working at the sharp end of policing, including serious and organised crime and counter‑terrorism operations. Throughout her career, Amanda led complex investigations, made high‑stakes decisions under pressure and developed a deep understanding of trust, influence and human behaviour. In 2026, Amanda became widely known as a contestant on BBC One's The Traitors, where her calm authority, integrity and analytical thinking resonated strongly with audiences. Since leaving policing, Amanda has used this public platform to champion issues including leadership, resilience, public service and heart health awareness, following a life‑saving diagnosis uncovered during medical checks for the programme. Amanda brings a rare combination of frontline operational experience and public insight, offering powerful reflections on decision‑making, ethics, psychological safety and what it truly means to lead in environments where the stakes are high and uncertainty is constant.Links SpotifyAmanda Collier: | Instagram | TikTok | LinkedIn Nadia Nagamootoo: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Buy Beyond DiscomfortAvenir Consulting: https://linktr.ee/avenirconsultingservicesProduced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mauro Kenji Serra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kenji Productions⁠⁠⁠⁠

In Part 2, Tom Wood continues his conversation with former Metropolitan Police detective Mike Barley about the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh.Mike explains how the investigation into the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks brought convicted killer John Cannan to the attention of the Lamplugh inquiry. A bungled robbery, a discarded vehicle tax disc and Shirley's repainted Mini—fitted with a mysterious false registration plate—created a trail investigators could not ignore.Mike also recounts his 1990 prison interview with Cannan. When challenged about his claim that a “Bristol businessman” was responsible for the deaths of Suzy Lamplugh, Shirley Banks and another woman, Cannan gave a one-word answer before immediately retracting it. Mike explains why he regarded that brief exchange as a confession.He then sets out his theory about the “Mr Kipper” appointment in Suzy's diary, where she may have been abducted and why he wanted the disused Norton Barracks searched.After the interview, former detectives Tom Wood and Simon McLean examine the evidence, Cannan's patterns of offending and the difficult balance between pursuing an experienced detective's instincts and maintaining discipline within a major investigation.John Cannan was convicted of murdering Shirley Banks. He was never charged with or convicted of involvement in Suzy Lamplugh's disappearance. Mike Barley makes clear that his conclusion is his personal investigative belief—not proof established in court.Content warning: This episode contains discussion of abduction, sexual violence and murder.CHAPTERS00:00 — Cold open: the one-word answer00:43 — Shirley Banks and the first link to John Cannan04:13 — A former partner's account and Norton Barracks07:22 — Cannan's conviction and criminal history10:49 — Testing Cannan's account of his movements12:48 — How Shirley Banks was abducted15:22 — Preparing for the Wakefield Prison interview19:31 — The SLP number plate and Cannan's answer24:26 — Mike's theory about Suzy's disappearance28:15 — The Norton Barracks search that never happened30:48 — Tom and Simon review the interview38:39 — Did Mike become too close to the investigation?40:02 — Leadership, resources and the missed search43:39 — HOLMES and managing a cold case44:53 — Hunches, hierarchy and investigative discipline49:07 — Next time on Crime Time Inc.Crime Time Inc.—Real cases. Real detectives. Real talk.Find more at CrimeTimeInc.com.Mike Barley & Russell Barnes — Suzy Lamplugh: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Missing Person InvestigationUK: Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX81YK1NOutside the UK: Search Amazon in your local country for ASIN B0GX81YK1NAbout Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 28 July 1986, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her Fulham office for an appointment with a prospective client recorded in her diary as “Mr Kipper”. She never returned.That evening, Metropolitan Police detective Mike Barley was called at home. The duty detective inspector had heard the circumstances and told him: “I don't like the sound of it. I think you'd better come in.”In Part 1 of this three-part Crime Time Inc. special, Mike gives Tom Wood a first-hand account of the opening stages of one of Britain's most enduring missing-person investigations.Mike recalls the discovery of Suzy's white Ford Fiesta and the details that immediately concerned detectives: the unlocked driver's door, the handbrake off, the driver's seat pushed back and the car left awkwardly positioned.He explains the search for witnesses, the artist's impression and photo-fit, the huge national media response and the flood of information into the incident room. At its height, almost 100 officers were involved. With no modern computerised major-incident system, investigators relied on a manual card index that eventually contained more than 26,000 cards.Mike also describes the painful moment police told Suzy's parents, Paul and Diana Lamplugh, that they believed their daughter was dead — while still being unable to tell them either “we've got him” or “we've found her”.As months passed, resources dwindled until only four officers remained on the inquiry.After Mike's account, Simon McLean and Tom Wood review the investigation from their own policing experience. Tom returns in particular to the condition and position of Suzy's car, reaching a stark conclusion: “The car was dumped, not parked.”This is Season 7, Episode 10 and Part 1 of a three-part Crime Time Inc. interview with former Metropolitan Police detective Mike Barley.CHAPTERS00:00 Cold Open: “I Think You'd Better Come In”00:45 Simon and Tom Introduce the Case02:52 Mike Barley Joins Crime Time Inc.05:24 “Mr Kipper” and Suzy's Final Appointment09:11 Suzy's Car Is Found10:36 Police Treat the Case at Its Most Serious15:54 Witness Sighting and Artist's Impression16:52 The Case Explodes in the National Press18:23 From Artist's Impression to Photo-Fit20:58 Telling Suzy's Parents Police Believe She Is Dead22:22 The 26,000-Card Incident Room25:28 Nearly 100 Officers — Then the Team Shrinks26:12 The National Missing Person Helpline28:11 Simon and Tom Review the Investigation36:07 “The Car Was Dumped, Not Parked”37:33 Next Time on Crime Time Inc.Mike Barley & Russell Barnes — Suzy Lamplugh: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Missing Person Investigation UK: Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX81YK1N Outside the UK: Search Amazon in your local country for ASIN B0GX81YK1NAbout Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He ran presidential motorcades. He escorted foreign heads of state through the streets of Washington. And for a month and a day, Lieutenant Matthew Mahl of the D.C. Metropolitan Police — 47 years old, 23 years on the job — groomed a boy he believed was fifteen. He talked about soccer games and homework. He talked about Italy, about schools over there, about a life together after he retired. He sent photos of himself in uniform. He sent photos from the fold-out couch in his office at police headquarters. He knew the age of consent in Maryland was sixteen, and he admitted to the boy he had everything to lose. Then he took the day off and drove ninety minutes to a house in Harford County where he thought the fifteen-year-old was home alone. Chris and Detective Chris Sergeant, the investigator who worked the chats, walks through the sheriff's report line by line, and watches from inside the sting house as a SWAT team cuts the lieutenant off in the driveway. What follows is a confrontation with a man who knows exactly how this works — and says nothing but eight words, over and over. A badge, a security clearance, and a secret a foreign intelligence service would have paid dearly for.   Sponsored by: AirDoctor: Breathe cleaner air every day with AirDoctor—get up to $300 off at https://AirDoctorPro.com using promo code HANSEN Mars Men: For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://Mengotomars.com   AquaTru: Head to https://AquaTru.com  & use code HANSEN for 20% off your purifier and a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee  TruthFinder.com. To get the answers you're looking for about the new people in your life, and to discover information on potential predators, go to www.TruthFinder.com/predators Have A Seat merchandise at https://haveaseat.dashery.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scotland Yard repeatedly faced criticism for declining to open a full criminal investigation into allegations connected to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew in Britain, even when some of the alleged conduct was said to have occurred in London. In 2015, the Metropolitan Police declined to pursue a detailed trafficking investigation, saying the focus of any inquiry would largely involve conduct and relationships outside the United Kingdom. Virginia Giuffre later alleged that Epstein had trafficked her to London and that Andrew sexually assaulted her there when she was 17, allegations Andrew has consistently denied. The Met revisited the matter after Epstein's death in 2019 and again in 2021, when Commissioner Cressida Dick publicly declared that “no one is above the law,” but after reviewing additional material the force once again announced that it would take no further action. Even after additional Epstein-related records were unsealed in 2024, Scotland Yard resisted renewed calls to investigate, saying the material did not provide sufficiently new information.The cumulative effect was that Andrew never faced a British criminal investigation that matched the seriousness of the allegations surrounding his connection to Epstein, creating an enduring perception that Scotland Yard had effectively insulated a senior royal from the kind of scrutiny an ordinary person might have faced. That does not prove police deliberately protected Andrew, and the distinction matters: the Met maintained that jurisdictional and evidentiary considerations drove its decisions. But critics argued that explanation became increasingly difficult to accept when one of Giuffre's central allegations concerned conduct allegedly occurring inside a London residence, squarely within Scotland Yard's territory. Former prosecutors and victims' advocates questioned whether status and connections influenced the extraordinary reluctance to investigate, while Giuffre herself accused authorities of failing her. Whatever the institutional motive, the practical result was unmistakable: review followed review, allegations remained unresolved, and Prince Andrew repeatedly emerged without a criminal inquiry moving forward, leaving Scotland Yard vulnerable to the accusation that its repeated inaction functioned as a shield whether or not that was the stated intentionto contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long as a year and still offered no guarantee that the Justice Department would turn over everything investigators wanted. Mandelson, who had served as business secretary and later as Britain's ambassador to the United States, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 23, 2026, and his properties were searched. Investigators were examining allegations that he had passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government, although Mandelson had denied wrongdoing.Concerns were now growing that the investigation could ultimately collapse if Scotland Yard could not obtain the unredacted records, which were considered potentially crucial to determining exactly what Mandelson communicated to Epstein and whether any criminal offense had occurred. Detectives could still attempt to build a case through interviews with former politicians and officials, but the missing U.S. material appeared to represent a significant evidentiary gap. Reports suggested that the Trump administration was reluctant to release files that might generate additional political fallout, although the Justice Department denied refusing cooperation and said both countries were required to follow established legal procedures governing international evidence sharing. The controversy therefore placed the Mandelson investigation inside the larger dispute over Epstein transparency: even after millions of pages had been released, redactions and unreleased material remained capable of directly affecting active criminal investigations outside the United States.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn't have unredacted Epstein files | The Independent

The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long as a year and still offered no guarantee that the Justice Department would turn over everything investigators wanted. Mandelson, who had served as business secretary and later as Britain's ambassador to the United States, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 23, 2026, and his properties were searched. Investigators were examining allegations that he had passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government, although Mandelson had denied wrongdoing.Concerns were now growing that the investigation could ultimately collapse if Scotland Yard could not obtain the unredacted records, which were considered potentially crucial to determining exactly what Mandelson communicated to Epstein and whether any criminal offense had occurred. Detectives could still attempt to build a case through interviews with former politicians and officials, but the missing U.S. material appeared to represent a significant evidentiary gap. Reports suggested that the Trump administration was reluctant to release files that might generate additional political fallout, although the Justice Department denied refusing cooperation and said both countries were required to follow established legal procedures governing international evidence sharing. The controversy therefore placed the Mandelson investigation inside the larger dispute over Epstein transparency: even after millions of pages had been released, redactions and unreleased material remained capable of directly affecting active criminal investigations outside the United States.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn't have unredacted Epstein files | The IndependentBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

On the night of 27 January 1997, a driver made his way along the North Circular Road in north London. In the darkness ahead of him, something was wrong. There was a man on the grass verge at the side of the road. He was on fire. The driver could not have known that what he was looking at would set in motion years of grief, of obstruction, of a family's refusal to be silenced - a fight for justice that would expose one of the most shameful failures in the history of the Metropolitan Police.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support.

The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long as a year and still offered no guarantee that the Justice Department would turn over everything investigators wanted. Mandelson, who had served as business secretary and later as Britain's ambassador to the United States, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 23, 2026, and his properties were searched. Investigators were examining allegations that he had passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government, although Mandelson had denied wrongdoing.Concerns were now growing that the investigation could ultimately collapse if Scotland Yard could not obtain the unredacted records, which were considered potentially crucial to determining exactly what Mandelson communicated to Epstein and whether any criminal offense had occurred. Detectives could still attempt to build a case through interviews with former politicians and officials, but the missing U.S. material appeared to represent a significant evidentiary gap. Reports suggested that the Trump administration was reluctant to release files that might generate additional political fallout, although the Justice Department denied refusing cooperation and said both countries were required to follow established legal procedures governing international evidence sharing. The controversy therefore placed the Mandelson investigation inside the larger dispute over Epstein transparency: even after millions of pages had been released, redactions and unreleased material remained capable of directly affecting active criminal investigations outside the United States.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn't have unredacted Epstein files | The IndependentBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The Epstein files are being framed as more than another royal scandal in Britain; they are being presented as a full institutional crisis hitting the monarchy, Parliament, and the Metropolitan Police all at once. The reporting argues that the newly released U.S. Justice Department documents have accelerated a collapse in public trust, with polling showing support for the monarchy falling below majority levels and approval ratings for senior royals dropping sharply. The deepest royal damage centers on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was reportedly arrested in February 2026 on suspicion of misconduct in public office over questions about whether he forwarded classified government reports to Epstein while serving as a trade envoy. No charges have been brought, but the arrest and open investigation have turned Epstein from a reputational stain on the royal family into a live legal and constitutional problem.The political and policing fallout is described as just as severe. Keir Starmer's government is portrayed as being badly damaged by the Peter Mandelson connection, after Mandelson's Epstein relationship and later document releases reportedly helped fuel a Labour revolt, cabinet resignation pressure, and growing questions about Starmer's judgment. At the same time, the Metropolitan Police is under scrutiny over allegations that officers had proximity to Epstein-linked social circles, that Epstein-connected flights entered and left Britain without meaningful scrutiny, and that a London property tied to Epstein was not pursued more aggressively despite concerns about young women being housed there under coercive conditions. The broader point is that Britain is not dealing with one isolated Epstein-related embarrassment, but a convergence of failures across the Crown, the government, and law enforcement — the very institutions that were supposed to prevent this kind of power-protected abuse from festering in the first place.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein Files Are Tearing Britain's Institutions ApartBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Five years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, we hear how it has changed women's lives in the country and beyond. Anita Rani speaks to 21-year-old Purvin Juma who fled to the UK from Afghanistan in 2021 and the human rights activist Shaharzad Akbar.The Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz won three Grammys for her 2024 album Revolución diamantina, and this week saw the work's UK premiere at the BBC Proms. Gabriela joined Nuala McGovern to discuss how this work was inspired by Mexico's 2019 Glitter Revolution, the nationwide feminist protests sparked by the rape of a teenage girl by four police officers, during which activists covered Mexico City's security chief in pink glitter.Dr Amanda Cole found out she had Tourette syndrome in her twenties. Now a professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Cambridge, Dr Cole joins Nuala to discuss her decision to share her diagnosis with her students.A serial sex attacker who had a 'morbid fascination' with sex has been jailed for the rest of his life after he was found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third. His sentence comes after police and the Crown Prosecution Service apologised over a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets. To discuss the implications of this case, Anita was joined by Helen Millichap, the deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and director of the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, and the author and journalist Joan Smith.Kelly Latimer, flight test pilot and aeronautical engineer, is retiring this year after decades spent flying the world's most advanced planes, and even going into space. She reflects on a truly remarkable career.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty McQuire

In May 2001, college intern Chandra Levy was preparing to return to her home in Northern California after living in DC for half a year. However, after her parents didn't hear from her for several days, they reported her missing to the Metropolitan Police. When the police entered Chandra's apartment, they found notes from the building's management scattered across the floor and a voicemail full of messages. While most of the messages were from her parents, two were from Congressman Gary Condit, asking when he could see her again. Those messages were placed on May 1st, the last day Chandra was seen alive. What followed was over two decades of political scandal, false confessions, and loose threads that led nowhere. All of this, and the question still remains: what happened to Chandra Levy?ButcherBox: Premium proteins the best way at https://butcherbox.com/milehigher for $20 OFF your first box and ground beef, chicken thighs OR top sirloin for a year!SmileSet: Dental beauty without the hassle  https://smileset.com/milehigher when using our special offer, get your new aligner treatment for under $1300!!Zbiotics: Night's out without the bad mornings https://zbiotics.com  use code MILEHIGHER for 15% OFF your first order!Dose: Boost your live health with https://www.dosedaily.co/milehigher and get 35% OFF your first subscription!Mint Mobile: Ditch the big wireless companies when you use https://mintmobile.com/milehigher and get a plan as low as $15 a month!Intro 0:00An Early Life Full of Love 3:03The Affair 9:49Mysterious Updates 21:20When it Happened 24:41Searching for Chandra 30:05Evidence Begins to Single out Gary Condit 41:32Finding Chandra 1:04:39Eerie Similarities 1:11:02Enter Ingmar 1:13:43Yet Another Twist... 1:30:00Back to Square One 1:37:02Final Thoughts & Outro 1:46:16Mile Higher Media website: https://milehigher.com/ Higher Hope Foundation: https://www.higherhope.org/ Mile Higher Merch: http://milehighermerch.comCheck out our other podcasts!The Sesh https://bit.ly/3Mtoz4XLights Out https://bit.ly/3n3GaoePlanet Sleep https://linktr.ee/planetsleepJoin our official FB group! https://bit.ly/3kQbAxgMHP YouTube: http://bit.ly/2qaDWGfAre You Subscribed On Apple Podcast & Spotify?!Support MHP by leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcast :) https://apple.co/2H4kh58MHP Topic Request Form: https://forms.gle/gUeTEzL9QEh4Hqz88You can follow us on all the things: @milehigherpodInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/milehigherpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MileHigherHosts:Kendall: @kendallraeonytIG: http://instagram.com/kendallraeonytYT: https://www.youtube.com/c/kendallsplaceJosh: @milehigherjoshIG: http://www.instagram.com/milehigherjoshProducers:Janelle: @janelle_fields_IG: https://www.instagram.com/janelle_fields_/Ian: @ifarmeIG: https://www.instagram.com/ifarme/Tom: @cinematomgrapherIG: https://www.instagram.com/cinematomgrapher/Podcast sponsor inquiries: adops@audioboom.com✉ Send Us Mail ✉Kendall Rae & Josh Thomas 8547 E Arapahoe Rd Ste J # 233Greenwood Village, CO 80112Music By: Mile Higher BoysYT: https://bit.ly/2Q7N5QOSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F4ik...Sources: https://pastebin.com/KXFys81J

How can repeated failures across the criminal justice system allow a dangerous offender to remain a threat?In this episode of Crime Time Inc. Weekly News, former detectives Tom Wood and Simon McLean examine the case of Simon Levy and the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins.Tom and Simon look beyond the crimes themselves to the series of decisions and system failures surrounding Levy's offending history. They discuss acknowledged errors involving the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police and Crown Prosecution Service, and examine how information was handled as his offending escalated.The discussion includes delays in charging, failures to place crucial information before the court when bail was being considered, inadequate monitoring as a registered sex offender, missed court appearances and the decision to downgrade his risk assessment from high to medium.Drawing on decades of real investigative experience, Tom and Simon consider where responsibility lies when individual officers may be capable and conscientious but the systems around them fail. Tom reflects on his own experience as a Senior Investigating Officer, the importance of supervision, properly resourced murder squads, intelligence systems such as HOLMES, and the need to make sure critical information is actually joined together.They also discuss accountability when investigations go wrong — including the extraordinary prospect of officers involved in the Levy investigation themselves facing investigation — and ask whether these were isolated mistakes or evidence of a much wider systemic problem.As Tom puts it, policing needs good people and good systems. In this case, their conclusion is stark:The dots were not joined up.Tom Wood and Simon McLean bring decades of experience in murder investigations, serious crime, undercover policing and senior operational command to examine what happened, what should have happened, and what lessons policing must learn.Contains discussion of murder, sexual offending and violence.Chapters00:00 Cold Open00:48 Simon Levy: Two Murders and a Criminal Justice Failure01:46 Sex-Offender Risk & Missed Warning Signs02:58 The Timeline: Assaults, Rape, Bail and Murder04:08 Inconclusive Postmortems & Forensic Delays06:28 SIO Accountability & Investigating the Investigators08:50 Arrested, Released — Then a Second Murder10:48 “The Dots Were Not Joined Up”: Resources, HOLMES & Murder Squads12:07 Bail, Monitoring, Missed Court Dates & Risk Downgrade13:28 Portobello, Robert Black & Why Appearances Can Deceive15:44 Assumptions, Bias & Judging People by AppearanceReal cases. Real detectives. Real talk.CrimeTimeInc.comAbout Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What on earth do we do now? The dinghy has been swapped for the mega-dinghy, one so big that is overwhelmed The Sun's front page. Arriving at about 2.30am this morning it was carrying 230 migrants, reportedly the largest number to cross the Channel successfully on one vessel. Brits are asking at what point the government will wake up and smell the crisis. Discussing this major development with Talk's Ian Collins: Political commentator Benedict Spence, former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, justice advisor for Reform UK Vanessa Frake, Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley, and Labour MP Sam Rushworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Port was a serial killer who murdered four men in Barking, East London, between 2014 and 2015.In this episode, I examine the failings in the police investigation into Stephen Port and ask whether the Metropolitan Police repeated some of the same mistakes in their handling of Ed Cornes' death. It's a thought-provoking episode that raises important questions about policing, accountability, and whether the lessons from the Port investigation were truly learned.Welcome to part three of this special four-part series of the UK True Crime Podcast, where I explore the life and death of 19-year-old Ed Cornes. Ed had only just begun the next exciting chapter of his life when, in October 2021, he arrived at University College London with ambitions of becoming a barrister. But less than 48 hours later, those ambitions were cut tragically short when paramedics were called to a hotel in King's Cross, just half a mile from his university accommodation, where they found Ed dead.At the time of his death, Ed was in the company of two men in their fifties - strangers he had met only a few hours earlier.If you have any information at all that can help us find out any more about what happened to Ed, please contact in the strictest confidence:1, Ed's family via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da8cL06MHmq/2, The Met Police: opthrupp@met.police.uk3, Me: Adam@uktruecrime.comNext Sunday, we conclude this initial series exploring the life and death of Ed Cornes by asking: where are we now? I hope you'll join me.Support me at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrimeWatch my YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videosGet All The News First - Subscribe To My Newsletterhttps://uktruecrime.comJoin UK True Crime Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Days into his premiership, the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has gone on holiday with his family. Can you imagine starting a new job and going on holiday so soon? People are not happy about it, with some suggesting, knowing he was going on holiday, Burnham sought to hand out policy sweeties, like energy bill savings. The country is still putting out fires, surely the prime minister should be here firefighting? Discussing this with Talk's Ian Collins: Sun columnist David Wooding, former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley, former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Matt Vickers, and Talk's international editor Isabel Oakeshott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, I speak to Ed's mum, Miriam, and his best friend, Sam, about the person Ed Cornes really was, the devastating impact of his death, the police investigation, and what happens next. The conversations are honest, emotional and, at times, deeply shocking.Welcome to part two of this special four-part series of the UK True Crime Podcast, where I explore the life and death of 19-year-old Ed Cornes. Ed had only just begun the next exciting chapter of his life when, in October 2021, he arrived at University College London with ambitions of becoming a barrister. But less than 48 hours later, those ambitions were cut tragically short when paramedics were called to a hotel in King's Cross, just half a mile from his university accommodation, where they found Ed dead.At the time of his death, Ed was in the company of two men in their fifties - strangers he had met only a few hours earlier.If you have any information at all that can help us find out any more about what happened to Ed, please contact in the strictest confidence:1, Ed's family via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da8cL06MHmq/2, The Met Police: opthrupp@met.police.uk3, Me: Adam@uktruecrime.comNext Sunday, I examine the police investigation into serial killer Stephen Port and ask whether the Metropolitan Police repeated some of the same mistakes in their handling of Ed Cornes' death. It's a thought-provoking episode that raises important questions about policing, accountability and the lessons that should have been learned. I hope you'll join me.Support me at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrimeWatch my YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videosGet All The News First - Subscribe To My Newsletterhttps://uktruecrime.comJoin UK True Crime Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailIf you've ever wondered why some calls escalate fast while others calm down in minutes, the answer usually isn't “more force” or “better scripts.” It's the human skill that gets trained the least and judged the most: how we talk to people when they're at their worst.I'm joined by Liana Lucine, a former Metropolitan Police officer in London with 18 years on the job and deep experience as a police trainer. We get honest about what frontline policing looks like beyond the clichés, including her time working vice and dealing with street prostitution tied to crack and heroin addiction. That opens a bigger conversation about harm reduction, diversion, and why rehab can't be a standalone fix if someone goes back to the same environment without housing, support, or safe relationships.From there, we dig into the internal pressures that wear officers down: constant criticism, endless paperwork, lack of resources, and the quiet damage of feeling unsupported by leadership. Liana shares why she sees this in the training rooms and why many officers are so guarded they expect to be told off before they're taught anything. We also break down de-escalation and why listening often works better than dominating, especially when someone is in crisis and you need compliance without a fight.We close with a reset on resilience. It isn't a badge you earn once. It's situational, learnable, and easier to build when we don't turn our job or our diagnosis into our entire identity. If you want practical ideas for first responder mental health, police communication skills, and resilience training that actually fits real life, hit play, subscribe, share this with a teammate, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Buy her book at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZDWFTG8?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackYou can find her on her website at https://lucinetraining.co.uk or YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@LucineTraining and on Instagram at  https://www.instagram.com/lucinetraining/Support the showYouTube Channel For The Podcast

The Trump administration is facing criticism for slowing or effectively blocking cooperation with a British investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network, particularly by restricting access to unredacted U.S. Justice Department files. British authorities, including the Metropolitan Police, have sought these materials as part of ongoing probes into individuals linked to Epstein, but the process has reportedly been delayed and complicated by conditions set by U.S. officials, limiting the flow of key evidence needed to advance cases.The lack of full cooperation has raised concerns that potential prosecutions in the UK could be hindered, especially as investigators examine allegations tied to high-profile figures and possible trafficking activity connected to Epstein's operations in Britain. At the same time, scrutiny is intensifying in the U.S., where internal reviews are underway into how Epstein-related files have been handled and released, further fueling accusations that critical information is being withheld at a moment when international investigations are gaining momentum.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Trump stonewalls British probe into Epstein scandalBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Staying safe as a watch collector is a conversation that never gets old, especially during the summer when more people are traveling, attending events, and wearing their favorite pieces out... The post Scottish Watches Podcast #798 : Watch Crime Special – With The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad appeared first on Scottish Watches.

A child's mutilated torso surfaced from the Thames near Shakespeare's Globe in 2001, and more than two decades later no one has been convicted of killing the boy investigators could only call Adam.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TorsoInTheThamesREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3h6yrmk5FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Most people, when they think of the end of their lives, want to feel that they have accomplished something of significance. To leave a lasting legacy. But it is much more rare for someone to accomplish something significant – after they are dead! (Done By The Dead) *** Mrs. Elizabeth G. Wharton was a pillar of society in Baltimore, Maryland in the late 1800s. That is, until she was accused of murdering General William Scott Ketchum. (The Baltimore Borgia) *** For every legitimate and fascinating find by geologists, there seems to be a fraudulent find somewhere else trying to fool the masses. This has been a problem since geology became a thing – and one of the most fascinating of these true tales is the one about Baringer's Lying Stones. (The Lying Stones) *** A strange, ape-like creature with glowing eyes in England might really be, as some believe, a specter of the night. (Man-Monkey of the Night) *** It's hard to understand how human sacrifice has ever been a reality in any point in history – but what if you were to learn that evidence of it showed up in London, England… in 2001? (Torso In The River) *** A would-be geisha murders her lover… but the events leading up to and during the death make for a fascinatingly dark story. (The Murderess Geisha) *** When it comes to spectral animals, we're more than familiar with black dogs or hell hounds, ghostly cats, horses carrying a headed or headless phantom, even a ghost bear rumored to haunt the Tower of London… but have you ever heard of the American Southwest's ghost camels? (America's Ghost Camels)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:02:24.699 = America's Ghost Camels00:09:18.422 = Done By The Dead ***00:22:00.457 = The Baltimore Borgia ***00:27:35.655 = The Lying Stones00:36:08.415 = Torso In The River ***00:42:13.573 = The Murderess Geisha00:54:03.666 = Man-Monkey of the Night ***00:58:48.550 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Man-Monkey Of The Night” by Nick Redfern for MysteriousUniverse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdhdevrr“Done By The Dead” by Kyle D. Walter for ListVerse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y62afnj6“America's Ghost Camels” by Kathy Weiser-Alexander for LegendsOfAmerica.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p979beb“The Baltimore Borgia” by Robert Wilhelm for MurderByGaslight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y2whacb9“Torso In The River” by Richard Hoskins for MysteryConfidential.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdd5u543“The Murderess Geisha” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yzy4v3wy“The Lying Stones” by Brent Swancer for MysteriousUniverse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p854d9e(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: January, 2021This episode of Weird Darkness moves from ghost camels haunting the Arizona desert to corpses that kept making history after death, a Baltimore poisoning that gripped a courtroom for weeks, a professor fooled by carved stones, a child's murder in the Thames that London police have never solved, a Tokyo geisha who killed the man she loved, and a glowing-eyed creature on an English canal bridge.It opens in the American southwest, where the U.S. War Department imported some seventy-two camels in 1857 to haul supplies, only to turn the animals loose in the desert when the Civil War broke out and the soldiers tired of their foul temper and habit of spooking horses. Wild camels roamed Arizona for decades afterward, and one became legend as the Red Ghost — a beast blamed for trampling a woman to death in 1883 and later seen carrying a dead man lashed to its back, a rider who eventually decayed until a human skull dropped from the saddle in front of a group of startled prospectors. An Arizona farmer finally shot the animal in 1893, still wearing the leather straps that had held its corpse rider in place.From there the episode turns to figures who kept shaping the world after they died. A gang of Chicago counterfeiters led by "Big Jim" Kennally plotted in 1876 to steal Abraham Lincoln's body from his Springfield tomb and ransom it for a jailed engraver, foiled by a Secret Service informant working for the very agency Lincoln himself had signed into existence. A grave robber broke into George Washington's crypt at Mount Vernon in 1830 hunting the president's skull and made off with the wrong one. The British philosopher Jeremy Bentham left instructions to have his body dissected and mummified, and it sits on display at University College London to this day. And in the ninth century Pope Stephen VI dug up his predecessor Formosus, dressed the rotting corpse in papal vestments, propped it up for trial, found it guilty, and had it thrown into the Tiber.Next comes Baltimore in 1871, where Elizabeth Wharton, a respected society widow, hosted General William Scott Ketchum in her home on Hamilton Place until he fell suddenly ill and died with twenty grains of tartar emetic in his stomach — fifteen is enough to kill. Police discovered she had bought sixty grains days earlier, and a financial advisor named Eugene Van Ness nearly died the same way after she served him a drink. Her forty-two-day poison trial in Annapolis exhausted the medical and chemical experts of the day, and after deliberating through the night the jury acquitted her of murder.The episode then crosses to Germany, where Johann Beringer, a celebrated professor at the University of Würzburg, spent 1725 collecting strange carved stones dug up on Mount Eibelstadt by teenage boys he had hired — figures of birds, lizards, comets, and the name of God rendered in Hebrew. Convinced they were the handiwork of God himself, he published a book on them called the Lithographiae Wirceburgensis, only to learn the nearly two thousand stones had been planted by two envious colleagues, J. Ignatz Roderick and Johann Georg von Eckhart, who thought him an arrogant know-it-all and wanted to humble him.From an academic hoax the episode moves to an unsolved horror. On September 21st, 2001, a child's headless, limbless torso surfaced from the Thames near the Globe Theatre, wrapped in orange cloth, and London's Metropolitan Police could give the boy no name but Adam. Forensic analysis of poison and minerals in his remains traced him to the Benin region of Nigeria and showed he had been paralyzed and drained of blood in what investigators believed was a muti ritual killing. Nelson Mandela made an international appeal for information, and traffickers including Kingsley Ojo and a caregiver named Joyce Osagiede were investigated, but no one has ever been convicted and the boy's true identity has never been confirmed.The episode carries that darkness into 1936 Tokyo, where Sada Abe strangled her lover Kichizo Ishida in an inn after a days-long affair, then took a kitchen knife to his body and carried a severed part of him away in her handbag. Her capture two days later set off a national obsession the papers called "Sada mania," and her testimony about killing the man she refused to share became a bestseller in a country where such candor was scandalous. She was sentenced to six years, served her time as a model prisoner, and vanished from public life sometime after 1970.The episode closes on a cold English night in January 1879, when a furniture hauler crossing Bridge 39 over the Shropshire Union Canal near the village of Ranton was charged by a shaggy, ape-like creature with glowing eyes that leapt onto his cart and terrified his horse. When he swung his whip at the thing, the lash passed straight through its body, and the creature bolted down toward the canal and vanished. The folklorist Charlotte Burne later learned from the village constable that the sightings had begun only days after a man drowned in that same canal, in a place where people believed a violent death could send someone back in the shape of a beast.

Comedy writer Graham Linehan joins GB News after the Metropolitan Police paid him £25,000 in compensation following his arrest for gender-critical posts. Linehan says the police were wise not to drag the case into a courtroom, but warns that British policing is in crisis, with officers apparently failing to understand the Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces and completely out of touch with the views of ordinary parents. He also reveals how he plans to spend his taxpayer-funded payout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More revelations are coming out about donations to Reform UK. The Sunday Times Insight team have discovered that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell. How will this affect Farage's chances in the Clacton by-election now scheduled for August? And what does it say about the state of political donations in the UK more widely?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuests: Gabriel Pogrund, insight editor, The Sunday Times.Richard Tice, Reform UK MP.Peter Geoghegan, investigative journalist.Host: Ayesha Hazarika.Producer: Musty Aziz.We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.comRead more: Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled FarageFurther listening: Posh George: The criminal behind FaragePhoto: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pizza Express carried out an internal inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's infamous claim that he was at its Woking branch on March 10, 2001 — the same date Virginia Giuffre alleged she was sexually abused by him after being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew used the Woking visit during his 2019 BBC Newsnight interview as part of his denial, saying he had taken Princess Beatrice to a children's party there and remembered it because going to Pizza Express in Woking was an unusual thing for him to do. According to the BBC's reporting, Pizza Express checked what it could, including records and former staff, but found no evidence proving he had been there — and no evidence definitively proving he had not.BBC Newsnight also revisited the claim and found no record of anyone seeing Andrew at the restaurant that day. The BBC tried to get answers from the Metropolitan Police about whether royal protection officers had accompanied him, but the Met refused to confirm or deny whether it held relevant information, citing national security and protection issues. So the bottom line is brutal: one of Andrew's most famous Epstein alibis remains unsupported by any clear public evidence, and the most visible attempt to test it appears to have come not from police producing a clean answer, but from Pizza Express itself trying to verify whether the former royal was ever actually in that Woking branch.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Pizza Express held inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Woking claim

Pizza Express carried out an internal inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's infamous claim that he was at its Woking branch on March 10, 2001 — the same date Virginia Giuffre alleged she was sexually abused by him after being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew used the Woking visit during his 2019 BBC Newsnight interview as part of his denial, saying he had taken Princess Beatrice to a children's party there and remembered it because going to Pizza Express in Woking was an unusual thing for him to do. According to the BBC's reporting, Pizza Express checked what it could, including records and former staff, but found no evidence proving he had been there — and no evidence definitively proving he had not.BBC Newsnight also revisited the claim and found no record of anyone seeing Andrew at the restaurant that day. The BBC tried to get answers from the Metropolitan Police about whether royal protection officers had accompanied him, but the Met refused to confirm or deny whether it held relevant information, citing national security and protection issues. So the bottom line is brutal: one of Andrew's most famous Epstein alibis remains unsupported by any clear public evidence, and the most visible attempt to test it appears to have come not from police producing a clean answer, but from Pizza Express itself trying to verify whether the former royal was ever actually in that Woking branch.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Pizza Express held inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Woking claimBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The most prestigious tennis tournament in the world begins today. But Wimbledon has already attracted global attention before the courts even open, with the wildcard return of tennis legend Serena Williams announced earlier this month, and the shock exit of British number one Emma Raducanu due to a stress fracture in her lower right leg. Nuala McGovern is joined by former British number one tennis champion, Annabel Croft. The Metropolitan Police says that harm to women by London's most dangerous men has been cut by more than half under their V100 initiative. Over 200 of the worst perpetrators of violence against women and girls have been convicted since they threw out the normal tactics and started employing counter-terrorism techniques, allied with data crunching. Nuala speaks to Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes about how it works.Long before she picked up a pair of forceps as Nurse Trixie Franklin in the BBC drama Call the Midwife, actor Helen George trained in musical theatre. She's returning to those roots to play Tracy Lord in Cole Porter's High Society, a role made famous by Grace Kelly. She tells Nuala about coming back to the stage and treats us to a live performance of a classic Cole Porter song. As part of Radio 4's Once Upon a Time season we're delving into shape-shifting feminist fairy tales, stories which have been constantly evolving ever since the early oral tradition, via the ground-breaking works of writers like Angela Carter to the present day. Award-winning author Kirsty Logan, joins us down the line from Glasgow and the mythologist and psychologist Dr Sharon Blackie joins us from Cumbria. They'll tell us why they believe women need fairy tales now more than ever and, crucially, why we should keep re-writing them for ourselves.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey

In France, prosecutors in Paris have opened multiple new investigations into suspected crimes connected to late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein following the public release of millions of pages of previously sealed documents by U.S. authorities. Authorities announced two preliminary probes — one focused on alleged sex abuse and human trafficking offenses and the other on potential financial and economic wrongdoing, including money laundering, corruption, and tax fraud — with the goal of examining whether any French nationals or activities in France played a role in Epstein's network. Prosecutors are also encouraging potential victims in France to come forward and are revisiting earlier inquiries, including the case of French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, an Epstein associate who was charged with sex crimes but died in custody before trial. The investigations extend to high-profile figures, with probes under way into former culture minister Jack Lang and his daughter for suspected tax fraud linked to Epstein-related financial arrangements, as well as scrutiny of a French diplomat accused of improper conduct based on emails in the released files.In the United Kingdom, police have stepped up inquiries into potential ties between Epstein and activities on British soil as documents released by U.S. authorities shed light on previously unseen details. U.K. law enforcement agencies are examining whether Epstein may have used private flights in and out of UK airports, notably Stansted and Luton, to traffic women — claims prompted by flight logs and passenger lists found in the newly disclosed files. Multiple police forces, including Essex, Thames Valley, Surrey, and the Metropolitan Police, are coordinating through a national group to assess emerging allegations linked to trafficking, immigration irregularities, and connections to British-linked associates, with inquiries involving figures such as Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (both of whom have denied wrongdoing). The coordinated effort is part of a broader response to the global revelations from the Epstein files and reflects growing political and legal pressure in Britain to investigate any potential abuses or misconduct tied to Epstein's network.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Paris prosecutors open two new Epstein probes and call on victims to come forwardPolice probe claims Epstein trafficked British victims through Stansted | The IndependentBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

On a foggy New Year's Eve in 1959, 16‑year‑old Mary Flanagan waved goodbye to her family in West Ham, supposedly heading to a work party at the Tate & Lyle sugar factory and then vanished into the London night. No body, no confirmed sightings, and even her original police files lost to time have left her disappearance frozen in place as Britain's longest‑running missing person case, an open question that has haunted her siblings and the Metropolitan Police for more than six decades.

In August 2010, Gareth Williams, a brilliant Welsh mathematician working for GCHQ and on secondment to MI6, was found dead inside a padlocked sports bag in a London flat linked to the security services. His death quickly became one of Britain's most perplexing unsolved mysteries.An inquest concluded that Gareth's death was unnatural and likely involved a criminal act. Yet a later Metropolitan Police review suggested it was probably a tragic accident. The conflicting conclusions only deepened the mystery.As investigators examined Gareth's final days, reports emerged that his highly sensitive work involved tracking international money laundering networks and monitoring Russian organised crime interests.In this episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell explore the life, secret work and unexplained death of a gifted codebreaker. Was Gareth Williams murdered, or is there another explanation behind this enduring mystery?CREDITS: Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly WansellProducer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/Artwork: George LeighMusic: Dan WansellCONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_PodInstagram:@bloodtiespodcastEmail: bloodties.podcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bloodtiespodcastSupport: patreon.com/bloodtiespodcastPlease complete our survey if you have time: http://bit.ly/bloodtiespodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New research shows that strength training twice a week can lengthen your life. Sarah Best and Emma Holmes, who are 49 and 51, will compete at an elite indoor fitness competition, the Hyrox World Championships later this month. Only the top 0.5% of competitors worldwide qualify to compete. They tell Nuala about how they achieved this impressive level of fitness and explain how you can be strong at any age.Lady Brittan is calling on the government to recognise those falsely accused as victims, when a perpetrator is released. This follows the release of Carl Beech who was jailed in part for perverting the course of justice. Beech, whose allegations sparked one of the Metropolitan Police's most high-profile investigations, Operation Midland, was jailed for 18 years in 2019 after his claims of historic child abuse against prominent figures were proven to be false. Now Lady Brittan is among those saying they should have been informed about his release. She explains why she is is a signatory to a letter to the Justice Secretary, alongside some of those falsely accused by Carl Beech. Mother Courage and her Children is Bertolt Brecht's 1939 tale of a wartime profiteer who prefers to see herself as a savvy survivor and devoted mother. Currently on stage at the Globe in London for the first time, Nuala speaks to playwright Anna Jordan who has adapted the story for a modern audience. Why is this story one for retelling now and why does it continue to be performed more than 80 years later around the world?Author Claire Powell joins Nuala to discuss her latest novel All In. It follows a couple on an all-inclusive holiday with their extended family and explores the strain that IVF can place on a relationship. She tells Nuala why she chose the setting of a luxury resort to explore family dynamics. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Olivia Skinner

The first lawsuit to block Trump's corrupt scam of a $1.8 billion slush fund and wipe out up to $100 million in family tax liability has been filed by former Metropolitan Police and Capitol Police officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, arguing that Trump is illegally funding terrorists and insurrectionists with the fund. Popok examines the first suit brought by plaintiffs who proudly declare that they “did not back down on Jan. 6” but “held the line to defend democracy and the rule of law” and “do so once again,” and explains why there are still several more suits to be filed as well. Subscribe:  @LegalAFMTN  Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Guest Expert! On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with author and historian Andrew Cook about the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Having gained exclusive access to thousands of pages of sealed Royal Mail and Metropolitan Police files, Andrew shares some rather surprising new details that have The Alarmist back to the board to reexamine the final verdict. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can hear the post-interview conversation with Fact Checker Faryn Einhorn and Producer Clayton Early. Not part of the Patreon Family yet? Click below and join us!Join our Patreon!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on TikTok @thealarmistpodcastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, its been revealed HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and trains will be slower than first planned. It has been revealed trains will not start running until between 2036 and 2039, up to six years later than the most recent official target of 2033. As of March 2026, £44.2bn has already been spent on the programme. Adam and Faisal discuss how we have got to this point. And, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed that up to 57 individuals and 20 companies could face criminal charges over the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. They say they will submit evidence files to the Crown Prosecution Service who will then make a final decision on whether to prosecute with any trials unlikely to take place before 2029, ten years after the disaster took place. Adam is joined by correspondent Tom Symonds to discuss why the process has taken so long.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscordGet in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480.New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Metropolitan Police officers arrived in Mill Hill, North London, after reports of gunshots on Rowlands Close. Waiting nearby was a 60-year-old man, who raised his hands and confessed to shooting his former lover. He argued that he just snapped and the killing wasn't premeditated. Did the evidence tell another story?… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.To get early ad-free access, including Season 1, sign up for They Walk Among PLUS, available from Patreon or Apple Podcasts.More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/TheyWalkAmongUsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.