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Patrick Fee & Guy GrandjeanBBC Spotlight BBC Ruby, a fighting dog, was left with visible scarring on her face Dog fighting is as secretive as it is barbaric. The people behind the illegal bloodsport carefully conceal their identities, fearful of arrest and prosecution. However, one dog fighter’s IT mix-up led …

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from German prison. German drifter Christian B, 48, who cannot be fully identified under German privacy laws, is thought by investigators to have kidnapped and murdered Madeleine, but he hasn’t been charged and denies any involvement. He was …

Cameron Buttle and Morgan SpenceBBC Scotland, in Loos-en-Gohelle, France BBC Four years ago, construction workers clearing the land for a new hospital in northern France made a grim discovery. Soon after, they had unearthed the remains of more than 100 people. Such finds are not unusual in this part of …

Liverpool have shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the past two years as part of a crackdown against touting, BBC Sport can reveal. They also issued a record 1,114 lifetime bans last season – a move that followed the discovery of mass manipulation of software used to buy tickets. The …

Angus CochraneBBC Scotland PA Media Plans to scrap Scotland’s controversial not proven verdict have been approved by MSPs. The move is part of wide-ranging justice reforms which will also increase the threshold for a guilty verdict in jury trials and create a special sexual offences court. The removal of the …

Graeme OgstonBBC Tayside and Central reporter PA Media The threat was made to Kirkwall Airport in Orkney A Dundee man forced the closure of Kirkwall Airport after telling a staff member “airplane goes boom” during repeated bomb threat calls, a court has heard. Ross Buchan, 21, called the reception desk …

Whether it’s in food storage or kitchen tools, microplastics are everywhere in our kitchens — and, unfortunately, that includes in the food we eat. In fact, it’s been estimated that Americans consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually. They come from our environment, food packaging or additives that make …

Supplied Bob Maddams would like to meet the family of Hans Autenreith, pictured in World War Two A filmmaker who made an emotional visit to a prison where his father was held during World War Two is now trying to find the family of the German fighter pilot who shot …

BBC Some judges have criticised previous government proposals The Scottish Parliament is to decide on whether to back reforms to the country’s legal systems, including the removal of the not proven verdict. The government’s Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill would also raise the bar for a guilty verdict …

Runako CelinaBBC Eye Investigations Watch: Charles Mwesigwa – known locally as Abbey – says his women are “open-minded” Warning: Contains disturbing content and graphic descriptions of sexual acts A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a …

Nikhil Inamdar & Geeta PandeyBBC News, Mumbai & Delhi Anahita Sachdev/BBC It has been a year since Anjali was “digitally arrested” and lost 58.5m rupees Anjali’s* nightmare began with a phone call that would cost her 58.5m rupees ($663,390). The caller claimed to be from a courier company, alleging that …

McLaren have traced the engine failure in last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix that dented Norris’ title hopes to a broken oil line – a McLaren issue rather than a problem with the Mercedes engine. Leclerc’s fastest time was his third attempt to do a lap on the soft tyres after …

Joanne WrittleHealth Correspondent, BBC Midlands and Eleanor LawsonBBC News, West Midlands Family Elaine Morris was one of five women for whom no next of kin could be traced, while her death was being investigated by coroners in relation to Ian Paterson When the inquests into the deaths of more than …

Sweden has accused Russia of being behind a significant rise in instances of GPS signal jamming recorded over the Baltic Sea, raising concerns for aviation in the region. The Swedish Transport Agency (STA) said reports of disruptions have risen over the past few years, but had now become an almost …

Chloe AslettBBC News, Yorkshire South Yorkshire Police Marie Thompson anonymously demanded £3,500 from a man arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children A police officer has admitted trying to blackmail a man suspected of possessing child abuse images by pretending to be from a paedophile hunting group. South …

Helen BurchellBBC News, Essex Jessica Davies Tilly turned up in a garden in the summer A cat which regularly greeted customers at a pet shop has been found 13 years after being reported missing. Black cat Tilly was much-loved by customers at the shop in Great Dunmow in Essex before …

A man has been found dead “in a pool of blood” at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, officials say. The man’s body, described as a white adult, was found “lying on the ground” after 9pm on Saturday at the art and music festival in the Black Rock Desert, roughly …

Tennis player Kamil Majchrzak tracked down a fan whose cap was snatched away from him at the US Open – so he could give him a new one. The Polish star, 29, signed balls and towels for people in the crowds at Flushing Meadows in New York after he won …

Tennis star Kamil Majchrzak has responded to footage of a boy having his cap snatched from him in the crowd at the US Open this week. Majchrzak signed balls and towels for fans at Flushing Meadows after beating Russia’s Karen Khachanov on Thursday. After interacting with several supporters, Majchrzak took …

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University. From satellite images, the university’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of “berms” – as the raised banks are …