Viewers rushed to Twitter to praise the soap after a gripping episode saw Whitney finally escape Leon's clutches by stabbing him with a knife.

Alesha MacPhail's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year, hours after she was reported missing from the house her father shared with his parents on the island.

Margaret Fleming suffered a cruel death at the hands of Edward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, at the pair's home in Inverkip in western Scotland. Her body has never been found.

The victim, a woman in her 40s, was found in the property in Reigate, Surrey shortly before 7am on Friday. Officers confirmed that the victim's next of kin have been informed about her death.

Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson blocked police from arresting a father and son for the murder of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, 25, because one of them used to work on her office.

The pensioner was found dead at the scene in Levenshulme, Manchester, around 8.30pm on Thursday. Officers are on the hunt for Leroy Panton, 41, who is understood to have lived with her.

Dressed in braces and bow tie, with frizzy hair and a bulbous red nose, assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) arrives at a children's party to make balloon animals (episode two, series three).

Danny Pearce, 31, was stabbed and allegedly shot at by two thugs on a scooter after he left a jazz club in Greenwich, south-east London in 2017.

Barron Brantley, 21 (left), was in court Friday, as a detective revealed details about the death of Alexis Crawford, 21 (right). Brantley and girlfriend Jordyn Jones, 21 (inset) are charged with murder.

On Thursday, investigators revealed that a tip-off and DNA testing helped close the cold case, with the woman determined to be Georgia native Cheryl Hammack.

Nearly ten months after the series finale of Game of Thrones aired, star Emilia Clarke still isn't too happy about the ending.

TOM LEONARD: Last week, the Los Angeles trial of suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo was treated to the bizarre sight of a moustachioed Ashton Kutcher - in a courtroom that wasn't a film set.

Edward Cairney, 77, left, and Avril Jones, 59, were convicted of murdering Margaret Fleming, who has not been seen since December 1999 in Inverkip, Inverclyde aged 19.

Keith Farquharson, 60, of Aberdeen, smothered mother-of-three Alice, 56, on August 29 last year.

While there have been rumors that Eminem was working on new music, the rapper surprisingly dropped his new album Music to be Murdered By on Thursday night.

Eminem has bagged his tenth number one on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.

A follower replied, explaining that she had to go to a pub to work and earn money for her family, prompting James to tell her to 'worry about finances after it's all over.' 

The ad refers to the freshman's time as a lawyer two decades ago when he defended hardened criminals and is designed to boost GOP hopeful Brendan Doherty. Formerly the head of the state police, Doherty is making his first run for office.

Sergey Burkaev, 16 (pictured), and Konstantin Surkov, 17, have been arrested on suspicion of knifing to death a man and four young women at a flat in the small Russian town of Kumertau.

Two days before he was hanged for murder, 25-year-old Norman Thorne (pictured left) wrote a letter to his father, pleading his innocence for the last time and insisting that he did not die a bitter man.

Teenage psychopath Aaron Campbell, who raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute, was subject to the SNP's Named Person scheme, a secret report reveals.

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, has been charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the Singapore estate of Compassvale Bow last Friday.

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, was charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the residential estate of Compassvale Bow earlier this month.

MI6 consultant Gordon Corera described how he collaborated with the creators of the drama Killing Eve to give fans a glimpse of the world of espionage.

At present so-called 'lifers' are supervised and forced to attend regular meetings with probation officers when freed on licence after completing their minimum jail sentence in the UK.

Aaron McKenzie stood before Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court in south London this morning after detectives charged him with killing 26-year-old Kelly Mary Fauvrelle (pic) and her son Riley.

Jay Sewell (pictured) 18, was fatally stabbed on December 11 last year by a nine-strong group including Daniel 'Joe' Grogan, 20, after Gemma Hodder, started seeing the teenager, it is claimed.

The victims, a man aged in his 60s and a woman aged in her 70s, were discovered inside a house in Whitton on Friday morning.

Shackim Taylor, of Greenwich, will appear in court this morning after being charged with the murder of a 22-year-old man who was stabbed in south-east London last week.

Police believe he knew the victim, who lived at a care home in New Costessey. The man has remained in hospital under police supervision since the woman's death on Friday.

A 55-year-old man has been arrested following the unsolved 2007 murder of Melbourne mother of-three Cindy Crossthwaite.

The 17-year-old victim has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and police have put the area around Stretford on lockdown this afternoon.

Mr Abbott sensationally revealed he was told by the 'very top levels' of the Malaysian government just days after the tragedy Captain Zaharie Shah was a suicidal killer.

A murder investigation has been launched after a three-month-old baby girl was found unconscious in her cot. 

Detectives were called to the apartment block on Leonard Street in Victoria Park at about 4.20pm and discovered one body inside the unit.

Detectives were called to the apartment block on Leonard Street in Victoria Park at about 4.20pm and discovered 66-year-old Maree Collins inside the unit.

Tiffany Wan has been released on parole after serving three years in jail for accessory to her mother Annabel Chen's 'body-in-a-suitcase' murder in Perth in 2016.

Myles William Taylor, 34, allegedly stabbed his mother to death before also attacking his father inside their family home in Perth, Western Australia, on Sunday afternoon.

Myles William Taylor is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley and then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute during the coronavirus lockdown.

Myles William Taylor is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley to death then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute during the coronavirus lockdown at their home in Perth.

A Perth mother accused of trying to murder her baby boy by pouring bleach into his formula will stand trial.

Myles William Taylor, 34, is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley to death then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute at their Perth home on April 26.

Flamur 'Alex' Beqiri, 36, has been linked to several gangland murders in Sweden where he was once one of the country's most wanted men. He died in a hail of bullets outside his home in London.

Roger Bullman, 54, from Oslo, in Norway, went on the run after killing British IT expert Amitpal Singh Bajaj, 34, in his Phuket hotel room on August 21 following a row over his yodelling on the balcony.

Neil Henry Elliott, 46, was arrested in Thailand's sex capital of Pattaya on Thursday morning after allegedly admitting to police that he beat and stabbed a prostitute named 'Onn' to death.

Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's formidable Quds Force, could prove to be the spark that sets the whole of the Middle East on fire.

Anthony Rooks, 79, was discovered collapsed with a head injury at a property in Dalmeny Road, Holloway, north London at around 7.20pm on Monday. A 42-year-old man has been arrested.

Police have charged a 42-year-old man with the murder of Anthony Rooks (pictured) in Holloway, north London. Neighbours described Mr Rooks, who was found dead on Monday, as a 'nice old guy'.

The man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack on a police officer in West Hendon, north west London earlier this evening.

Nadarajah Nithiyakumar, 40, of Ilford was charged with the murder of his two children, Pavinya, 19 months, and three-year-old Nigish following an attack on April 26.