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Pauline Reade’s family have discovered some of her remains, including her jaw bone, had been kept at Leeds University by Greater Manchester policeThe body parts of one of the Moors murders victims have been kept by police for 30 years, Read more

Freeze on Local Housing Allowance paid to private renters is having devastating effect, local leaders warn Via: Government housing benefit cut is making homelessness worse, say local councils

Exclusive: the unmarked graves of thousands of sailors are threatened by illegal metal salvagers By Oliver Holmes, Monica Ulmanu and Simon RobertsDozens of warships believed to contain the remains of thousands of British, American, Australian, Dutch and Japanese servicemen from Read more

Young male Ice Age mammoths probably roamed alone and got themselves into risky situations more often than their female counterparts, study findsScientists have solved the mystery of why the overwhelming majority of mammoth fossils are male.Much like wild elephants today, Read more