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Nicholas Glass was found in a Birmingham garden suffering blunt force injuries from dog bites, an inquest heard

On the main road to Russia, the combat vehicles – some of them British – trundle forward. In the Russian town of Sudzha, Ukrainian troops dig in and prepare for a counterattack. Askold Krushelnycky reports from Kursk

Content aimed at sad men is getting millions of views on social media. Is this a new form of therapy? asks Richard Hall

Melissa Wolfenbarger, a 21-year-old married mother-of-two, had been missing for four years before her remains were finally identified. But decades passed and the identity of her killer remained a mystery – until now. Crime Scene Investigator Sheryl ‘Mac’ McCollum tells Andrea Cavallier how her podcast, with help from experts, the…

Figures obtained by The Independent showed dog attacks rose by nine per cent in the first five months since the ban was brought in on XL bully dogs

Ilyas Habibi, 17, suffered a fatal knife wound outside Sutton train station last December

As the Grenfell inquiry prepares to publish its final report into the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72, Nadine White speaks to those still grappling with its tragic legacy

Exclusive: Sources now say the barrister’s review has found the watchdog could have acted earlier after her arrest

Palestinians as young as 12 describe how they were forced to inspect houses and roads to look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues, in a practice an Israeli NGO warns is ‘broadly used’ and ‘systemic’. Bel Trew reports from Jerusalem