Police hunting for the 'Beast of Birkenhead' after the wrong man spent 38 years in jail are turning their attention to DNA found at the murder scene. They hope 'familial' DNA searches could track the ...

Researchers use long-read genome sequencing to discover 33% more structural variants and 38% more tandem repeats linked to autism spectrum disorder.

Bride-to-be Diane Sindall, 21, was sexually assaulted and fatally beaten on August 2, 1986. Peter Sullivan, 68, spent 38 ...

Diane Sindall was killed in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in August 1986.

DNA evidence proved the man originally jailed for Diane Sindall's murder almost 40 years ago was innocent. | ITV News Granada ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an ...

Retired police sergeant Joseph Giacalone told Newsweek he was "holding out hope" that investigators get the break they need.

Multivitamins slow down biological ageing by about two months a year among people over 70, a study suggests. The benefits of ...

Planting seeds sounds straightforward and, frankly, it should be: Buy a seed, plant it, add water and watch it grow. But one look at the back of a jargon-filled seed packet can have you spewing ...

A fresh Crimewatch appeal has been made by police hunting for the 'Beast of Birkenhead' after the wrong man spent 38 years in jail. Now they have revealed a young woman was also attacked on the same ...

Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to ...

Many of us might reach for the hair dye the moment those first grey hairs appear. But a new study suggests we may be covering up one of the body's most ingenious defences against cancer.