Officers returned from Thailand with samples from the murder scene, including the sarong. Kirsty had set off on a round-the-world trip in May 2000 after graduating from Liverpool University.

The previous Conservative government asked “too much” of local government and failed to treat councils as “equal partners,” the shadow minister has said. Speaking at the Local Government Association’s ...

Kirsty-Louise Card is a journalist based in the West Midlands. Originally from Sunderland, she moved to Birmingham to kick-start her career in 2016 and has since worked for regional and national ...