As the front door opened, a man with dark hair and a wide smile greeted us. Dressed in a grey jacket and trousers, he looked respectable. ‘Have you any rooms, please?’ I asked timidly. ‘Come in,’ he s

This week’s crime story...

A village hall mystery doesn’t quite go to plan

Beneath the brightly wrapped gifts lay a grim and heartbreaking discovery

For my family, Christmas will never be the same

It was a hot day in one of the hottest and most uncomfortable summers of recent years. I was standing in a small upstairs bedroom of a house on the outskirts of a modern estate in the borough of South