Tom Rawstorne

Early evening and three young men leave their country hotel in high spirits. All dressed up, they are off for a big night out in nearby Brighton.

A decade ago, Danny Cahalane spelt out his feelings for the new lady in his life: 'Four words: Paris Wilson Beautiful Woman.' Fast forward to 2025 and, thanks to her, he was about to die an ugly death.

Trapped upside down in a gap between sea defence boulders, mother-of-six Saffron Cole-Nottage drowned in front of her daughter as the tide rose over her head.

A decade ago, Danny Cahalane spelt out his feelings for the new lady in his life: 'Four words: Paris Wilson Beautiful Woman.'

For those banged up in Britain's high-security prisons, the reminders that life hangs by the thinnest of threads keep coming.

In a rare moment of honesty after murdering Henry Nowak, Vickrum Digwa admitted: 'I'm a fool.'

So what was it that first attracted prisoner Dylan Westall to Helen Spree? Old enough to be his mother, the pair appeared to have precious little in common.

Preston Davey's short, tragic life was bookmarked by murder. The Daily Mail can today reveal that it had begun 13 months earlier in the arms of a woman of similarly flawed character.

Yesterday, it was claimed the man behind the plot was a young Russian diplomat called Evgeny 'EL' Lyukshin, a senior official's son.

Sashaying into Royal Ascot in top hats and tails, fancy dresses and fascinators, a legion of racegoers are encouraged to make the most of the five-day meeting by none other than King Charles.