A comic book convention is to boast links to a 1980s graphic novel which has been adapted for Hollywood.

A man in his 80s with dementia and a woman in her 90s are among the victims of scamsters, according to Trading Standards.

The mother of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was more interested in a mobile phone than her daughter, a court is told.

Missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was found drugged and subdued in a West Yorkshire flat, a crown court is told.

The story of chronic scam victim Jessica Looke, of Derby, as told by her daughter Marilyn Baldwin.

Fraudsters will devise more mass-marketed consumer scams to take advantage of the economic downturn, the OFT warns.

Poison pen letters warning about a "bad clairvoyant" are being sent to residents in a Teesside town.

A community still waits for answers over the disappearance of a young mother in 1991.

Tuxedos, ball gowns, canapés and champagne but no crystal balls at the Welsh spiritualist awards.

A change in the law could mean mediums, psychics and healers face prison or a fine if they cannot justify their claims. Spiritualists are delivering a mass petition to Downing Street and complaining that a genuine religion is being discriminated against.

"Only once in his tenure can I recall the fans chanting Strachan's name"

Victims of some of the most serious scams have often suffered from family trauma, a new report claims.

A British man is found guilty of murdering his wife in Australia and hiding her body in a barrel for more than 20 years.

Trevor Rees tells Princess Diana's inquest Mohamed Al Fayed pressured him to remember details.

"I forgot my wife's birthday, so I'm in deep, deep trouble"

How the US and UK came to invade Iraq with no post-war plan. Here, programme maker John Ware answers a selection of viewer questions.

A planned £13m restoration of a "haunted" 1920s theatre to its former glory may silence its ghostly sounds.

BBC Scotland Westminster reporter Tim Reid looks back at the week in Westminster

The BBC's political research editor David Cowling reviews August's opinion polls in his monthly poll watch series.

A Bristol woman wins £1m playing online bingo.