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Ruth Ellis

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Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a British model and nightclub hostess. [1]

97 relations: Abortion, Albert Pierrepoint, Amanda Whittington, Amersham, Anthony Eden, Aorta, Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh), Avro Lancaster, Basingstoke, BBC Four, BBC Radio 4, Bedsit, Belgian refugees, Buckinghamshire, Burial, Cancer, Cecil Havers, Cello, Charlotte Bray, Christmas Humphreys, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Crime of passion, Criminal Cases Review Commission, Criminal investigation department, Daily Mirror, Dance with a Stranger, Diana Dors, Easter, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Electoral roll, Electroencephalography, Entanglement (opera), Flintshire (historic), Frank Newsam, Georgina Hale, Gordon Brown, Gwilym Lloyd George, Hampshire, Hampstead, Hanging, Hemel Hempstead, HM Prison Holloway, Home Office, Home Secretary, J. Lee Thompson, James Hanratty, Joost de Blank, Keith Simpson (pathologist), Kent, ..., Knightsbridge, Lady Godiva Rides Again, London, London Evening Standard, Manchester, Mary Stockley, Maxine Peake, Megan Lloyd George, Melford Stevenson, Mike Hawthorn, Mike Newell (director), Miranda Richardson, Murder of John Alan West, Newsreel, Nigel Havers, Old Bailey, Pardon, Pathé News, Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, Pierrepoint (film), Prime minister, Pub, Raymond Chandler, Remand (detention), Revolver, Rhyl, Royal Air Force, Scotland Yard, Sebag Shaw, Smith & Wesson Model 10, South Hill Park, London, St Mary's Church, Old Amersham, Standard Vanguard, Styllou Christofi, The Guardian, The Magdala, The Rank Organisation, The Star (London), Tonbridge, Trachea, Unmarked grave, Vauxhall Motors, Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, William Connor, Yield to the Night, .38 S&W, 10 Downing Street. Expand index (47 more) »

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Albert Pierrepoint

Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was a long-serving hangman in England.

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Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington (born 1968 in Nottingham) is an English dramatist who has written over 30 plays for theatre and radio.

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Amersham

Amersham is a market town and civil parish within the Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, north-west of London, in the Chiltern Hills.

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Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative politician who served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then a relatively brief term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.

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Aorta

The aorta is the main artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries).

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Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh)

The Assembly Rooms are meeting halls in central Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Avro Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber.

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Basingstoke

Basingstoke is the largest town in the modern county of Hampshire (Southampton and Portsmouth being cities.) It is situated in south central England, and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon.

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BBC Four

BBC Four is a British television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite, and cable.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bedsit

A bedsit, bedsitter, or bed-sitting room is a form of accommodation common in some parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland which consists of a single room per occupant with all occupants typically sharing a bathroom.

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Belgian refugees

Following the creation of Belgium as a nation state, Belgian people have sought refuge abroad on several occasions.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.

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Burial

Burial or interment is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal, sometimes with objects, into the ground.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cecil Havers

Sir Cecil Robert Havers (12 November 1889 – 5 May 1977) was an English barrister and High Court judge.

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Cello

The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.

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Charlotte Bray

Charlotte Bray (born 1982) is a British composer.

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Christmas Humphreys

Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC (15 February 1901 – 13 April 1983) was an English barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and later became a judge at the Old Bailey.

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Clwyd Theatr Cymru

Theatr Clwyd, known from 1998 until 2015 as Clwyd Theatr Cymru, is a regional arts centre located 1 mile (2 km) from Mold, Flintshire, in north-east Wales.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Crime of passion

A crime of passion (French: crime passionnel), in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as sudden rage rather than as a premeditated crime.

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Criminal Cases Review Commission

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the statutory body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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Criminal investigation department

A criminal investigation department (CID) is the branch of all territorial police forces within the British Police, and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plainclothes detectives belong.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.

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Dance with a Stranger

Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film, directed by Mike Newell.

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Diana Dors

Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer.

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Easter

Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues.

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Electoral roll

The electoral roll (also called an electoral register or poll book) is a list of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district and who are registered to vote, if required in a particular jurisdiction.

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Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain.

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Entanglement (opera)

Entanglement is a one-act chamber opera by the British composer Charlotte Bray and the librettist Amy Rosenthal.

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Flintshire (historic)

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint), also known as the County of Flint, is one of Wales' thirteen historic counties, and a former administrative county (and a vice-county).

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Frank Newsam

Sir Frank Aubrey Newsam, (13 November 1893 – 25 April 1964) was a British civil servant notable for his service as Permanent Under-Secretary of State to the Home Office from 1948 to 1957, although he had been a central figure for many years previously.

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Georgina Hale

Georgina A. Hole (born 4 August 1943), known professionally as Georgina Hale, is an English actress notable for many stage, film and television appearances; often in the works of director Ken Russell and writer Simon Gray.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Gwilym Lloyd George

Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, (4 December 1894 – 14 February 1967) was a British politician and cabinet minister.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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Hampstead

Hampstead, commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an area of London, England, northwest of Charing Cross.

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Hanging

Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.

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Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is a new town in Hertfordshire, England.

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HM Prison Holloway

HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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J. Lee Thompson

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as Ice Cold in Alex and The Guns of Navarone.

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James Hanratty

James Hanratty (4 October 1936 – 4 April 1962), also known as the A6 Murderer, was a British criminal who was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was effectively abolished.

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Joost de Blank

Joost de Blank (14 November 1908 – 1 January 1968) was the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa from 1957 to 1963 and was known as the "scourge of apartheid" for his ardent opposition to the whites-only policies of the South African government.

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Keith Simpson (pathologist)

Cedric Keith Simpson, CBE, FRCP, FRCPath, (20 July 1907 – 21 July 1985) was an English forensic pathologist.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is an exclusive residential and retail district in West London, south of Hyde Park.

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Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again, released in the United States as Bikini Baby, is a 1951 British comedy film starring Pauline Stroud, about a small-town English girl who wins a beauty contest and heads for greater fame after appearing as Lady Godiva in a pageant.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard (or simply Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Mary Stockley

Mary Stockley is a British stage, television and film actress.

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Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress.

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Megan Lloyd George

Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966), born Megan Arvon George, was a British politician, who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency.

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Melford Stevenson

Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson (17 October 1902 – 26 December 1987) was an English barrister and later a High Court judge, whose judicial career was marked by his controversial conduct and outspoken views.

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Mike Hawthorn

John Michael Hawthorn (10 April 1929 – 22 January 1959) was a British racing driver.

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Mike Newell (director)

Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for film and television.

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Miranda Richardson

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress.

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Murder of John Alan West

The murder of John Alan West on 7 April 1964 was the crime which led to the last time a death sentence was carried out in any part of the United Kingdom.

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Newsreel

A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the late 1960s.

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Nigel Havers

Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor.

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Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey from the street on which it stands, is a court in London and one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be absolved of guilt for an alleged crime or other legal offense, as if the act never occurred.

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Pathé News

Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 until 1970 in the United Kingdom.

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Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell

Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, PC, QC (26 June 1919 – 28 June 2006) was an English barrister, politician and author.

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Pierrepoint (film)

Pierrepoint (titled Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman for North American release), is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter.

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Remand (detention)

Remand (also known as pre-trial detention or provisional detention) is the process of detaining a person who has been arrested and charged with a criminal offense until their trial.

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Revolver

A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing.

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Rhyl

Rhyl (Y Rhyl) is a Welsh seaside resort town and community in the county of Denbighshire.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.

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Sebag Shaw

'''Sir''' Sebag Shaw PC (26 December 1906– 27 December 1982) was a British barrister and judge.

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Smith & Wesson Model 10

The Smith & Wesson Model 10, previously known as the Smith & Wesson.38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a revolver of worldwide popularity.

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South Hill Park, London

South Hill Park is a street in the Hampstead district of London.

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St Mary's Church, Old Amersham

St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Old Amersham, Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Standard Vanguard

The Standard Vanguard is a car which was produced by the Standard Motor Company in Coventry, England, from 1947 to 1963.

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Styllou Christofi

Styllou Pantopiou Christofi (Στυλλού Χριστοφή; 1900 – 15 December 1954) was a Greek Cypriot woman hanged in Britain for murdering her daughter-in-law.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Magdala

The Magdala, also known as Magdala Tavern or colloquially as simply The Magy, was a public house on South Hill Park in Hampstead and was named after the British victory in the Battle of Magdala.

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The Rank Organisation

The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937.

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The Star (London)

The Star was a London evening newspaper founded May 3, 1788 under the original title Star and Evening Advertiser and was the first daily evening newspaper in the world.

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Tonbridge

Tonbridge is a historic market town in the English county of Kent.

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Trachea

The trachea, colloquially called the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs.

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Unmarked grave

An unmarked grave is one that lacks a marker, headstone, or nameplate indicating that a body is buried there.

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Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors LimitedCompany No.

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Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon

Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, QC, DL (14 August 1915 – 27 January 2006) was a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician.

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William Connor

Sir William Neil Connor (26 April 1909 – 6 April 1967) was an English journalist for The Daily Mirror who wrote under the pseudonym of "Cassandra".

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Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night (also titled Blonde Sinner) is a 1956 British crime drama film starring Diana Dors.

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.38 S&W

The.38 S&W (9×20mmR) is a revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1877.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, a post which, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, has been held by the Prime Minister.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis

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