Nicknamed ‘Hell on Earth’ the prison became so synonymous with terror and misery that even the hangman’s noose became a welcome escape. Let’s travel back in time now to the Middle Ages and find out ...

If you’d been outside Bishop’s Gate, Derry, on St Patrick’s Day 300 years ago this coming Monday, you would have witnessed ...

A Norfolk MP revealed his family link to Norwich prison reformer Elizabeth Fry during a Parliamentary debate to mark International Women's Day.

Public domain image. Müller was sentenced to death by hanging. He would be executed in public outside Newgate Prison, Old Bailey. According to a press report, the crowd 'filled all the streets in ...

Alexander Lakey was found with the blade after he tried to gain entry into a Premier Inn and assaulted a staff member ...

Hawkins, of Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland ... Mr Baker said the defendant has “found God” while on remand in prison and, also, now, has the support of a former partner.

Ms Lyon said: "Elizabeth Fry revealed conditions in Newgate jail which shocked Victorian England. More than 150 years later Anne Owers exposes the shameful state of Eastwood Park. "We imprison the ...

Oliver was arrested on December 6th 1679 at the Naul in Co. Dublin and was eventually transported over to England and to Newgate Jail in London to await his Trial. The Trial ended on June 15th ...

However, a short time later, Lakey called them for a third time, claiming a group of males had threatened to stab him at the Premier Inn, on Newgate Street ... is now facing jail after he pleaded ...