Headteacher, 40, who murdered estranged wife 39, and her lover, 48, was a ‘cowardly bully’

A jealous headteacher who stabbed his estranged wife and her new boyfriend to death in a New Year’s Day bloodbath was a ‘coward’ and a ‘bully’ who abused her for years, friends have claimed. Rhys Hancock, 40, killed Helen Almey, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, at the £400,000 detached property the formerly-married couple used to share in … Read more

Headteacher, 40, who murdered estranged wife 39, and her lover, 48, was a ‘cowardly bully’

A jealous headteacher who stabbed his estranged wife and her new boyfriend to death in a New Year’s Day bloodbath was a ‘coward’ and a ‘bully’ who abused her for years, friends have claimed. Rhys Hancock, 40, killed Helen Almey, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, at the £400,000 detached property the formerly-married couple used to share in … Read more

This cowardly surrender by Oxford University is a wilful vandalism of history, writes Daniel Hannan

Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance.  Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more