Ed Howker

Police in Denmark say DNA testing has confirmed that a headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen is that of the missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall. Ms Wall was last seen alive on a mini-submarine belonging to Danish inventor Peter Madsen, who has been arrested on suspicion of killing her.

It was to have been a leafy vista spanning the river Thames. But the garden bridge has finally been scrapped after the Trust behind the scheme said it couldn’t go ahead without public cash. It blamed the London Mayor Sadiq Khan for failing to support it, but he hit back saying Londoners should be “very…

Residents of tower blocks on the Ledbury Housing Estate in South London have been informed their gas supplies will be turned off over fears about the safety. Elsewhere, investigations continue into the cladding system used on Grenfell Tower. Last month, this programme revealed that the government hadn’t ordered testing of a third type of foam…

Police in Norfolk say a member of the public could hold the key to solving the murder of an 83-year-old pensioner – stabbed to death as he was out walking his dogs. The man was found with stab wounds to his head and neck on Saturday morning, near the village of East Harling. Police are…

A month after the Grenfell Tower disaster, another funeral: this time five year old Isaac, one of the youngest victims, who lived with his family on the 13th floor. But new documents dating back to 2012 show that architects originally wanted to use more expensive, fire-resistant cladding around the building.

Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are to be given an extra two weeks to make their case about which issues the forthcoming public inquiry should consider. It comes as 29-year-old Berkti Haftom and 26-year-old Gloria Trevisan were officially identified as victims of the fire. And tonight we have more news on the type of…

A Conservative MP has appeared in court over fraud charges relating to his 2015 general election expenses. Craig Mackinlay, the South Thanet MP, his election agent Nathan Gray and senior Conservative party campaigner Marion Little also face charges after an investigation by this programme. All three pleaded not guilty in court.

Councils across London are reviewing safety measures in high-rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. After questions were raised about the cladding used on the west London block, checks are taking place on the materials used on similar buildings elsewhere in the capital and beyond. Industry experts are calling for an urgent…

One of the key questions for the public inquiry will be whether the recent refurbishment of Grenfell Tower was a factor in what happened here. Questions have been raised about the material used in the cladding that was added to the concrete walls of the block to help insulation – and about the company that…

Just last year saw the completion of an £8.6 million refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. The work involved the installation of exterior cladding around the building and the provision of new windows. But could that very refurbishment have played a role in increasing the fire risk at the block? Tonight the Government said that checks would be…

“What personal responsibility do you take, given that election was run by two men you gave peerages to and empowered to run that election?”

A senior Labour MP tells Channel 4 News the party leadership failed to act “quickly and efficiently” to suspend Lord Janner over multiple claims of child abuse.

The risk of fraudulent, misleading and confusing ads appearing on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website is higher than private equivalents, according to the National Audit Office.

An investigation by Channel 4 News finds that as many as one-in-three jobs now advertised on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website are suspect.