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The 'Black Museum': After 150 years, public can visit police’s grisly crime museumGrisly exhibits linked to some of Britain’s most notorious criminals are set to go on display for the first time – after years hidden away in Scotland Yard’s “Black Museum”.The museum – which is not currently open to the public – contains items relating to some of the UK’s most infamous crimes including the so-called “From Hell” letter purportedly written by Jack the Ripper, the pans that serial killer Dennis Nilsen used to boil his victims’ flesh. It also houses the noose that hanged Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK.
1,000 stolen cats are rescued in ChinaThere's been a feline Christmas miracle in north-eastern China with the rescue of more than 1,000 cats - who had been destined to be sold for their meat and fur.Police in Liaoning Province say they busted a six-strong ring of cat plunderers who had amassed an enormous, ill-gotten gathering of both wild and domesticated cats over the course of December.
Brendan O'Carroll's comedy hit Mrs Brown's Boys has triumphed in the annual Christmas Day TV ratings warThe sitcom was named most-watched on 25 December this morning, after an average 7.61 million tuned in last night - a 32.2 per cent share of the audience, but down on last year's 9.4 million.
It’s a comedy that has divided opinion across the country – and now some will be pleased to hear it is unlikely that Mrs Brown’s Boys will return for a full series.The sitcom may be limited to Christmas specials in the future due to creator Brendan O’Carroll’s busy schedule, according to BBC comedy controller Shane Allen.
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