Muhammad Danyaal, 19, Farhan Patel and Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, both aged 18, and taxi driver Masrob Ali, 54, all died after their two vehicles crashed in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The three youths are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court charged with murdering Alexander Cashford,49,in Leysdown-on-Sea,Kent,on August 10 last year (Pictures: PA)

A rapist who threatened a woman with a gun before sexually assaulting her in a park has been jailed for 14 years.

'There are days when we don't go into some rooms.'

Layla Allen was declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Prescot,Merseyside,late on April 2 last year (Picture: Family Handout/PA)

Technical issues at St Albans City means trains running between the major London station and Luton are all severely delayed by up to 45 minutes (Picture: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA/Shutterstock)

Statistics from the Met suggest fewer homicides were recorded last year compared to any other year since 2014 (Picture: EPA)

'There is no contact at all,' a source said.

'It's an epidemic no one wants to address because it's too awkward.'