Richard Burrows, an 80-year-old former housemaster and scout leader, has been convicted of nearly 100 child abuse offences, spanning three decades. Fleeing to Thailand in 1997, he evaded justice ...

In Thailand, Richard Burrows found an escape - a place to hide for nearly 30 years. After abusing children, he fled the UK to avoid prosecution. But the severity of his crimes didn't push him to ...

Conservation charity Buglife asked for the public's help last year to find evidence of the Strandline Beetle (Eurynebria complanata), which was last spotted in England 23 years ago in Braunton ...

Richard Burrows spent 27 years living in Phuket, Thailand, after he was called to face allegations of child sexual abuse during his time as a boarding school housemaster and scout leader in 1997.

Chester Crown Court heard how, between 1968 and 1995, Richard Burrows had systematically abused 24 young boys across the Cheshire, West Midlands and West Mercia areas. But that reckoning came some ...

Richard Burrows stole the identity of a friend who was terminally ill which allowed him to fraudulently obtain a "genuine" passport in 1997. He used it to flee the country before he could face a ...

A climbing frame created in the shape of a World War Two military aircraft has been installed at a village playground to honour its local wartime legacy. The Lancaster Bomber play equipment was ...

Former scout leader and school housemaster Richard Burrows who has been found guilty of numerous sexual offences against young boys after spending 27 years on the run using a stolen identity ...

A prolific sex offender who spent almost three decades on the run in Thailand has been found guilty of numerous sexual offences against young boys. Richard Burrows was found guilty of 54 offences ...