The disappearance of British backpacker Peter Falconio, who was ambushed in the Australian outback in 2001, made headlines around the world.

His girlfriend Joanne Lees escaped and Bradley Murdoch was found guilty of his murder in 2005, but he never revealed the location of Mr Falconio's remains.

Murdoch has now died, and always denied any involvement in the incident, as the BBC's Phil Mercer explains.

Barclays fined millions over financial crime risk lapses

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Barclays Bank has been fined £42m by the UK's financial watchdog for failures in its money laundering risk management. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Barclays had not properly vetted two of its clients, Stunt & Co and WealthTek. The FCA said Barclays "facilitated the movement of funds linked to financial crime" by providing services to Stunt & Co and said there was "an increased risk" of client money misappropriation or money laundering from its failure to check WealthTek. Barclays said it fully co-operated with both investigations and has "further strengthened its financial crime and other control capabilities".

The bulk of the fine, £39.3m, was in relation to Stunt & Co. The FCA said Barclays failed to carry out "proper ongoing monitoring" of its account with Stunt & Co. "In the space of just over a year, Stunt & Co received £46.8 million from Fowler Oldfield, a multimillion-pound money laundering operation," the regulator said, It added that Barclays only conducted a review of its exposure to Fowler Oldfield after it learned of the FCA's decision to prosecute NatWest over their relationship with Fowler Oldfield. The rest of the fine was for WealthTek. The FCA said "one simple check" Barclays could have done on the firm was to look at the Financial Services Register. "Had it done so, it would have seen that WealthTek was not permitted by the FCA to hold client money," the FCA said. The FCA said that in December 2024 it had charged John Dance, one of WealthTek's principal partners, with multiple criminal offences, including money laundering and fraud. His trial is scheduled for September 2027 at Southwark Crown Court. Therese Chambers, from the FCA's enforcement division, said Barclays got a significant reduction in its fine through its "extensive co-operation" in the investigation of WealthTek and making a voluntary payment to affected clients, although further details were not given.

Barclays said it "remains deeply committed to the fight against financial crime and fraud." "The FCA's investigation relating to Stunt & Co was centred around historical money laundering activity and made no findings that the bank had breached money laundering regulations," it said in a statement. "As acknowledged by the FCA, Barclays undertook an extensive review and self-reported its findings to the FCA", it added.

The Red Arrows surprised a couple who had just got married with a spectacular display.

Dawn and Trevor Stamp tied the knot at the weekend near Curry Rivel in Somerset.

Dawn's daughter Claire Shotton-Brooks had spotted the Red Arrows' flight path was due to pass the venue.

She wrote to them to ask about the possibility of smoke being turned on as they flew past. The display team's initial response was it was down to the discretion of their leader, Red One.

But as the Red Arrows flew past they turned on the smoke with the lucky couple saying it was an "amazing surprise".

Mr Stamp said: "I expected something like that for the Royal Family, not us."

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Tyson Fury will not be in the ring this year but he wants to fight Oleksandr Usyk again, the British heavyweight's promoter Frank Warren says.

Fury, 36, announced his retirement from boxing in January after losing twice against the WBA, WBC and WBO champion Usyk - who fights Daniel Dubois in an undisputed heavyweight bout at Wembley on Saturday.

But two-time heavyweight champion Fury - who retired in 2022 before returning six months later - has hinted at a return.

"I spoke to him [Fury] over the weekend about boxing. He won't fight this year," Warren told the 5 Live Boxing podcast.

"He's got this Netflix second series coming but he's in the gym. He's in it for his wellbeing, physically and mentally. It keeps him in a good place."

Earlier this month, Fury took to social media to announce plans for a trilogy bout with Ukranian Usyk at Wembley Stadium in April.

"He's got that mentality that he's in the gym and he needs to do something," Queensberry boss Warren, who also promotes Dubois, added.

"He's made it clear he wants to fight Usyk."

Darbon, who is overseeing his first Open Championship, said there were 1.2m applications for tickets for this week's championship and the R&A is "keen to service that demand where we can".

"But it's not about just being bigger," he added. "It's about being better. So it's not about just simply the volume of people."

Darbon acknowledged that the UK Government has also spoken with the R&A about Turnberry hosting The Open.

"We have an ongoing dialogue with the UK Government given the scale of the event we stage," he told BBC Sport.

"We create huge economic impact in the regions in which we stage the championship and this week we'll be generating more than £210m.

"I think, as they made clear recently, while we have discussed Turnberry with them, they've been explicit the choices of venues rest with the R&A."

When pressed on whether the Government has suggested it would be a good idea to take the Championship back to Turnberry, Darbon replied: "As I say, we have an ongoing dialogue with them and they know choices around venues are at our whim."

Darbon was also asked if the Trump ownership is an issue.

"It's a somewhat hypothetical question," he said.

"Unless we address the logistical challenges, it's difficult for us to go back. I met a couple of months ago with Eric Trump and some of the leadership from the Trump golf organisation from Turnberry.

"We had a really good discussion. I think they understand clearly where we are coming from. We talked through some of the challenges that we have, so we have a good dialogue with them."

Darbon said in April that he "would love" to see the tournament return to Turnberry.

That appeared to be at odds with his predecessor Martin Slumbers, who in 2021 strongly suggested the course would not be restored to the Open rota while Trump was associated with the venue, expressing concerns that the focus would be off the course.

"We will not return until we are convinced the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself, and we do not believe that is achievable in the current circumstances," he said.

It was a stance he reiterated as recently as November, after Trump's second election victory, referencing the risk of "media noise" detracting from the golf.