The curtain goes up tonight (Wednesday February 4) on a gripping real-life drama at Wigan Little Theatre.

Ruth Ellis' grandchildren believe she should be pardoned [Bettmann Archive/Getty Images] The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was ...

The grandchildren of the last woman to be executed in Britain have called for Ruth Ellis to be pardoned, 70 years after she was sent to the gallows for murdering her "abusive" lover, their lawyers ...

The grandchildren of the last woman to be executed in Britain have called for Ruth Ellis to be pardoned, 70 years after she was sent to the gallows for murdering her "abusive" lover, their lawyers ...

In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for killing her abusive partner, a scandal that gripped the nation. But the murder investigation was flawed and... The unfinished story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman ...

For this next story, we're going to take you back in time to a 1950s true crime story. It's about murder, execution by hanging and legal mistakes that led Britain to abolish its death penalty. NPR's ...

Ellis was hanged in 1955 for shooting dead her lover as he came out of the Magdala pub in London - Copyright AFP BENJAMIN CREMEL Ellis was hanged in 1955 for shooting ...