In a significant development, Spanish police have recovered a valuable painting by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon, valued at €5 million (£4.3 million). The recovered artwork, "Study for Portrait of José Capelo" (1989), was one of five paintings stolen from the Madrid home of José Capelo, a Spanish banker and close friend of Bacon, in a daring heist nearly a decade ago.

In the shadow of countless unsolved sex crimes, a ray of hope shines through Operation Painter, an initiative by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit. Since its inception in 2016, the operation has been meticulously sifting through over 5,400 cold cases, harnessing cutting-edge forensic science to seek justice for victims who once thought their assailants would forever evade capture.

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