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Rikki Neave's mum shared jail with killer Myra Hindley who said 'you're not a murderer'
Rikki Neave's mum Ruth was wrongly charged with murdering her son and was jailed for seven years in 1995. The 53-year-old was jailed with Myra Hindley and Rose West → Read More
Teenager stabbed in park after being chased by gang of five, court hears
Dea-John Reid was allegedly knifed by another 14-year-old boy in broad daylight. Jurors were shown CCTV footage of the victim running away from a group of people before he was stabbed in the chest → Read More
Baby gets life-saving surgery after surgeons practise operation on 3D model of heart
Little Pippa Fulton was diagnosed with several heart conditions when she was born. Her heart was too small, so doctors had to wait for the organ to grow before being able to complete an operation → Read More
Storm Eunice clean-up to begin with national repair bill set to soar above £500m
Security Minister Damian Hinds said there were 'troops at readiness' to help repair the damage caused by Storm Eunice. Insurers brought in extra call-centre staff today → Read More
Dad so obsessed with taking photos of bins says friends call him Dustbin Dave
Dave, from Caister, Norfolk, says that his wife and two kids accept his "wacky" hobby that started when he saw a "fascinating" bin styled as a Fab ice cream lolly → Read More
Man, 32, becomes first Brit with Down's syndrome to become fully qualified scaffolder
Todd Scanlon, 32, was offered an apprenticeship by a company four years ago and has since impressed with his eagerness and professionalism → Read More
Buckingham Palace launches £39 bottle of royal bubbly to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
The fizz is being sold by the Royal Collection Trust, which said the drink can be enjoyed as an aperitif and goes well with the flavour of mature English cheddar → Read More
New 'phone evidence' against Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner
A new TV documentary suggests Christian Brueckner was no more than five minutes away when Madeleine McCann vanished from her Praia da Lux hotel in the Algarve, Portugal, in 2007 → Read More
Sunday league footballer's amazing rise from parks to representing his country
Isima Musa, 23, from Farringdon, London, can now claim to be an international footballer after representing Rwanda’s under 23 team in a friendly after his skills were first spotted online → Read More
Man suspected of abducting Madeleine McCann still claims innocence in TV show
Christian Brueckner, 44, from Germany, has continued to deny any involvement with the abduction of Madeleine McCann who has been missing for more than 15 years → Read More
Inmates at one of top-performing prisons in UK pass barista training course
Inspectors praised HMP East Sutton Park after 34 of the 90 women behind bars passed a course, learning how to make a range of coffees, from espressos to cappuccinos and flat whites → Read More
Superfit veteran aged 90 still performs somersaults on trampoline as regular hobby
Tony Geraghty took up the hobby in 1992 after leaving the military, learning tricks including front flips, back flips and spins. He practices twice a week at his local club and has no plans to stop. → Read More
Snowdonia's summit hotter than Majorca as freak weather sees temperature top 21C
Mark Handford, 54, set off to climb Y Garn in Snowdonia when temperatures in the valley were an icy 2C. But he popped out of the clouds near the top to find his specialist watch was reading 21C → Read More
Lottery fraudster faces six more years in prison unless he hands over almost £1million
Edward Putman worked with Camelot insider Giles Knibbs to bank a £2.5 million unclaimed jackpot using a forged ticket. He got away with the crime for a decade but was jailed for nine years for fraud → Read More
D-Day hero who carried wounded soldier over shoulder for 2 miles under fire dies at 100
Denis Bounsall survived three different assault landings in eleven months, including D-Day, and won a Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. He passed away in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 100 → Read More
Rugby stars spring to teenager's defence after he is trolled for his weight
Alfie Pugsley was trolled online, his dad said. The 11-year-old has been backed by players including Wales stars Louis Rees-Zammit, Jonathan Davies and Liam Williams and England prop Joe Marler → Read More
Man, 83, works for the same company for 70 years without a single day off sick
Brian Chorley began working at the original Clarks shoes factory in 1953 when he was aged just 15. He has no plans to retire and says David Attenborough, 95, is his role model → Read More
Wackiest insurance claims from 300 years ago
Aviva has shared its most unusual insurance claims, including the 1878 case of a London hotelier who blasted himself in the eye with a champagne bottle cork → Read More
One of world's longest surviving transplant patients marks 50 years with donated kidney
Medics predicted the organ would last just 10 years, but grandfather-of-two Dave Harvey, now 72, says the kidney is still going strong after half a century → Read More
Disabled girl forms loving bond with dog that 'brought magic' to family life
Adam and Amy Pryor won £1million on EuroMillions and thanks to the prize they bought a home specially equipped for their disabled daughter Charlotte, as well as a trained companion dog, Merlin → Read More