Mum with dementia locked outside care home at 3am in 'disgusting' abuse

A mother suffering from early-onset dementia was locked out of her care home during the night amid what the facility's own manager branded a 'disgusting and despicable' situation.

Cruise ships have a hidden prison for misbehaving passengers and crew

Boarding a cruise ship to travel around some sought-after destinations is a little slice of luxury, but what really happens to those passengers or crew members who break the law while on board?

Supermodel Shanina Shaik expecting her second child

Shanina Shaik and her music executive boyfriend Ryan Press are expecting a child together.

Oregon murder-suicide victims pictured as family searches for answers

The victims of a horrific Oregon murder-suicide have been pictured as their grieving families paid tribute to their lives and personalities.

British Families Wait as Receding Waters Reveal Grim Toll of Nepal Flood

Thousands are feared dead after a churning wall of mud, rock, and freezing water bulldozed down the Rasuwa valley, crumpling concrete and washing away entire villages in disaster-movie scenes.

Busy Philipps reveals brain tumour diagnosis: ‘I’m grateful to be alive’

Actor says she had the ‘weirdest six months of my life’, after being diagnosed days after her Dawson’s Creek co-star James Van Der Beek died of cancer

Emergency crews race to major flooding in UK city with cars stranded near Asda

Emergency services are presently 'dealing with significant flooding' in Birmingham, West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has confirmed.

Italy is fighting an invasive species of crab with killer octopuses

The innovative method of pest control has seen tens of thousands of octopuses released into the sea to take on the blue crabs.

Dozens of Brits missing after flash floods as rescuers conduct desperate search

A desperate search is underway at the border of Nepal and Tibet after hundreds of people were swept away by horror flash floods and mudslides.

How dancing boys are being brutalised by sick Taliban officials

He cannot escape the memory of the knife. He holds his hand up and shows me the scar on the underside of his arm, just below the wrist. 'I resisted,' he explains, 'so they forced me.'

Last week I said the unthinkable to my seven-month-old daughter

Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse and suburban mom-of-three, is far from your typical child abuser. And yet, she stands accused of strangling her kids and then attempting suicide.

Rescuers search for dozens of Brits in Nepal after flash floods kill 157

Flash floods in Nepal have killed 157 people so far(Image: Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)