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Nigerian woman bought a baby for £150 to qualify for a council house in Britain
A housing official has been jailed after smuggling a baby into Britain in order to get a council flat. Peace Sandberg, 40, flew to her native Nigeria where police believe she bought a baby for as little as £150 in order to qualify for priority housing .. more
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Pictured in his hospital bed: Man who was left paralysed after tombstoning 'moment of madness'
A family has released a picture of their son lying in a hospital bed paralysed after a 'moment of madness' when he 'tombstoned' from a pier. The loved ones of Sonny Wells, 20, released the image in the hope it would save others from making the same mistake. Mr Wells will be paralysed from the chest down after he jumped from South Parade Pier in Southsea.. moreKen's after-dinner mint
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Woman 'takes a bite out of the face' of her partner during drunken mid-air fight on holiday flight
A British holiday plane was diverted to France after a couple became embroiled in a 'drunken' air-rage fight at 35,000ft over the Mediterranean. Eyewitnesses said the woman passenger 'took a bite out of the face' of her boyfriend or husband
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BBC director found drowned was 'stressed, under-supported and isolated' at work, inquest hears
A BBC executive walked into the sea and drowned herself after struggling with what she felt was an impossible job. Kari Boto's distress was ignored by senior colleagues, her husband told an inquest Friday. She left the job and killed herself shortly afterwards. The 53-year-old had spent 30 years at the BBC in a succession of senior roles before being head-hunted for the post of international operations director at its World Service Trust.. moreJailed for life: Youths who kicked former soldier to death
Four youths who kicked and beat a former soldier to death, three of them while on bail or serving community sentences, were jailed for life today.. more
Revealed: Afghan plane hijacker is now working as a cleaner at Heathrow
Airport security was condemned as a joke after an Afghan involved in the Stansted hijacking was found to be working at Heathrow as a cleaner. Police arrested Nazamuddin Mohammidy, 34, at Terminal 5 where he showed his British Airways pass allowing him access to secure areas. Mohammidy was one of nine Afghans who won the right to live in Britain after hijacking a passenger flight in Afghanistan in 2000.. moreRangers fan mauled by police dog at UEFA Cup final is convicted murderer
The football fan mauled by a police dog during the UEFA Cup final riots has been unveiled as a convicted murderer. Glasgow Rangers fan Alexander Aitkenhead was convicted in the 80s of knifing his brother-in-law in the heart and released last year .. more'I WASN'T Cherie's lover': Judge named as Mrs Blair's ex-boyfriend in her book denies they had a relationship
A judge named in Cherie Blair's book as one of her ex-boyfriends has spoken out to say he was not the man she meant. John Higham QC was named in Mrs Blair's memoirs as a fellow Liverpudlian she went out with after meeting him at law school. She referred to him 11 times, detailing their relationship and break-up, around the time she met Tony in 1975, and saying he was one of two men she was seeing at the same time.. moreBarclaycard tempts thousands with 'instant cash' - but forgets to mention the massive interest charges
Barclaycard has been branded 'grossly irresponsible' for urging customers to take out 'instant cash' on their credit cards. Britain's biggest credit card company is sending letters to thousands tempting them with 'instant cash'.. more
Husband of BBC make-up artist whose body was found in woods is charged with her murder and remanded in custody
The husband of award-winning make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens will appear in court today charged with her murder.. more
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City worker claimed she earned half as much as colleagues at Korean bank - because she wasn't Korean
A city worker is demanding £400,000 compensation from a bank because she says she was victimised for not being Korean. Christine Jones claims she was treated like a second-class citizen while working at Woori Investment and Securities International - the UK arm of Korea's second largest investment bank.. more
The woman who finally won a 24 YEAR battle to get her neighbours 50ft Leylandii trees cut down
A teacher was yesterday celebrating the end of a 24-year battle over her neighbours' leylandii. When Christine Wright first complained about the fir trees blocking the light from her garden in 1984, she hoped the dispute would be settled within a couple of weeks. But it took nearly a quarter of a century - during which time she had two children and divorced the husband with whom she originally bought the house .. moreFather killed by train as he leapt back onboard to retrieve present for his son
A devoted father died under a train after he tried to jump back on board to retrieve some presents for his family he had left on the seat. David Davies got off the train without picking up flowers for his wife and a toy car he had bought his three-year-old son. He ran back to try to stop the train by banging on the windows but the driver did not see him. In a moment of madness, he then tried to jump from the platform on to a ledge between two carriages .. moreBlade Runner sprinter with no legs wins the right to compete in Olympics
The amputee athlete known as the Blade Runner has won his fight to compete at Beijing's Olympics. Oscar Pistorius had been barred from the games over fears that his carbon fibre limbs gave him an advantage over able-bodied competitors.. more
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Pictured: Newsagent's shop wrecked after driver loses control of her car and smashes through front door
It may not look like it but this was once a thriving newsagents. But all that changed in just a few seconds when a driver lost control of her car and ploughed through the front door. The impact caused two sides of building to collapse before the first floor gave way and crashed to the ground. Amazingly no-one died in the carnage and the four people in the shop survived with only minor injuries.. moreUnder-fire Brown admits: 'I'm the best man to do the job...probably'
Gordon Brown brushed aside calls for him to step aside yesterday and warned he is the only Labour politician capable of winning the next election. He sent a clear signal to his MPs that he has no intention of being bundled out if things get worse for his Government this summer.. moreWoman beat her grandmother to death with a spade to prevent her inheritance being spent on care bills
Frail and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, 76-year-old widow Annie Garbutt desperately needed the support of her family. Instead, however, her granddaughter beat her to death with a spade when she feared the old lady's savings would all be spent on care. Joanne Hussey, 33, had already used some of Mrs Garbutt's cash to pay for cosmetic work on her teeth and hair.. moreBrother who was lost for TEN YEARS was in care home after all
A man spent almost a decade searching for his disabled brother only to find he had been drugged and kept in a private care home for the entire time. Rod Fraser, 50, repeatedly asked police and social services for help in tracking down his brother, Ian, 57, who vanished in 1998
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Council spends £1million protecting newt colony - then discover they don't exist
Generally speaking, no great crested newts is good news for developers. It illegal to capture or kill them or disturb their habitat. But a lack of them has left Leicestershire Council crestfallen and £1million poorer. Officers spent the money to protect a suspected colony, later discovering they didn't exist.. more
Judge rules family killer Jeremy Bamber must die behind bars
Cold-hearted killer Jeremy Bamber - serving life for slaughtering five members of his family - was today told by a top judge that he must die in prison.. more
Flexible working for 4.5m more parents will be a 'nightmare', claim business leaders
The right to demand flexible working is to be extended to an extra 4.5million parents, it was revealed yesterday. They will be able to ask to work part-time, work from home, or make a range of other variations to their hours until their children reach 16
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Tormented mother of prison overdose girl found dead near her daughter's grave
Sarah Campbell's black granite gravestone bears the poignant postscript: 'Her mother left broken hearted'. But yesterday there was no more pain for Pauline Campbell, who never got over the death of the wayward teenage daughter who killed herself in prison. Five years after she buried her little girl, Miss Campbell's body has been found lying near Sarah's grave .. moreNatascha Kampusch in court to hear her mother accused of 'masterminding' her eight-year dungeon ordeal
The mother of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch was accused in court yesterday of masterminding her abduction. Retired judge Martin Wabl said Brigitte Sirny wanted to cover up her sexual abuse of her daughter, then ten. He claimed she hatched the plot with Wolfgang Priklopil, who held Natascha in a dungeon for more than eight years and committed suicide hours after she escaped on 2006 .. more
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