David Spereall BBC News, Yorkshire Emma Glasbey BBC Yorkshire home and social affairs correspondent Family handout Kulsuma Akter fled to a women’s refuge in Bradford to escape her husband To his 4,000 followers on social media, Habibur Masum appeared to be a doting dad creating his own online niche offering parenting tips to new fathers....
The family of a woman found fatally stabbed after a gas explosion at her home have described her as a “beautiful daughter, sister, friend and mother”. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north London, just before 05:00 BST on Tuesday. In a statement issued through the...
Philippa Goymer BBC North East Investigations BBC Nicola Fairley was given anti-wrinkle injections containing fake Botox and ended up in hospital with botulism In recent weeks, 28 people in the north-east of England have been left with potentially fatal botulism after having anti-wrinkle injections believed to have been fake. Such reactions are usually so rare...
An outdoor pool in Devon has been left empty because “mother nature” failed to deliver at high tide, operators have said. Shoalstone Pool in Brixham was emptied and cleaned ahead of the predicted hot and sunny weekend but has yet to be refilled due to the tide not coming up high enough. Operators said: “Due...
Caroline Hawley Diplomatic correspondent Free Alaa Laila Soueif’s daughter, Sanaa, described the situation as “very scary” Laila Soueif’s body is becoming weaker and weaker. Doctors have warned her that – after eight months on hunger strike – she’s now at risk of sudden death. But the strength of her resolve has not diminished at all....
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg Gallo Images via Getty Images A video clip of a laughing Joshlin Smith, who was six years old when she went missing more than a year ago in South Africa, left most people in the courtroom sobbing. It was shown during a hearing in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, ahead...
Constance Marten has tearfully given her account of how her daughter Victoria died, and how she kept the body in a Lidl bag, during her retrial at the Old Bailey. She said that she was worried that people would think she was an “evil mother” or a “murderess.” She said she had just fed the...
Wedaeli Chibelushi & Mayeni Jones BBC News, London & Johannesburg Executive Mayor Andrè Truter/ Facebook Joshlin Smith has not been found more than a year after she went missing The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter. Kelly...
Athena Picture Agency Karolina Zurawska has been subjected to an indefinite hospital order for killing her six-year-old son A mum who killed her six-year-old son while suffering with paranoid schizophrenia has been made subject of an indefinite hospital order. Karolina Zurawska, 42, admitted the manslaughter of Alexander Zurawski on the grounds of diminished responsibility, as...
Shivani Chaudhari BBC News, Essex Grove Gallery Alexandra Johnson has sold her works for tens of thousands of pounds Alexandra Johnson was already grieving her mother’s death when Covid-19 hit the UK in 2020. As a former city trader, she had no formal art qualifications, but she nonetheless decided to manage the boredom and channel...
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said derogatory chants about Phil Foden’s mother from Manchester United fans showed “a lack of class”. Speaking after an insipid and goalless Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sunday, Guardiola said it was not an issue for United but for the individuals involved. England international Foden was targeted by insulting...
Warrington Police / PA Campaigner Esther Ghey has told the BBC she is “frustrated” at the government’s approach to online safety, warning that “young people are losing their lives”. Ms Ghey’s child Brianna, 16, was murdered in February 2023 by two 15-year-olds, one of whom had been watching violent content online. Brianna herself had viewed...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool BBC Joanne Sharkey was identified after her older son’s DNA was entered onto a national database A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a suspended sentence after a judge decided the case “called for compassion”. Joanne...
Olivia Demetriades & Matt Graveling BBC News, London BBC The baby was declared dead at the scene Police have appealed for the mother of a newborn baby boy found dead in a Marks and Spencer shopping bag outside a west London church to come forward. Officers were called at 12:46 GMT on Tuesday to Powis...
Jonny Humphries BBC News Reporting fromLiverpool Crown Court Cheshire Constabulary Joanne Sharkey told police she felt like she could not face becoming a mother when she killed her newborn son The mother of a baby boy who was found dead in a woodland in 1998 told police she felt “relief” at her arrest after living...