People are being reminded of the dangers linked to roads after a series of fatal crashes in the South West. Devon and Cornwall Police said its officers had attended “a number of very serious crashes” in the last month, some which had proved fatal. Ch Insp Dean Drury said a loss of life in a...
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...
Reha Kansara, Shruti Menon & Mohammad Zubair Khan BBC Verify BBC In January a migrant boat was rescued off the north African coast after 14 harrowing days lost at sea. Some 50 people died on the voyage, many of whom were lied to by people smugglers promising safe and legal routes to Europe. BBC Verify...
A dolphin that became stranded on a beach died shortly after being released back into the sea, rescue crews said. A rescue charity said it received a call at about 18:30 BST on Saturday saying a dolphin had been found near the pier at Paignton beach in Devon. The charity, British Divers Marine Life Rescue...
Darren Orme was a familiar figure cycling through the streets to work, the supporter known as ‘Mr Wigan Athletic’ because of a devotion to his beloved Latics stretching back more than 40 years. He was nearly always first on the supporters’ coach travelling to away games, happy to wait in the early hours for the...