Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Caroline Langley has severe arthritis and receives the Personal Independent Payment to help her A hospital clerk says she will not be able to live without the benefits she gets from the government. Caroline Langley, 65, of Twelveheads, Cornwall, has severe arthritis and receives £72.65 a week...
A woman missing for nearly 63 years has been found alive and well after the case into her disappearance was reviewed, police in the US state of Wisconsin said. Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she disappeared from her home in the small city of Reedsburg on 7 July 1962. In a statement, Sauk...
PA Media Hayley McAuley says she is “a bit of a machine” when it comes to flatpack furniture A woman who took just over nine and a half minutes to build a bedside table has said she was “thrilled” to become the first person to be crowned Flatpack World Champion. The inaugural Flatpack World Championships...
Aoife Walsh & Greg Mckenzie BBC News Alan Carter The husband of a British-South African woman found dead at her house in France has said he cannot imagine “the terror and the fear she must have gone through”. Karen Carter, 65, was found by her friend lying near her car with stab wounds in the...
Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Hallmark Care Homes Ethel Caterham celebrated her 115th birthday in Lightwater in Surrey in August A woman from Surrey has become the oldest person in the world, at the age of 115 and 253 days. Ethel Caterham, who lives at a care home in Lightwater, reached the milestone following...
An Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, but will argue the “tragedy” was a “terrible accident”. The Supreme Court trial of Erin Patterson, 50, began in the small Victorian town of Morwell on Wednesday and is expected to last six...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Ross Symons Theresa Ryan died aged 110 on 17 April 2025 The family of a woman, who was aged 110, have paid tribute to her. Theresa Ryan was described by her family as a “cheeky and mischievous” lady who loved to laugh. Grandson Ross Symons said Mrs Ryan was...
A man and a woman both suffered injuries and were taken to hospital after an assault in Plymouth on Monday night. Armed police officers were called to Collin Close after ambulance crews reported a man had suffered stab wounds. A 31-year-old man was taken to Derriford Hospital to be treated for serious injuries but has...
A man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Devon. Rowan Sutton, 30, from West Charleton Court, Kingsbridge, is due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers went to the A379, Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday where a woman...
Dan Martin BBC News, Leicester Alexie Winship Alexie Winship said she would need to use a wheelchair for several months to come A woman says she has been left unable to walk after she was accidentally trampled by players participating in an annual Easter Monday tradition. Alexie Winship said she was among spectators watching the...
Brazil Supreme Court A woman in Brazil has been jailed for 14 years after writing an offensive message in lipstick on a statue during riots in Brasilia. Debora Rodrigues took part in the unrest in January 2023, along with hundreds of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. The riot saw thousands of Bolsonaro’s supporters attack...
A woman accused of being involved in a suspected acid attack in Plymouth has appeared in court. Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay, Plymouth, spoke only to confirm her name, age and address during a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. She has been charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap Daniel Cahalane, as...
A woman has been charged in connection to a suspected acid attack in which a man in his 30s was injured and remains in a serious condition in hospital, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay in Plymouth was due to appear at the city’s Magistrates’ Court on...
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman died following an incident in Kingsbridge, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a reported collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian at New Bridge on the A379 Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday. Police said the pedestrian,...
A murder investigation has been launched after a 45-year-old woman was found with fatal stab wounds in north London. Officers from the Met Police were called to an address in Ayley Croft, Enfield, at about 19:00 BST on Saturday, following reports of the attack. Crews from London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended,...