Father, 24, branded a ‘monster’ is jailed for just SEVEN years after killing one-month-old baby
Roxie Hopkins-Roach suffered injuries similar to those seen in car crashes when Benjamin Roach, 24, shook the helpless tot then threw her to the ground. Anguished mum Kelly Hopkins, 23, branded her former lover a ‘monster’ as he was jailed at Plymouth Crown Court in Devon for killing the “perfect angel”.
Scientists make Alzheimer’s breakthrough after mapping brain changes for the first time
A team of Cambridge University scientists have now traced the series of chemical changes which create the neuron-killing chemical.
Schoolgirl, 14, hanged herself after being ‘sexually abused by lodger at parents’ home’
Georgia Hedges, 14, was found unconscious by her devastated parents at the family’s home in Witham, Essex.
Dyslexic girl, 18, predicted to fail English A-Level exam scores top mark in the COUNTRY
Clever Frederica Drewer, 18, had been told to expect a ‘D’ – until teachers realised she had dyspraxia.
Base jumper falls 1,000ft to the ground after his parachute opens BACKWARDS
Matthew Gough, 25, was travelling around the world when he decided to go base jumping in Lake Garda, Italy.
Police chief slammed after offering disgraced ‘youth crime tsar’ Paris Brown a JOB
The 17-year-old on £15k a year quit after boasting on Twitter about sex, drugs and violence.
Rock band Muse spark major fire alert after concert pyrotechnics are mistaken for a raging INFERNO
Dramatic photographs uploaded to social networking sites on Monday evening appeared to show the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry, West Mids., fully ablaze. Hundreds of people took to Twitter fearing the 32,500 seater home of Coventry City FC was on fire- including ex-footballer Robbie Savage who labelled them “terrible scenes”.
Council that banned St. George’s flag to avoid offending Muslims is forced into humiliating U-turn
Radstock Town Council in Somerset was widely condemned for its decision earlier this month.
Leisure centre worker falls asleep naked in hot tub… after drunken night out
The male employee apparently used his keys to get into the facility after a boozy Friday night out with friends.
Drug dealer on the run for 12 years is finally jailed… after being found working in a REHAB centre
Stephen Holmes fled the country in 2001 after cops found £40,000 worth of ecstasy, cocaine, speed and cannabis.
Woman ‘caught drink driving’ rubbed officer’s groin and offered him a THREESOME
Celina Hodge, 41, groped the genitals of one copper and rubbed her hands over his buttocks.
Christian TV channel opens headquarters… next to a LAP DANCING club
Officials at GOD TV want to transform a derelict cinema into an entertainment venue behind Angels ‘Gentleman’s Club’.
Runaway cow escapes from a country show and rampages through a village
The confused animal stunned residents when it bolted from the Woodhall Spa Country Show, Lincs.
Britain’s oldest football fan injures herself… while celebrating a Peter Crouch goal
Mabel Smith, 93, needed seven stitches after fans surged forward when her beloved Stoke City scored.
Grandfather, 71, and daughter-in-law, 40, killed in gas explosion that ripped through terraced house
The body of retired company director Leslie Rourke, 71, was discovered buried beneath the basement and groundfloor of the property ...
Biggest cock in the world is reared on a diet of POPCORN
Little John the cockerel terrifies small children because he measures a staggering 26 inches – over two feet – tall. And the huge year-old Brahma bird could get even bigger as he is expected to continue growing until his second birthday.
Cruise liner that ran aground with 112 people on board is refloated
The MS Serenissima had left Oban in Scotland for Ireland when it hit a sandbank around 6.30pm on Monday.
Lights, camera, eruption! The sun has its largest solar storm of the year
Solar flares, which are the greatest explosive events we experience, take place on the Sun when energy stored in twisted magnetic fields is suddenly released. The bursts of radiation aren’t a threat to humans, although when powerful enough they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.
Top ranking army officer secretly filmed children in swimming pools and supermarkets
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Smyth prowled shop aisles taking ‘upskirt’ pictures.
Driver stuck in traffic jam caught 12 illegal immigrants… in the back of a FREEZER lorry
Roger Furnell, 52, pulled to a halt on the M1 when he heard loud banging noises coming from inside a ...
Pussy drink ‘ pornographic’ billboards banned after complaints from women
Over 160 people have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the nationwide ad campaign.
Two-year-old boy has to be rescued after climbing onto a 40ft high hotel ROOF
Preston Likely, 42, scrambled up a drainpipe to reach the stricken tot after spotting him perched on the top of ...
Council blasted after spending £7,000 on a private neck operation for their clerk
Isabelle Barrett from Newmarket Town Council has been off work since March with an “ongoing neck complaint.”
Schoolgirl, 10, spots grammar mistakes in English exam… and complains to Michael Gove
Rebecca Lee pointed out the howlers in her SATs to the Secretary of State for Education.
