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Manchester Evening NewsMum falls to the floor and kids left in tears at Manchester Airport after TUI staff bombshell
Claire Page had been saving for the trip for a decade but wasn't allowed to board
- Manchester Evening News
The 25p mince pies shoppers say are better than any box from Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, M&S, Tesco and Sainsbury's
Readers gave them so much praise, we had to see what all the fuss is about
- The Telegraph
Five charts that show how Sadiq Khan has ruined London
Sir Sadiq Khan, as we may soon call him, is reportedly set to become the first to be knighted among the trio of men to have taken office as Mayor of London. There have been no such gongs for his predecessors Boris Johnson, who oversaw the 2012 Olympics and his eponymous bike hire scheme, or Ken Livingstone, who introduced the Oyster card and, rather more controversially, the Congestion Charge.
- The Independent
Trio arrested after two kids locked in ‘bug-infested’ home found begging for help from broken window
The two boys, ages 4 and 5, had been locked inside the cockroach-infested, ‘filthy’ bedroom since 2023, police say
- PA Media: UK News
Mother and daughter who ‘terrorised’ neighbours with campaign of abuse jailed
Susan Chen, 61, and her solicitor daughter Linda Lu, 35, were jailed for five-and-a-half years on Friday for their ‘malicious’ behaviour.
- The Daily Beast
Cops Bust Notorious Hitwoman Known as ‘The Doll’
Police in Colombia have arrested a notorious alleged hitwoman nicknamed “The Doll” who is suspected of being involved in a string of killings, reportedly including one of her ex-boyfriends. The 23-year-old known to local authorities as La Muñeca, whose real name is Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodríguez, is considered one of the most feared women in the country and is accused of being the mastermind and perpetrator of several murders, according to El Espectador.
- The Telegraph
Watch: How Chinese ‘spy’ mother and daughter ‘terrorised’ neighbours
A former Chinese intelligence officer and her solicitor daughter “terrorised” their neighbours in a campaign of harassment by playing loud music on a loop and banging paint cans.
- CNN
Video of military police officer throwing man off bridge sparks anger in Brazil
A military police officer has been arrested in Brazil after a video emerged of him throwing a civilian over a bridge in Sao Paulo on Monday, sparking protests in the city.
- Wales Online
400 animals to be put down after complaints about noise
The local authority says the animal sanctuary does not have the right planning permission
- Manchester Evening News
Police officer suffers 'most traumatic event of his life' after going up to man in van
The officer was heard to shout 'stop' at Kyle Woods and held his hand out before he ran him over
- The Argus
Reverend's sadness as tree 'older than the church' toppled by Storm Darragh
A reverend has shared his sadness after a tree “older than the church itself” has brought down in high winds from Storm Darragh.
- CNN
Oklahoma officer charged for slamming 71-year-old man to the ground, prosecutors say
Prosecutors charged an Oklahoma City police officer with felony assault on Thursday after he slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, breaking his neck, following an argument over a traffic ticket.
- CBC
Canadian woman's violent death on remote Scottish island 'like a bad dream': friend
New details have emerged in the case of a man accused of killing a Canadian woman in the remote Shetland Islands of Scotland and then allegedly telling two people that she was in "good health."Aren Pearson, 40, faces seven charges, including assault, murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice in the death of his girlfriend 24-year-old Claire Leveque, of Edmonton. Pearson, a Canadian who also recently received his Scottish citizenship, appeared in Glasgow High Court Friday for a prelimin
- The Telegraph
Tory peer stripped of CBE after derogatory social media comments about Sikhs and Pakistanis
A Conservative peer has been stripped of his CBE after making derogatory comments about Sikhs and Pakistanis on social media and bullying an Indian journalist.
- The Independent
Mom who talked on the phone for 20 minutes as her 8-month-old fatally drowned gets jail time
Miller reportedly called her child’s paternal grandmother twice to tell her Asher drowned before she called 911
- Evening Standard
Elizabeth Line worker dies after attack at east London station
The 61-year-old railway worker has died after suffering serious head injuries in attack at work
- Sky News
Man, 42, killed by 'fighting dog' - as woman charged in east London
A 42-year-old man has died after being attacked by a dog in east London, police have said. Leanne McDonnell, 32, has been charged with owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death; failing in the duty, as a person responsible for an animal, to ensure its welfare; and having custody of a fighting dog. The dog that was involved in both incidents has been seized by police.
- The Independent
Man who crushed abortion tablet into woman’s orange juice causing her to lose baby jailed
Stuart Worby had sexually assaulted the woman in order to give her the medication
- People
Kate Middleton Arrives at Her Christmas Carol Service Looking Like a Wrapped Holiday Gift
The Princess of Wales is hosting her fourth annual holiday service at Westminster Abbey
- Associated Press
Woman who conspired to kill her 2 children can be tried in the death of her estranged husband
A woman convicted of conspiring to kill her two youngest children and another woman was found competent on Thursday to stand trial on additional charges. Two court-appointed doctors in Arizona deemed Lori Vallow Daybell fit to face charges of conspiring to kill her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, and a niece’s ex-spouse. Vallow Daybell's fourth husband, Charles Vallow, was shot and killed in 2019 by Vallow Daybell’s brother, who told police he acted in self-defense and was never charged.