I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb- review
'The way the book progresses is so powerful, it tends to hold on even after you've closed that perfect last page' Malala Yousafzai's tale is infamous throughout the world. Malala is an education...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Herald History: Murder on Amington village green, Tamworth
This is Tamworth -- SHORTLY before midnight on Saturday, December 6, 1913, market gardener William Allsopp "stumbled against something" as he made his way home across Amington's unlit village green....
View ArticleFirst look at Affleck in Fincher’s Gone Girl
Batman vs missing persons. Here’s our very first look at Ben Affleck in the upcoming thriller Gone Girl, which is being directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo). Affleck...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mother of on-the-run Exeter paedophile victim hits out against 'not fit for...
This is Exeter -- The mother of a girl who was kidnapped by Exeter armed robber and paedophile Mark Sleman has hit out against the probation service for letting him go on-the-run. The service has been...
View ArticleNetflix's Ted Sarandos: the 'evil genius' behind a TV revolution
Allowing subscribers to binge on TV series has made Netflix into a global brand. But company boss Ted Sarandos isn't stopping there: by moving into making shows, he wants to change what we watch as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exeter man in court over attempted child rape on Boxing Day
This is Exeter -- An Exeter man has appeared in court charged with detaining a child under the age of 16 and attempting to rape her. Jonathan Grant, formerly of St David's Hill, Exeter but now of no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of the year - May
This is Croydon -- STUART Hazell was jailed for life after admitting the murder of 12-year-old Tia Sharp. Hazell, the ex-partner of Tia's grandmother Christine Bicknell, had initially denied murder...
View ArticleUpturned heater the cause of home blaze
This is Kent -- A GIRL's bedroom was gutted by a fire caused by a halogen heater which was knocked over. A bathroom and landing were also destroyed in the three-storey Radnor Park Avenue home. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police 'hijack' hearse and try to forcibly cremate body of Indian girl, 16,...
The girl, whose body is pictured with her grieving mother, was gang-raped in October in Madhyamgram, near Calcutta, by a group of six men. Reported by MailOnline 1 day ago.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police try to forcibly cremate body of Indian gang-rape victim who committed...
The girl, whose body is pictured with her grieving mother, was gang-raped in October in Madhyamgram, near Calcutta, by a group of six men. Reported by MailOnline 1 day ago.
View ArticleJuanita Moore, star of Imitation of Life, dies
Actor, who was Oscar-nominated for her role alongside Lana Turner in Douglas Sirk's 1959 melodrama, died at home Juanita Moore, the Oscar-nominated star of Imitation of Life, has died at the age of 99....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Schoolgirl has boiling water poured over face by boy after she Facebook...
The boy broke into the teenage girl's house and locked her and her mother in a room before attacking the girl with a pot of boiling water in Muzaffarpur in northern Bihar, India. Reported by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Actress played pioneering role in film industry
This is Somerset -- Juanita Moore, a ground-breaking actress and an Academy Award nominee for her role as Lana Turner's black friend in the classic film Imitation Of Life, has died. Her grandson,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Knife-wielding robber Daniel Barker jailed for crimes in Hanley Forest Park
This is Staffordshire -- ROBBER Daniel Barker terrified two teenage girls by threatening them with a knife in a secluded area of a park. The 27-year-old was wearing a hoodie when he pulled out the...
View ArticleFuture worlds: the sci-fi you will be reading in 2014
Science fiction is changing radically, as the voices of women and non-western perspectives come to the fore. The best books of 2014 will challenge the genre in unexpected ways Science fiction has...
View ArticlePhilip Roth: Obama, old flames and his favourite novels
The great American author's life and work – from his visit to the White House to letters to Wikipedia – is explored in this series of extracts from Claudia Roth Pierpont's new biography, Roth Unbound...
View ArticleThe unhealthy side of wearable fitness devices | Arwa Mahdawi
Gadgets that count calories and steps such as Nike's Fuelband can be useful – but the enabling of eating disorders is a danger Possibly the worst chat-up line I've ever had the misfortunate of...
View ArticleBest of 2014: Classical and opera preview
*The Girl of the Golden West* Reported by Independent 2 hours ago.
View ArticleKate Moss at 40: supermodel still turning heads after 25 years
Croydon-born beauty has been the object of our gaze since she was 14 but shows no sign of losing her place at the top She rarely talks in public, is appalled by the idea of joining Twitter and yet her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girl stuck in WASHING MACHINE for 90 minutes while playing Hide and Seek
Despite using everything from peanut butter to ice, the girl, 11, from Salt Lake City, Utah had to be freed from the washing machine by emergency services. Reported by MailOnline 23 hours ago.
View Article