The Duck House, Sue: The Second Coming, Oliver: what to see at the theatre...
The Duck House | Sue: The Second Coming | Oliver! | Jack And The Beanstalk | Let The Right One In | The Last Voyage Of Sinbad The Sailor *The Duck House, Cambridge & London* Such was the gnashing...
View ArticleUnspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide
Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children's throats, razing villages and throwing young men to the crocodiles. What needs to happen before the world intervenes? A massacre of the...
View ArticleTop 10 silent movies
Think silent films reached a high point with The Artist? The pre-sound era produced some of the most beautiful, arresting films ever made. From City Lights to Metropolis, Guardian and Observer critics...
View ArticleWoman drove off after running over toddler on pedestrian crossing
This is Leicestershire -- A woman who drove off after running over a 22-month old toddler on a pedestrian crossing has been jailed. The girl's mother watched in horror as the infant was flung into the...
View ArticleDeath of Hull teenager Daisy Holmes, 16: Search for answers amid bullying claims
This is Hull and East Riding -- THE family of a Hull teenager who apparently killed herself are asking her friends if they knew whether she was a victim of bullying. Daisy Holmes, 16, was pronounced...
View ArticleI always wanted to be a mother
From as young as I can remember I always wanted to have children. Find a man, have unprotected sex, then worry about all the rest later was the plan When I was seven, a favourite toy was my...
View ArticleBristol model Amy Willerton chosen over Miss England for I'm a Celebrity...
This is Bristol -- BRISTOL glamour model Amy Willerton has come under fire from a rival beauty queen who says her willingness to strip off for steamy shower scenes won her a place on the show. Miss...
View ArticlePublican helps shocked bus driver after collision with a woman in Lincoln...
This is Lincolnshire -- A pub manager has described how he comforted a shocked bus driver following a collision with a woman in Lincoln High Street. The 36-year-old woman sustained serious head...
View ArticleDivision Street by Helen Mort – review
Helen Mort's debut collection is a finely wrought disappearing act Helen Mort keeps giving herself the slip. The beauty of her debut collection, Division Street, is partly the sense that it has been...
View ArticleLorde: 'People have treated me like a fascinating toy'
She's the pop phenomenon of 2013, chalking up No 1s around the world, signing a £1.5m deal and hanging out with Bowie. How does it feel to go from obscurity to global stardom in a few months – and all...
View ArticleHull City Council pays £34,000 after schoolgirl hurt in game of 'tag'
This is Hull and East Riding -- A MOTHER has won an out of court settlement for her six-year-old daughter after claiming the game of 'tag' should be banned in school playgrounds. Her daughter cut her...
View ArticleBristol I'm A Celebrity star Amy Willerton warned off Joey Essex by jealous...
This is Bristol -- Former Miss Bristol Amy Willerton has been warned to stay away from camp mate Joey Essex by his jealous ex girlfriend. Sam Faiers, who appears on reality TV show The Only Way is...
View ArticleDentists 'Slit Teenage Daughter's Throat'
A judge is due to deliver his verdict on the accused who allegedly found the girl and a servant in an "objectionable situation". Reported by Sky News 2 days ago.
View ArticlePoem of the week: Cradle Song at Twilight by Alice Meynell
An unsettling picture of a young woman and her infant charge reveals a writer far less 'ladylike' than we might expect The author of this week's poem, "Cradle Song at Twilight", might have been the...
View ArticleDoctor Who recap: The Day of the Doctor
It was the episode that we all knew couldn't possibly live up to expectations. And it didn't – it exceeded them. Here's a definitive roundup of everything that happened Spoiler alert: this is a...
View ArticleIndian couple convicted of daughter's murder
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar could face death penalty for killing girl, 14, and housekeeper, in case that has gripped India Two married dentists have been convicted of killing their 14-year-old daughter and...
View ArticleTrucker jailed after compiling over a million child abuse images including...
This is Exeter -- A pensioner has been jailed for 19 years after internet child abuse images led him to filming his own sex attacks on five young girls. Retired lorry driver John Bidmead was also found...
View ArticleDartmouth police warning after 12-year-old girl asked to get in car
This is South Devon -- POLICE are investigating after two suspicious incidents in which a 12-year-old local girl was approached by an unknown male at Vicarage Road, Blackawton, Dartmouth. The two...
View ArticlePolice appeal after girl, 13, attacked by man in Exmouth park
This is Exeter -- Exmouth police are appealing for information after an attack on a 13 year old girl in a park in the town, The girl is believed to have been grabbed by a man in his 40s in Brixington...
View ArticlePianist was not fondling girl, 15, but helping with her posture, court hears
Concert pianist Robin Zebaida, an Oxford-educated graduate of the Royal College of Music, denies sexually assaulting the girl Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 11 hours ago.
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