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A 19-year-old girl who murdered her newborn son hours after giving birth has been jailed for at least 12 years. At a trial, Paris Mayo, then 15, suffocated the boy, Stanley, by stuffing cotton wool into his mouth and throat. Mayo gave birth to him alone at her family’s home in Ross-on-Wye, in March 2019,...

The inquest into the death of Nicola Bulley will begin later today. the 45 year old She disappeared on January 27 this year, after dropping her children off at school and then taking her usual dog walk along the River Wyre at St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire. After another walker found his dog loose,...

2 hours ago The joint highest temperature recorded so far in 2023 was reached on Sunday, but conditions are already changing. Coningsby in Lincolnshire reached 32.2°C, matching the same heights seen in Chertsey, Surrey, on June 10. Meanwhile, thunderstorms have hit areas in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and next week is...

The figures show that there were 15 cases where children aged nine or younger needed to be admitted in the year through April. Boys and girls of primary school age get so sick from vaping they end up in hospital, a Sky News investigation can reveal. Figures from England’s NHS show there were 15 cases...

Rescue workers carried out a search of Cleethorpes beach on Saturday. A 15-year-old girl has died after being pulled from the sea on Cleethorpes beach, police have confirmed. Humberside Police said the girl and boy, also aged 15, were airlifted to hospital at around 19:30 BST on Saturday. The boy received treatment but was later...

Falmouth school children are given a tour of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond at Falmouth docks on Friday June 23, ahead of the National Armed Forces Day event in the town on Saturday . Hundreds of primary and secondary school students from across Cornwall got a taste of what Armed Forces Day...

A man who claimed to have “ten out of ten” pain after hitting a pothole has been found “fundamentally dishonest” in court. He has now received a £10,000 bill to cover Flintshire Council’s legal costs for fighting the claim. Mike Farron had tried to sue the local authority, claiming that a pothole in a road...

Paris Mayo has been found guilty of murdering her young son at her family home in Herefordshire A teenager has been found guilty of murdering her baby hours after giving birth alone at home. Paris Mayo was 15 years old when she gave birth to him in 2019, after hiding her pregnancy from her family....

Ross Kemp had planned to film a television show involving a dive at the Titanic wreck site in the OceanGate submersible, but it was canceled due to safety concerns. The actor, known for playing Grant Mitchell in EastEnders, was going to visit the wreck on the submarine last year. But the Atlantic Productions television company...

Banks and building societies will meet with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to discuss the turmoil in the mortgage market. It comes after the Bank of England’s shock decision on Thursday to raise rates to 5%, from 4.5%, as it tries to tackle persistently high inflation. The government and lenders are under pressure to do more to...