Heart Wrenching

Hundreds of mourners have turned out to pay their respects to an RAF veteran who died without any family. Fears were raised that Kenneth White, 84, would have no one to honour his death after he passed away with no known relatives. But after an appeal for people to attend was posted on social media hundreds are expected to give the former airman a fitting send-off. His coffin was escorted by 150 motorcycles to Cambridge crematorium this morning (mon) ahead...

The victim, Farah Biwi, 25, suffered burns injuries to her face, hands and stomach after her husband Siraj allegedly threw acid over her on March 7

Ronnie Leys, three, first kicked a ball before he could even walk and was picked for a local team at the age of two.

Survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last Wednesday have vowed to march on Washington to embarrass politicians in the sway of America’s powerful gun lobby. The mass shooting in Florida left 17 dead and 15 wounded.  It is the 18th gun-related incident in the US this year and the country’s 30th mass shooting. And we are only in February. Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. He is alleged to have set...

This is the heartbreaking moment a little girl with a rare syndrome - often called childhood Alzheimer's - told her mom and dad she loved them for the last time.

The mum of a young woman murdered in India has launched a petition calling for Boris Johnson to intervene - after more than 100 failed scheduled court hearings. Kate Groves is urging the Government to lodge a complaint about the way in which her daughter Sarah's trial has been handled. More than 5000 people have already signed the petition which is calling on the Indian authorities to treat Sarah's trial with respect. It also outlines the family's aim to recall...

Three orphaned puppies which are so small they fit in the palm of a hand are looking for a home after their mother tragically died following the birth. The tiny Yorkshire Terriers were taken in by Dogs Trust three weeks ago when their owners couldn't take care for them. Staff at the Bridgend rescue centre in Wales stepped in to help care for the litter, which needed around the clock care. This included hand-rearing at the centre's assistant manager Becky...

Labour MP Sharon Hodgson delivered this incredibly moving speech this week and fought back tears to describe what happened when her third child Lucy was born. The MP for Washington and Sunderland West described how if her stillborn daughter had been born alive “she would have had a birth certificate, she would have been celebrating her 20th birthday this year. “But sadly she was stillborn so there was no flashing blue lights, no incubator and no birthday parties ever and,...

A crowdfunding appeal has been set up to help three boys who have been orphaned after their parents both died in suspected suicides - six years apart. The fund is designed to help Kai, 28, Nat, 17, and Brock Neville, 10, after they lost their mum Angie, who was believed to have taken her own life at the age of 48 just before Christmas. Her death came six years after the body of their father, Mark, was found in the...