UK NEWS

Sex And Drugs Hell Of Lost Children In Wales

Mar 19th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Children as young as three are being trafficked to Wales for sex and drugs by gangs who have tricked or deceived their parents, a report claims.   The Children’s Commissioner for Wales has uncovered 32 cases of exploited youngsters The children are said to be brought in from China, Bangladesh and Nigeria. Many are described [...]



‘Pub Strangler’ Could Be Freed After 27 Years

Mar 18th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

A convicted murderer who has spent almost half his life in prison is expected to be freed by the Appeal Court today after one of the longest miscarriages of justice.   DNA evidence has cleared Sean Hodgson of murder ©Southern Daily Echo Sean Hodgson, 58, was jailed in 1982 for strangling young barmaid Teresa De [...]



Dying Jade: ‘I Hope I Gave You A Laugh’

Mar 17th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Jade Goody has said she hopes she leaves people with lots of laughs to remember her by.   Dying Jade says she wants people to celebrate her life The terminally ill star left hospital last week to go home and spend the time she has left with her family. “I was knackered after the hour-and-a- [...]



Paul Gascoigne: ‘I Died Three Times In Rehab’

Mar 16th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Soccer legend Paul Gascoigne has told for the first time how he “died” three times in rehab – and was revived by medics.   Gazza says he is determined to stay clean and sober The troubled star told Sky News how his heart repeatedly stopped after being crippled by alcoholism. In an amazingly candid interview [...]



Body Found After Mum Gillian Merrick Vanished

Mar 14th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Police believe they have found the body of a mother who went missing from her home more than two months ago.   Gillian Merrick went missing in January Gillian Merrick, 45, has not been seen since she vanished from her home in Oundle, Northamptonshire, on New Year’s Day. A specialist underwater search team was deployed, [...]



Brits Run Up £9bn Credit Card Interest Bill

Mar 13th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Britons are collectively paying £9bn a year in interest on debts accumulated on their credit cards, new research has shown.   Britons owe billions of pounds in interest on their credit cards According to high street bank Abbey, more than two-thirds of people have at least one credit card, with the average person owing £3,256 [...]



Jade Goody’s Wedding Pictures Are Released

Mar 12th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Pictures have been released showing Jade Goody’s joy and sadness as she ties the knot with Jack Tweed.   Wedding bliss: Jade and Jack kiss. Living/PA Wire The cancer-stricken reality star is seen beaming as she walks down the aisle, getting the giggles during the ceremony and wiping away tears as the emotion of the [...]



Ovarian Cancer Test May Stop ‘Silent Killer’

Mar 11th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

A new screening test for ovarian cancer can diagnose the disease long before women have any symptoms, research suggests.   New screening can pick up cancer earlier than it could previously be detected The biggest ever study of its kind has shown that a combination of blood tests and ultrasound checks can pick up nearly [...]



Head-On Collision Leaves Five People Dead

Mar 9th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Five people, including a six-year-old child, have been killed in a two-car crash in Wirral, Merseyside.   Spital Road is near the M53 motorway Four of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, ambulance officials said. A 64-year-old woman was taken to nearby Arrowe Park Hospital with multiple injuries but died later. Police said [...]



Jade’s Boys To Be Christened In Hospital

Mar 7th, 2009 | By | Category: UK NEWS

Terminally-ill Jade Goody plans to undergo a christening ceremony with her two sons at a hospital chapel today.   Jade hopes to christen her children at the hospital’s chapel It had been hoped that the ceremony could take place in a church. But cancer-stricken Jade, who was transferred to the Royal Marsden Hospital after a [...]