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 as being victims of […]

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 Simone and leaving […]

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- half journey back to […]

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 with Sky’s Kay Burley […]

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, as fears grew for […]

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 on their plastic.
The […]

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 day becomes too […]

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 all cases of […]

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 a blue Renault Megane and […]

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 bowel operation, has been […]