A 66-year-old bird owner was discovered waist-deep in mud after he attempted to save his green parrot from the bottom of a lake which had recently been dredged of water.

Stoke City FC fan Alfie Spain had gone to watch his beloved team play Preston North End when trouble broke out at Deepdale Stadium on Saturday (18/8).

Dr Phil Hammond will stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset, he said on Twitter

Kenneth Mockford, 54 spend four months and many late nights constructing the home-made jet

The incident happened near Kingsbury underground station in north west London

Suicides, drugs and violence with impunity, vulnerable prisoners locked up 23 hours a day and corridors littered with cockroaches, blood and vomit all featured in a shocking prisons inspectorate report that had HMP Birmingham taken off private security firm G4S within hours. With prison assaults, drugs taking and self-harm at...

Little Reggie Griffiths is battling Sanfilippo syndrome - known as childhood Alzheimer's - and has tragically been told he may not live past the age of 20

And it could soon be added to skincare products, according to researchers

Laura Denmar, 26, was injured in the brutal attack - as her boyfriend was pinned to a wall