Heart Wrenching

Terminally ill Ron Flewett is involved in a dramatic race against time – to complete his mind-boggling ‘bucket list’ of visiting 50 countries before he dies. Dad-of-two Ron, 56, and wife Maxine set themselves the globe-trotting goal after he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2014 and given three to five years to live. Incredibly, Ron has already splashed out around £20,000 clocking up ten of thousands of miles ticking off 33 countries, islands or territories including the...

A terminally ill five-year-old girl has ticked her “dream wedding” off her bucket list after a touching ceremony with her best friend. Brave Eileidh Paterson, who has the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, made the list after being told her condition was terminal. Little Eileidh ranked marrying her best friend Harrison Grier, aged six, as the most important thing she had to do before she died. Hundreds of well-wishers attended their fairytale “wedding” on the weekend — with some guests travelling hundreds...

This is the shocking moment a council bin man trashes a homeless man's possessions while his back is turned. The rough sleeper had set up 'home' on the streets of Cambridge but after moving from his spot, refuse collectors were quick to bundle away his possessions. He said: “I had the only three photographs of my son which I own which they dumped. It is just shocking. He died three weeks ago in a car crash. He was in care because...

A heartbroken husband has told how he slept next to his dead wife’s body in the same room for SIX DAYS – because he did not want her to be taken to a mortuary. Devastated Russell Davison, 50, decided he wanted to be in control of what happened to his partner’s corpse after she passed way from cancer on April 21. Wendy, 50, was kept in their home for almost a week until he finally decided to take her to...

This heartbreaking video shows the moment a baby son of a hit and run victim hears his dad's voice - while he fights for life in hospital. Three month-old Noah is fussing on the sofa and about to break into tears before the recording of Jason Bunce is played to him. Jason, 25, is in a coma and police are still hunting the callous driver who left him for dead at the roadside. Little Noah's mood suddenly calms when he...

Dramatic new video footage has been released showing terrified guests fleeing the Royal Clarence Hotel in their nightgowns as burning embers rained down from the night sky. The scary moment the historic Exeter hotel was evacuated was captured on CCTV pictures from Cathedral Yard and released by the council on the six-month anniversary of the blaze. A large area of the city centre was cordoned off for days while emergency services tackled the blaze, which destroyed what was claimed to...

Salesman Gary Boon's cruel colleagues slipped the fake card into a bundle of lottery tickets and betting slips they gave him as a leaving present. The 35-year-old was over the moon when he scratched the surface and discovered he'd hit the jackpot. Funny footage shows the group sitting in their local pub when a shocked Gary interrupts them and whispers: "Guys, I need to stop you. I've won £100,000." He shows them the prize ticket to faux enthusiastic responses of,...

A relic hunter has launched an extraordinary appeal to reunite the families of over 14,000 WW2 heroes with their DOG TAGS – after he found them buried in a field. Dan Mackay, 37, discovered the military tags under the earth beside the site of a World War Two anti-aircraft battery just outside London. They represent almost every army regiment – including men who stormed the beaches of Normandy. He stumbled on the site as he looked for military relics and...

A toddler almost died after acid from a battery she swallowed burned through her STOMACH and main ARTERIES. Kacie Barradell, two, ingested the 10p-sized lithium cell battery which fell out of a button car key. She has spent a total of eight weeks in hospital and her parents have been warned she might be paralysed from the waist down. Her oesophagus is so badly burned she cannot eat or drink and is currently being fed through a tube. Kacie’s mum...