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Bob Whent, who served in the Royal Artillery and was part of the first wave of Normandy Landings in 1944, had already celebrated his milestone birthday with a low key party at his care home last year

A mum and daughter say their lives have been transformed by a stray dog they helped save from an appalling death in Eastern Europe. Jill Hamilton, 43, is currently receiving radiotherapy treatment for cervical cancer while Robyn, 14, has high-functioning autism. After going through an incredibly difficult period they have had an amazing boost with the arrival of Hope, a Shar Pei which was facing an ominous ending alongside her seven puppies in a Romanian ‘kill shelter’. The sweet-natured pooch...

Paul Parker installed the life-size figure of an AT-ST, which featured in Return of the Jedi, in his field by the A38 near Ashburton, Devon

Footage of man with "distinctive gait" released three weeks after vile vandalism

Experts were horrified to discover a dead porpoise which washed up on a beach at Nacton, near Ipswich in Suffolk, may have been killed by a grey seal

Kevin O’Regan, 38, was jailed for life for the murder of tragic 44-year-old Donna Williamson after he repeatedly stabbed her in the chest at her flat in Grove Park, south east London, in August 2016

Susan Smith, 26, has been slapped with a Criminal Behaviour Order for repeatedly shoplifting and abusing staff

The savages, all born since 2000, chased after their victim and knifed him repeatedly.

Rekan Kakarash, 21, head-butted the victim before stabbing him with a lock-knife