The Home Office have offered a lifeline to the family of a boy with a rare severe form of epilepsy which is relieved with cannabis medication at present illegal in the UK. After MPs from all parties called for six-year-old Alfie Dingley from Warwickshire to be allowed to take the medicinal cannabis that eased his severe epileptic fits when the family went to Holland, Home Office Minister Nick Hurd promised to visit the family this week. The Minister had faced...

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Gintautas Urbonas, 52, fled from HMP Peterborough by running ahead of a group being escorted from the gym and scaling the "very high" prison wall

Ronnie Leys, three, first kicked a ball before he could even walk and was picked for a local team at the age of two.

A former paratrooper faces life behind bars after being found guilty of brutally murdering an 83-year-old grandfather because he hated dog walkers. Alexander Palmer, 24, repeatedly stabbed Peter Wrighton so viciously in the throat and eye that cops thought he had been savaged by an animal. The retired BT engineer from Banham, Norfolk, suffered nine wounds to his neck and another 22 to his body before his corpse was dragged under brambles. His injuries were so severe that his head...

The ex-PM John Major has re-entered the Brexit debate. A prominent Remainer he spoke out over the way the Brexit negotiations are going, in his opinion. Major, talking at an event in central London, said that British people have “every right” to vote in a second referendum, to decide if they agreed with the final deal to leave the EU. Major wants the Government to offer a free vote, on the final deal, to the Commons and then have the...

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Every business that ever took off and that eventually shaped up to be viable and recognisable on the market, started off from absolute scratch. It was born out of someone’s mix of dreams, high ambitions and a strong desire for independence. To this end, the entrepreneur had to relentlessly pursue their vision, but to also gradually add ingredients in the mix that would make that idea real, sustainable and ultimately successful. However, business development naturally has its own stages that...

Who would play you in a  biopic of your life? Turns out most Brits reckon Tom Hanks, Audrey Hepburn and Sandra Bullock have the acting chops to tackle the starring role. Tom Hanks and Audrey Hepburn have been voted as the stars Brits would love to play them in movies of their lives. Researchers found the seasoned star of Forrest Gump, Big and Saving Private Ryan was the choice the male population would prefer to take on the role. And...