All news by author: Amanda Killelea

Lisa Halley completed a series of hair-raising challenges and despite being almost totally blind and profoundly deaf, she has not let her disabilities stop her from taking on breathtaking feats

Jessica Walker's babies were born premature at 25 weeks. Doctors battles against the odds to save them in a nightmare hospital ordeal, with the mum's world 'falling to pieces' before a miracle happened

When single mum Hayley Morse, 42, was told her breast cancer was terminal her one fear was what would happen to her only child, 11-year-old Lucy - but her friend Claire Way promised to help

Michael Howard got a royal pardon for notorious criminals John Haase and Paul Bennett in return for key insider information on the illegal arms trade in 1996

We asked three teenagers, aged 16 and 17, to visit shops in their area and attempt to purchase vapes. Despite it being illegal to sell vapes to under 18s, they managed to buy them at a number of outlets

To celebrate International Women’s Day, both Mildred, now 99, and Marie, 96, share their memories of cutting their education short at teenagers to help defeat the Nazis

The Royal Navy viewed female staff as typists and car drivers but head of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Vera Laughton Matthews had been recruiting the cream of the crop

Benidorm actress Sherrie Hewson - who has worked with both Sarah and Siobhan - says the pair are 'fantastic' together on BBC hit show Happy Valley and "deserve every award they're going to get"

Judy and Sean Devlin last saw 27-year-old single mum Kelsey in 2021 when she flew to Islamabad with children Zara and Zain after being told her Pakistani mother-in-law was dying

Neil Berry has spoken about the devastating 1958 plane crash in Munich that killed 23 people including eight Manchester United players. Neil's dad, footballer Johnny Berry, survived but ended up in a coma for three months

Biographer James Hanning tells of his fascination with Kim Philby, who was played by Guy Pearce in the ITV series A Spy Among Friends. He spied for the Russians while working as a British secret agent

Marta Seiler's parents both survived the Holocaust, but Marta knew very little about their experience until she read a series of harrowing letters written by the pair and other members of the family

RAF pilot Frank Griffiths miraculously survived after his plane was shot down above France and spent 3 months trekking across occupied territory to freedom - now great-grandson Adam Hart is retracing his steps

New ITV show Maternal, starring Bend It Like Beckham favourite Parminder Nagra, follows female surgeons battling to save mothers and babies while dealing with sexist attitudes and tragic deaths

Carol Drinkwater played a vet's wife in All Creatures Great and Small, which celebrates its 45th anniversary on Sunday, and Carol celebrates its success