All news by author: John Bett

A bereaved family were furious after being told that they couldn't intern a relative, who had died from complications during weight loss surgery, next to his mother because his coffin was too big to fit into the space available

Hari Budha Magar, 43, lost his legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan in 2010, and now he hopes to be the first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the world's highest peak

Daisy May Cooper became a star following the huge success of mockumentary This Country, and for years she lived happily with her husband, Will Weston, but all that changed during lockdown

Andrew Morris was just 18 when he helped Michael and June Stafford buy their first home in Hereford for £6k. Now they've moved out and he's selling it again for almost 100 times that price

After splashing out £500 on a slice of cake he says is from the Queen and Prince Philip's wedding in 1947, Marcus Leavesley has since bought pieces from Charles and Diana's, Andrew and Fergie's and still wants more

Eurovision is a time for celebration as pop stars from around the world battle it out to see who's the best, but the competition has been marked by tragedy over the years

Laura Smallbone was devastated when her husband, Peter, 47, passed away after battling a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumour for 15 months - and now she's backing a new form of treatment

Priscilla King believes baby Georgia is going to be a brain surgeon, because the 17-month-old prefers reading books to playing with toys, can already count to ten and can even hold a conversation with her mum

Gemma Lampard was out walking six dogs in Farningham Woods in Dartford, Kent, when she heard the wayward pooch desperately barking for help from a fenced-off sinkhole

Newquay in Cornwall used to have a reputation for being a party town but in recent years that has changed, but locals insist things are as bad as ever as drug taking runs rampant

Sir David Attenborough has been friends with the Royal Family for decades and was close to the late Queen. Here we take a look at his friendship with the new King.

Alexandra Cornish, 24, fell for Andrew Chan, 46, when he was travelling in Sydney in February 2022 and she wasn't going to let their ages stand in the way

King Charles and Prince Philip didn't enjoy the easiest relationship in life, but ahead of his Coronation, Charles has received a meaningful gift left behind by his late father

King Charles III's Coronation is nearly here, but how many of his close celebrity chums will be there? Here we take a look inside the monarch's circle of famous friends

A new study that looked into the possibility of contact from intelligent extraterrestrial life has concluded we could hear from aliens very soon, let's just hope they're friendly

Mel Wilkinson, 28, used to study in the library but now she devotes five days a week to working out for three hours at a time, after quitting her law degree in a bid to make it pro

Former nurse Neil Parker has been living on the land for a year. He says it was 'abandoned' so he started squatting there, but now he's locked in after a bitter dispute with locals

Holly Joyce, 27, met traveller, Dougie, 34, online after the pair liked each other's pictures on Instagram and now they're married - but she's has had to make some huge sacrifices

A secret UFO programme saw scientists use psychic abilities to contact aliens in a bid to harness their technology, an expert has claimed

Jeremy Schofield spent more than £160,000 transforming his body over the past 15 years, with full-body tattoos, 136 piercings and even a split tongue

Stephen Gillen was a bonafide gangster and earned a living on the wrong side of the law, until his life came crashing down when he was sentenced to 17 years in a category A prison.

A new VR game called 'Psyrreal' simulates the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD or DMT so you can experience the effects without any of the risks

Billy the goat predicts the future using special animal tarot cards with the help of his owner - and there is bad news for those wanting the Royal Family to reconcile

Speaking in 2016, Len said that he wanted viewers to think it was a 'shame' he was leaving the show rather than wanting him off as they were bored of him

A homeowner was shocked when they checked their CCTV footage and saw a clip of an orb using their house to hide from a snowstorm, and some think it could be proof of alien life