All news by author: Katie Weston

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Nicola Bulley, 45, vanished on January 27 after dropping her daughters at school then taking her usual dog walk along the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire

Police officers bashed open the door to find the 26-year-old naked in his ransacked hotel room in Pattaya, Thailand with cash, broken glass, plates and cups scattered across the floor

Before the weather starts to feel cooler next week, the UK will still be warm and dry for much of this afternoon, potentially bringing the hottest day of the year so far.

The exotic pets are "excellent escape artists" during hot weather, according to the RSPCA, which received over 100 calls a month relating to escaped snakes last year

Firefighters, paramedics and police rushed to the scene in Worcestershire after a hot air balloon plunged hundreds of feet and crashed into trees early this morning

Shaun Eccles, an apprentice steel worker from Cumbria, was unable to walk properly for a year after the collision, which saw the driver walk away with just six penalty points and a £313 fine

Thunderstorms are forecast for North West England and Northern Ireland this afternoon and into the evening, bringing potential flooding, damage to buildings and power cuts

In an address last night, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky branded the rebellion as "complete chaos", and stated his belief that Putin has fled the capital for his own safety

Several police forces and other emergency services have since confirmed they are able to receive 999 calls again, while some said they were experiencing the "residual impact" of the national fault

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation on Saturday morning after Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops reached a key Russian city

The first victim is in a critical condition, said the Metropolitan Police, while the second victim sustained non life-threatening injuries following the stabbing at a hospital in Brent, North West London

Sophie Lambert was last seen leaving her home in Harrogate last Friday at around 7pm, sparking a huge search operation which included an underwater search crew and RAF Mountain Rescue

Karim Ullah, who runs the Brohmon restaurant in Essex, expressed his disbelief over CCTV taken at a pub in Cornwall, saying he recognises two of the group members who "did a runner"

Oria Henry's mum paid tribute to her "little angel" who "had her whole life ahead of her", as police confirmed that a murder investigation has been launched into the toddler's death

David Cooper, a beloved dad-of-three and grandad-of-six, tragically died while marking his 24th London to Brighton Bike Ride to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation

The sea creature - believed to be a six-gilled, flat-toothed reef shark - was filmed dipping its snout in and out of the water, then slightly thrashing while attached to a fishing line

Three male teenagers, two aged 18 and one aged 17, died in the collision along the A415, and an 18-year-old driver remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries

Police are probing the spate of attacks which reportedly saw each woman approached by a man and sexually assaulted in the vicinity of Shoreditch Park, and believe more offences may have taken place

Police, coastguard and ambulance crews launched a huge rescue operation after being called to reports of a boy in the sea near Aberavon Beach, South Wales last night

Joshua Lloyd's family have described their "unimaginable pain" following his death, paying tribute to the schoolboy's "infectious laughter, kind heart, and boundless enthusiasm"

Tributes have been flooding in for two teenagers who were stabbed to death amid a rampage which also saw a third man die and three others hit by a van in Nottingham

Two students and a man, who is believed to be in his 50s, were killed in a deadly rampage in Nottingham this morning, which also left three people in hospital, including a man who is fighting for his life

The philosophy graduate, who is on a pilgrimage of cathedrals in France, has taken to social media to send his thoughts and prayers to the families of the young victims

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT CCTV played to the jury yesterday afternoon showed Louis De Zoysa in the holding cell with Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was 54, and two other officers involved in his arrest and detention

Suspect Marco Gaio Romeo confessed to killing Sibora Gagani, 22, after being detained for killing Paula - another of his former partners - in Torremolinos, Spain