All news by author: Laura Sharman

Controversial shock collars for dogs will be banned from early next year, sparing half a million dogs from the painful devices which inflict pain for up to 11 seconds

Tracey Holmes, of Stratstone, was stunned when she was told her £35k Land Rover had been pinched off the forecourt after taking it for an MOT at her local car dealership

Police warned other parents to be vigilant as the hunt for the would-be kidnapper intensifies, after the mum caught up in a desperate tug-of-war to stop a woman from snatching her baby

New research shows one in 16 people in the UK are living with a form of diabetes which can be detected by a number of symptoms - including a telltale sign in your eyes

A high blood pressure study revealed that young people were most at risk, with five percent likely to have high blood pressure symptoms without knowing about it

The bank holiday weekend is set to paint a typical picture of British springtime with patches of glorious sunshine and highs of 20C... followed by the threat of rain and possible storms

The first May bank holiday is set to bring a mix of sunny spells and showers, while temperatures are expected to climb to highs of 21C for the King's Coronation weekend

Jennifer McLellan and her family were hiding from gun fighting in Sudan, not knowing how they would escape, when a last minute call sent them fleeing to the airport

WARNING DISTURBING IMAGES: Sydney cried out in pain after she filled her Primark hot water bottle to soothe her period cramps and the boiling water bubbled through a slit and onto her skin

The dog owner was hauled to court over the dog mess leaving neighbours happy with the result after they were "fed up with the smell and having to look at it all the time"

Jess Woods first raised her concerns six years ago but her ovarian cancer went unnoticed until it was incurable, leaving her feeling as though everything has been "cut short"

Police are on the hunt for the naked passenger who – for reasons that remain unclear – decided to take off his clothes on the train from Polmont to Edinburgh Waverley

Experts say Simon Nellist's death was a "provoked incident" because sharks had been drawn to the area where he was swimming off the coast of Little Bay near Sydney

Nathan Scholz was planning to propose to his childhood sweetheart Bianca Sonntag during a romantic holiday in Fiji but he was tragically killed one week before their trip

Schoolchildren in Kemsley, Kent, are being warned about "stranger danger" after a pair of masked suspects tried to snatch a child at the end of the afternoon school run

Wendy Exton, from Stoke-on-Trent, says she has witnessed a massive rise in student violence and sexual attacks in recent years, and believes Covid lockdowns are to blame

Drew Howe, of Stockport, "loved trucks and loved that life" with plans of becoming a manager and taking over the business, but his mental health concerns went undiagnosed

Holiday hopefuls were left in tears at East Midlands Airport when their flights took off without them, with one dad paying an extra £2,000 so his children didn't miss out

David Lee was caught with his trousers down while holding the seagull and watching porn during the early hours of the morning in an alleyway in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear

Female workers at the Wildberries, run by Putin-friendly billionaire Tatyana Bakalchuk, are being forced to strip down to prove that they haven't taken banned items home

Little Raimundo Neto was playing at his aunt's house in Brazil when he was stung by a scorpion and suffered four cardiac arrests, leaving him blind and unable to walk

Beatrice Ajenta Charles quit her air hostess job, sold property and abandoned her family to join pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge's cult in the forest of Kilifi, east Kenya

A new study suggests that 'dog flu' could become a type of 'intermediate' for bird flu to adapt into something that could infect people sparking fears of another pandemic

Australian influencer Bianka Ismailovski sparked outrage after she posted a video of herself twerking to commemorate Anzac Day

Arthur O Urso is hoping to spice things up with his 20ft by 7ft bed in a major building project that costs the same as feeding an average UK household for 22 years