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Nick and Rachel Samuel told the Mirror how they face a race against time every month to raise the cash to pay for their 21-month-old son Robin’s cutting-edge treatment

The home of a 14-year-old boy accused of murdering Alfie Jones was attacked at the weekend in Leeds as windows were smashed, leaving glass shattered all over the front garden

Emma Whitfield lost her son Jack Lis, aged ten, after he was killed by a dog, and she's now said banning XL Bullys isn't enough - the law needs to target breeders too

The teenager, who was wearing a grey tracksuit, blew a kiss to his parents, who sat in front of the dock, as he came into court. His mother was visibly upset

Alfie Lewis, 15, was stabbed to death near St Margaret's primary school in Leeds on Tuesday. Parents and primary school children saw the teenager collapse in a pool of blood

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The mum of 15-year-old Alfie Lewis, who was stabbed to death near a school in Leeds on Tuesday, was today seen sobbing as she knelt down to look at floral tributes left to her son

Dad Matt Healy, 40, who came runner up in MasterChef: the professionals in 2016, has spoken out after teenager Alfie Lewis, was knifed near Horsforth School in Leeds just before 3pm on Tuesday

A 15-year-old teenager has now died from injuries after having been stabbed near Horsforth School & Sixth Form in Leeds this afternoon where he was once a pupil

An ongoing terror trial has heard how one patient bravely talked a would-be bomber out of his attack, detonating his device in the canteen, instead chatting to them four hours

Plans have been revealed to close down blast furnaces in Scunthorpe which have left workers fearing that up to 2,000 jobs could be lost and unions said it was "death by a thousand cuts"

Less than a year after Peter Sutcliffe married his doting wife Sonia Szurma, the killer began callously murdering women. Sonia stood by her ex-husband during his trial and said she 'didn't suspect a thing'

Kevin Sinfield carried former team-mate Rob Burrow over the finishing line at the Leeds Marathon after wheeling the ex-Leeds Rhinos star around the 26.2-mile course

Thousands of Nightingale hospital beds were unused despite being bought for £2,500 each at the height of the Covid pandemic and now NHS has sold some at a huge loss

Peter Sutcliffe's niece, Emily Sutcliffe, has spoken for the first time about what happened to her evil uncle's ashes following his death from Covid in 2020

Families whose homes were badly damaged by Storm Babet hit out at the Prim Minister over a compensation payout and say the amount is not even enough to replace the font door

Mental health nursing assistant Amy Hatfield, 38, was a huge part of the conspiracy which also involved six other inmates including her married lover, his wife and dad

Storm Babet flooded hundreds of properties over the weekend, including that of Lynsey Pickering who showed Mirror the damage the water caused in Catcliffe, South Yorkshire

Darcey Smith, 30, was among those evacuated from her home when Storm Babet hit, escaping with all of her pets as the flood waters broke through flood defences near her home in Catcliffe

Marcela Farr broke down in tears as she returned to the family home after it was flooded under 5ft of water during Storm Babet - and says victims have been 'left on their own'

Mohammed Farooq, 27, admitted to a court he had the device with the 'intent by means thereof to endanger life or cause serious injury to property'

Mustafa Mahmoodveven filmed himself boasting about earning £1,000 a day selling drugs. One video even showed him brazenly dealing over his back wall in Sheffield

Renowned trainer Brian "Bomac" McIntyre was in the UK to train Chris Eubank Jr but had forgotten the weapon and ammunition was in a section of his suitcase, a court heard

Craig and Karen Mitchell had been out on a trip with family and friends when they got the message to say they'd won the National Lottery but the couple thought it was just a 'tenner or a scam' before winning big

Adverts show XL Bullies now being offered for sale online for as little as £10 following Rishi Sunak saying that he will have the dog banned by the end of the year