All news by author: Lucy Thornton

Expat Vince Clarke said he was in shock when his wife Dominika told him she was pregnant with five children. The odds of conceiving quintuplets are one in 52 million

Violence exploded on Saturday night outside a hotel which is believed to house up to 200 asylum seekers in Knowsley, Merseyside, where a police van was set alight and 15 people were arrested

Brianna Ghey, 16, was found dead at Linear Park in Culcheth, Warrington, yesterday afternoon. A murder investigation has been launched and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward

The gran of two murdered children has revealed she tried to get her daughter to leave partner Damien Bendall. Jailed for life last December, Bendall killed partner Terri Harris, her two children and their friend in Derbyshire in 2021

Detectives are hunting the driver of a red Golf after it's believed they struck the dad and son on a road in South Yorkshire before abandoning it in a nearby village

EXCLUSIVE Locals still haunted by the 2017 disaster told The Mirror they want intensive tests so they can stop “living in fear” of deadly diseases from Grenfell’s toxins

Jade McCauley, 34, had handed in her notice as a community nurse at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield in tears before u-turning and joining strikers on the picket line

Justyna Hulbojj, 27, and Lena Czepczor, 4, were killed when they were hit by a white Audi TTRS ourside a Jaguar dealership as they walked to school in Leeds

Retired firefighter Martin Green, 63, has terminal prostate cancer, which he says was caused by his 30-year career with the London Fire Brigade, and wants to protect his colleagues

The Lightwater Valley's Ultimate Coaster was the longest in the world when it opened in 1991, but after more than 30 years it is set to be dismantled and sold for scrap

Up to a dozen firefighters who saved lives at the Grenfell Tower have been diagnosed with cancers; the majority of which are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, for which there is no cure

Prince's owners noticed he had vanished and found him trapped in a 4ft deep pit in his favourite field on Saturday. Fire crews raced to help and even put cotton wool in his ears to keep him calm

Firefighter Steven Burns, 51, says he has spent seven years battling cancer that is '100%' due to his role. The dad of three, from Hampshire, described his condition as 'torture'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct have declared an independent investigation in the death of teenager Amber Deakin who lost her life during the police pursuit on Tuesday

The Government is being urged to start negotiating with teaching unions to prevent a strike. Figures show 26,443 teachers who qualified in the last five years have already left the job