All news by author: Monica Charsley

Emma Giles and her family hatched a twisted murder plot to kill her ex-boyfriend - but he narrowly escaped death after he was stabbed in the chest outside his home

Police are searching for an 'XL Bully' owner after a parent reported that his dog tried to attack their child just after it injured frightened kids in separate incident in Battersea, South West London

Nathan Costello brutally knifed his former friend Taylor Black to death in a frenzied attack in Stockton-on-Tees - Taylor's mother has spoken out four years after the murder

Customers are calling for Starbucks to ensure 'free' dog puppuccinos are offered in all of its stores after they were charged 60p each for the whipped cream treat

Sarah Breakspear, from Dorset, is one of eight holidaymakers who arrived back to Gatwick Airport to find their cars had been targeted by thieves who plundered tyres

Emergency services have rushed to an industrial area in Manchester following reports of a chemical leak - dozens of police, firefighters and medics are at the scene as evacuations take place

Clifton Sockett, 53, appeared 'confused' as he stepped into his ex-partner's home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and fell asleep in her bed whilst she was at work

Investigative journalist Florence de Changy has provided her insight into the Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane disappearance - she explores claims about the captain to suspicious cargo

Brits will experience a stark increase in rail fares from this weekend following 18 months of travel disruption across the country - campaigners have warned the damaging affects on commuters

A man has been found dead in in Queen Elizabeth Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme on Sunday morning and a woman has arrested on suspicion of murder, police have confirmed

A 'cute' guinea pig - now named DiscoPig - was found abandoned at Canning Town Station by TFL staff - and no one has been able to track down the owner due to a lack of CCTV

A lottery winner, from the US state of North Carolina, revealed the key reason it took her 131 days to claim her $878million jackpot prize after she purchased the winning ticket in Greenville

Arlene Mitchell, 34, who has two kids, is pleading for help finding a home after discovering that she is expecting quadruplets - she is currently living in a two bed property

Syebvonne Nguyen, 45, from Merton, South West London has been on a mission to keep people warm due to crippling costs and plunging temperatures - helping hundreds so far

Several Gwent Police officers are being investigated following concerns over their handling of a crash that killed Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, in Wales

Georgia Harkness, from St Helens, Liverpool, has been struck off from nursing after she got into a relationship with a prisoner and helped him to run his criminal empire

Shanda Vander Ark, 44, and her son Paul Ferguson, 21, from Michigan, US, tortured Timothy, 15, with a nine hour ice bath before his death - they both retched during their trials

Sophie Hugill, from Bromley, South East London, says her life changed 'all within five steps' to her bedroom, where she unexpectedly found her husband Mark unconcious

Kazarie Dwaah-Lyder, two, from London, died after suffering from 'severe complications' more than a year after digesting a piece of plastic - his family have paid tribute following the tragedy

Labrador retriever, Sora, thought she had finally found her forever home after she was adopted from Valley Animal Center in the US. But the shelter was devastated after she was returned 24 hours later

New snow maps have revealed that most parts of the UK will experience snow - it comes as forecasters warn Brits to expect wintry conditions towards the end of this week

British Transport Police has released CCTV images of people they would like to speak to after a suspected chemical attack at Elm Park Underground station, London, at the weekend

Brits have been told to brace for another freezing blast of snow - with weather maps showing the areas of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland will be affected by Friday

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONENT Scarlet Blake, 26, murdered Jorge Martin Carreno, 30, on his way home from a night out with his friends in Oxford City Centre- she has been sentenced to life in prison

There are many signs that you have diabetes such as feeling tired or weak - but there are also more unique symptoms that you may not notice such as strange breath or a change to skin