All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

Joanne, 53, and her 19-year-old daughter Alisha went missing from their home in Slough, Berkshire, with police appealing for help in tracing them as disappearance is "completely out of character"

London's £19 billion Elizabeth line was suspended for more than two hours after a swan obstructed the track causing "severe delays", National Rail Enquiries confirmed

Sailor Duncan Lougee was taking part in the Jester Challenge between Plymouth and Baltimore, Ireland, when he went missing - with fellow competitor Kris Matuszewski saying there are multiple possible scenarios

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Smoke can be seen billowing into the sky for miles after a major fire broke out at a building in Carliol Square, in Newcastle, this evening, with a police cordon in place

Sailor Duncan Lougee is understood to have been taking part in a single-handed Jester Challenge aboard The Minke yacht when it lost communication with the Coastguard

The body of mum-of-two Sarah Henshaw, 31, was found near junction 29 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on Monday, with police confirming a man has been charged with murder

The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill - brought about after tragedies such as Grenfell and the death of Awaab Ishak - represents the most significant reform of the sector in a decade

The Dorset Belle was seized by police following the Bournemouth beach tragedy but The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has concluded no boats were involved in the deaths

Walgreens Boots Alliance's quarterly results report revealed plans to shut 300 Boots branches across the UK - though the closures are not expected to see redundancies of the chain's 52,000 staff

MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith, launched a bizarre attack on political commentator Tan Smith aka Supertanskiii after she thanked a Samaritans volunteer who helped her at Glastonbury

Nicola Bulley's Fitbit watch continued to give heart rate output for eight days after she went missing on a dog walk along the River Wyre in St Michael's, Lancashire

Vladimir Putin gave a blistering live address to the world as he accused Wagner rebels of betraying Russia and claimed the West and Ukraine had been involved in the failed coup

Russia's defence ministry claims to have intercepted two British Typhoon jets accompanied by an RC-135 near to its border over the Black Sea before the foreign planes turned around and 'distanced themselves'

Giving evidence at County Hall in Preston today, Home Office pathologist Dr Alison Armour said it was likely that Nicola Bulley, 45, drowned after entering the River Wyre on January 27

Two people, including a member of fairground staff, were taken to Colchester Hospital after suffering head injuries during an incident on Clacton-on-Sea pier's 'Looping Star' ride

Thug Taig Jepson, 25, was jailed after telling his American XL Bully dog Lexi to 'attack' delivery driver and neighbour John Forsyth, 26, during an argument, which left him needing surgery

Prince William gave his first ever press interview, answering awkward questions about the perception of the Royal Family and why he doesn't open up his homes to rough sleepers

Prince William spent a freezing December night sleeping rough in Blackfriars, London, with Centrepoint CEO Seyi Obakin, and described it as a "very uncomfortable" experience

King Charles took the royal salute as Colonel in Chief of the Household Division's seven regiments during the ceremony, staged on Horse Guards Parade, as members of the royal family and 8,000 spectators watch

Police have identified the family-of-four found dead at a flat in Hounslow, west London, on Friday afternoon, with detectives not currently seeking anyone in connection with the incident

The suspect arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were stabbed to death in Nottingham has been identified as mechanical engineering graduate Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane

A homeowner who lives on Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, was away during the knife and van rampage but says victim Grace Kumar, 19, died on her doorstep - and she wonders if she could have saved her

Brits planning to travel abroad are being warned about the risks of potentially deadly dengue fever - a disease spread by Asian tiger mosquitoes and which has been detected in the likes of Ibiza and southern France

CCTV shows the chilling moment the Nottingham attacks suspect was skulking outside Seely Hirst House amid the rampage which saw students Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar, and caretaker Ian Coates killed