All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

Lucy Woodward has spoken about the suicide of head teacher mum Carol, who took her own life following a damning Ofsted inspection eight years ago like tragic Ruth Perry

Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene in Weymouth after being electrocuted on a railway line, with her heartbroken family paying tribute to the "beautiful" schoolgirl

Davis Wahlman heard strange noises coming from his roof for several days before finding a woman squatting in there claiming someone called 'Jimmy' said she could stay

Futurist Ray Kurzweil believes immortality will be reached by 2030 and will coincide with AI reaching singularity, having previously made correct predictions about other technological advancements

Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer did not attend his daughter Lady Amelia's wedding in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday, adding further fuel to rumours there may be tensions with some of his children

Hundreds of angry fishermen gathered in Rennes, France, to protest worrying recommendations made by the country's Council of State in relation to the costly carbonisation of the sector

Humberside Police believe Klaudia Peschel and Diana Timofejva, aged 14 and 13, went missing from Hull, with anyone with information urged to call the force

Boris Johnson has refused to accept any fault during a crunch Partygate showdown this afternoon in which he could be ousted as an MP over whether he intentionally misled Parliament

Mohammed Ramzan, 43, was one of several men falsely accused by fantasist Eleanor Williams, 22, of grooming and trafficking women, has spoke about the impact on his family

The Metropolitan Police has failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women, organisational changes have put women and children at greater risk and female officers and staff routinely experience sexism, Baroness Louise Casey’s report said

Former Met Police officer Alice Vinten claims she experienced sexism throughout her 11-year career and even saw male colleagues sharing revenge porn of their girlfriends

Lindsey Bauer, 46, abused her position while teaching at Colyton Grammar School in Exeter, with a Teaching Regulation Agency panel finding she sent "sexually aggressive" texts to a student

West Midlands Police are calling for witnesses to the incident in Sheldon, Birmingham, on Saturday in which 15-year-old Sophie Fletcher was struck by a bus and killed

West Yorkshire Police have confirmed four teenagers have been arrested in relation to the murder of Trust Gangata at a house party in Armley, Leeds, in the early hours of Sunday

Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, from Zimbabwe, has been named as the 17-year-old boy murdered at a house party in Armley, Leeds, in the early hours of Sunday, with police sealing off the street

Arrivals at Faro Airport in Portugal found themselves stuck in four-hour queues on Friday morning after a sudden staff strike, with travellers describing people 'dropping like flies' in the heat

Justice Minister Dominic Raab said Britain would not hesitate to detain Russian President Vladimir Putin and hand him over to the International Criminal Court if he ever sets foot in the UK

Plymouth City Council leader Richard Bingley signed an executive order to fell the trees on a street half a mile from his home despite objections from local residents

Wojtek Zalinska has defended his ex-wife Magdalena Zalinska, who was accused of being a call girl who conned her late banker lover Danny Truell out of millions before being found dead

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has compared an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin to toilet paper in a tweet

Serial killer Levi Bellfield, 54, is threatening a judicial review if his application to marry a mystery prison visitor isn't approved in a battle with Justice Secretary Dominic Raab

Bailey Page was forced to walk home after a night out when his phone died before he could call an Uber - but it gave him an idea which has earned him $100,000 in weeks

A fire has broken out in a four-room flat in a housing block in Barbican, central London, with around 40 firefighters at the scene. One man was treated by ambulance crews

TikToker Cayle Talks has revealed a rude note he used to help his friend avoid getting a parking ticket while they went to the cinema in revenge for getting fined in the same car park

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Brett Connellan, 29, was attacked by a bull shark while surfing off Bombo Beach in Australia, with the predator biting off a large chunk of his thigh before friends saved his life