All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

The Met Police continue to search for the missing mum of a newborn baby - temporarily named Elsa - found abandoned in a plastic bag in Beckton, East London, five days ago

The police found the four bodies at a house in Costessey, near Norwich, Norfolk, on Friday (January 19), with a friend telling the Mirror there were 'no signs' prior to the deaths

The Met Office yellow warning for wind covers the whole of the UK, with Storm Isha having brought wind speeds of up to 99mph causing major travel delays and power cuts

The tragedy in the mountainous village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province struck around 6am local time, forcing around 200 residents to run for their lives

Ryan Monro, 36, fell from a block of flats in Dundee, Scotland, and later died in Ninewells Hospital as police officers, who are also caring for his children, made three arrests

Storm Isha will bring heavy rain and winds of up to 80mph over the weekend and into next week as the cold snap makes way for milder temperatures but more volatile conditions

South Wales Fire Service has sent 10 crews to the blaze at Bridgend Industrial Estate in Coychurch off the A473, with witnesses hearing 'explosions' and flames raging above homes

Paedo teacher Kandice Barber, 38, had sex with a pupil from a school she was working at in Buckinghamshire amid a string of X-rated messages before being jailed for six years

WXCharts show widespread snowfall in the Midlands and North East England at the start of February in a fresh Arctic blast after an 'unusual' cold snap across January

The Met Office is keeping an eye on a fast moving low pressure system arriving on Tuesday, when a fresh warning for wind or rain could be issued as the cold snap ends

The National Lottery is still to hear from three ticket holders in the wake of Friday's EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker in which an incredible 10 millionaires were created

Princess Kate remains in the private London Clinic - which specialises in 'complex medical conditions' - after being admitted on Tuesday for the successful, planned procedure

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after the fatal incident in Wakefield on Wednesday evening, with a woman in her 20s seen falling from a white van

The Met Office is forecasting potential highs of 15C degrees in the UK in a matter of days, meaning it could be hotter than holiday hotspots like Ibiza and Barcelona

Bronson Battersby, two, was found dead next to the body of his dad Kenneth, 60, at their rented property in Skegness, Lincolnshire, two weeks after they were last seen

Two-year-old Bronson Battersby's body was found next to his dad Kenneth - who is suspected to have died of a heart attack before the toddler succumbed to starvation

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Kaelan Rockey, five, went to The White Hart pub in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas Eve, with CCTV showing the horrific 'unprovoked' attack by a German Shepherd

Josef Fritzl is eligible for parole this year and a court psychiatrist says he is 'harmless' . The 88-year-old kept his daughter Elisabeth locked in a cellar for 24 years as his sex slave

The damning 173-page report in Greater Manchester Police and other authorities' failed handling of Rochdale grooming gangs' abuse of young girls was released today

British tourist Yvonne Morris, 78, was gored on the leg by a bull while walking along Benaulim beach in Goa, India, and also suffered a head injury as she was knocked to the ground

The US and UK have struck 60 missile and drone Houthi targets in up to 30 locations in retaliation to the Iran-backed group's attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea

Nine men of Pakistani and Afghan backgrounds were jailed as part of the Rochdale grooming scandal in 2012 - but further investigations resulted in the convictions of 42

Robert O’Brien and Andrew Kelly were found guilty of killing 14-year-old Caroline Glachan more than 27 years ago in August 1996 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month

King Charles was driving a Land Rover to Balmoral from Birkhall alongside Camilla and their team when he was told to pull over and that his mother the Queen had died

Katie Allan, 21, took her own life in prison due to bullying, with her parents Linda and Stuart desperate for the Scottish Prison Service to be held accountable