All news by author: Amy Sharpe

Private firm TM Eye are patrolling town centres and arresting and prosecuting prolific shoplifting offenders - Britain's first 'private police force' papering over Tory cuts

NHS consultant Salim’s parents, eight siblings and 15 nieces and nephews are among hundreds of thousands who fled to Rafah. The city is the crossing point between Gaza and Egypt but they cannot leave as they are not UK citizens

Matt Morsia revealed he was locked in a starvation and bingeing cycle as he vied for a spot at the 2012 London Games and would essentially starve himself from Monday to Friday in preparation for events

Gladiators star Matt Morsia, who is Legend on the BBC reboot of the popular 90s TV show, has opened up about the eating disorder he struggled with while chasing his Olympic dream

A survey by the charity Crisis has found that a shocking nine out of 10 homeless people have endured physical or verbal abuse

Henry Waines has been under the care of Great Ormond Street Hospital his whole life - he recently enjoyed a VIP visit to London St Pancras Underground Station

Sara Platt is suing the firm Magic Touch and surgeon Dr Hakan Olmezturk, alleging medical malpractice, after she claims she was “butchered” having plastic surgery in Antalya, Turkey

Louise Moller needed surgery to remove dead tissue from her buttock after a botched 'Brazilian butt lift', leading to calls from campaigners for a ban on dangerous procedures

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Claudia Sztrati underwent a procedure with Magic Touch Turkey last year but ended up nearly dying after her nipple became infected following a breast lift and implant

Our reporter made enquiries with cosmetics firm Magic Touch which offered free consultations at an event in Hull to people interested in travelling to Turkey for cut-price treatments before Christmas

A new probe revealed 41% of shop staff are abused, threatened or assaulted every week - up from 34% last year - with 42% considering quitting

Families from the campaign group End Our Pain, fighting for NHS medical cannabis prescriptions, marched to Downing Street in a call for "urgent action on the crisis"

Israeli-born Lino Hermesh, who lives in Guernsey, endured an agonising 11-day wait after the mass slaughter on October 7 before Omer, 48, was confirmed dead

Fewer than five NHS prescriptions for unlicensed medical cannabis were given between November 2018 and July 2022, according to data that was released in January

Noam Sagi penned the emotional message to mum Ada, who was snatched from her home by terrorists on October 7, writing: 'You wanted to fight for peace, not die for war'

The 15-year-old girl stabbed to death in Croydon, south London, was on her way to school. Community worker James Watkins says her parents were called to the scene but were too late

A schoolgirl, 15, allegedly rejected flowers from a boy before being attacked with a 'sword-like' knife on a double decker bus in Croydon

As a wave of thefts from stores hits Britain and experts warn shoplifting has been 'decriminalised', we speak to workers facing the threat of brazen thieves every day

Industry leaders and business owners want more done to protect them and bring prosecutions after 87% of convenience store staff said thieves had verbally abused them

Staff at St Anne's Catholic Primary School in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear were spotted sat on a footpath with their laptops while desperately trying to connect to Wi-Fi away from the school's property

Hafiz Hashmi, the leader of the mosque attended by Sara Sharif’s family, has appealed for her father, his partner and brother to hand themselves in and cooperate with police

Doctors say now is the time nine-year-old Caitlin Passey is likely to create her most lasting memories – and the footie fan hopes a victory in the final will be among them

Some of them huddled under blankets while others clung to their rescuers after being brought ashore, where they were embraced by a man thought to have travelled with them

When William Verden was being kept alive by dialysis, doctors claimed end-of-life care was in his best interests but mum Ami McLennan argued for his right to have a transplant

Dubai-based John Desmond Hanafin is accused of facilitating movement of Russian cash into the UAE via Huriya, which funds 50 mentoring scholarships for the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women