All news by author: Monica Charsley

Carol Lee, from the West Midlands, tragically passed away from Alzheimer's earlier this year. Her daughter, Rachael, gave her an original send off with a Punch and Judy show

Christoph H and his wife Olena, both 56, from Germany, pretended he was dead so they could access millions in insurance - but their insurers noticed something wasn't right and contacted the police

Kelly Ward, from Kent, has slammed her local GP after her concerns over a growing lump fell on deaf ears, but she continued to push for testing and was ultimately told she had triple-negative breast cancer

One of the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors branches in Hull has been boarded up, as fury builds among the community after police launched an investigation over 'concerns for care of the deceased'

François Vérove, who was connected to 31 murders and rapes, brazenly appeared on TV game show without a disguise and still remained undetected by police in France

Albal Z was caught hiding in a hostel after he randomly stabbed a six-year-old boy outside the Hastings School in Madrid - the child underwent an emergency operation after the attack

Abdul Saleem, Darling Owa, and Benjamin Monese, attacked a mental health patient at North Manchester General Hospital - they struck the man 46 times over the head and pulled his hair

The Environment Agency has launched a fresh list of areas which could be impacted by flooding this week - Brits have been told to brace themselves for severe downpours across the UK

David White has been struck off from teaching after concerns were raised about his behaviour towards students - and admitted to rubbing pupils hands and touching their lower backs in the pandemic

Lee Clarke, 56, from Harlow, must serve at least 18 years before being considered for parole - the life sentence comes after he brutally murdered his friend Phillip Lewis

Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has removed its branding from one of its branches in Beverley, West Yorkshire, after distressed families hit out over concerns of the care of their loved ones

Joshua Howell and his friend Alfie Hammett, both 19, have been put behind bars after a deadly stabbing in Ipswich - the attack was branded a 'senseless act of extreme violence'

Royal insiders have weighed in to the Kate Middleton photo saga, as pressure mounts on Kensington Palace to release the original Mother's Day image of the Cambridge family

Stephen Fitzpatrick, of OVO Energy, is thought to be worth around £2.1 billion - he has been criticised for submitting 'obscene' plans for a home spa whilst his customers struggle to make ends meet

A McDonald's branch in Newhaven, East Sussex, was forced to close for several hours after a customer walked in with live insects to feed their pet snake - pest control were called to fix the issue

Members of the public have been warned to be extra cautious if they notice symptoms of the 100-day cough - as the infection can spread rapidly and can appear similar to a cold at first

Kate Middleton has taken the blame for her Mother's Day photograph edit and apologised over concerns that the image was manipulated - but Kensington Palace has refused to release the original image

Shocking photos show 47-year-old, Edith Eagle, from Norfolk, with a ballooned face after she used a tanning nasal spray, which has been dubbed the 'Barbie drug'

Police in Switzerland have ramped up their search to locate one a skier after five people from the same party were found dead in the Swiss Alps on the weekend after a brutal storm

Seven Indian citizens say they have been trapped in Russia since January after they were tricked into signing documents which pledged them to fighting the war against Ukraine

Emergency services descended on Rockingham Street shortly after 3.30pm yesterday afternoon after the blaze tore through the home. The man, in his 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lauren Linford, 32, from Stevenage, has warned sunbed users to be careful after she was diagnosed with skin cancer after she spotted a mole on her foot whilst in the bath

Laura Anne Jones, 43, from Wales, was left suffering with severe muscle pain and exhaustion - but one conversation and a trip to the doctors eradicated the three-year symptoms overnight

Ten years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the families of Chinese passengers are still searching for answers - and vow to continue putting pressure on the authorities

Rebecca Williams says her mother Florence Goldwater, 86, tragically passed away whilst they were on a P&O 100-day cruise - but was shocked to find that her mother's room had been sold on quickly