All news by author: Pol Allingham

Steven Hicks showed up unannounced at the woman's Berkshire home after it transpired he'd been checking her medical files before assaulting her in his surgical mask and apron

WARNING DISTURBING: Steven Hicks had researched his victim beforehand, allowing him to orchestrate the unscheduled visit to her home at a time he wouldn’t be disturbed, a court heard

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife hit the headlines last year after he allegedly escaped from HMP Wandsworth, London, on the bottom of a food delivery van - but since he has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him

Many parts of the country remain submerged with 210 flood warnings and 217 flood alerts were in place in England as of 3.30pm on Saturday (January 6)

The University of California found that a naturally occurring compound could be responsible for the pain that can also accompany migraines, flushes and nausea after just a small glass of red

Thousands of children are dying unnecessarily from pneumonia and sepsis due to antibiotic resistance each year, a new study carried out by the University of Sydney reveals

WARNING DETAILS OF SUICIDE: Ewelina Sasak, 30, who was found with 'extreme' injuries at Staunton Hotel in Bloomsbury after being overcome by 'fear and despair'

A study has identified five genes that could be contributing to hair loss in men, with the hope that the findings could help identify men at risk and boost treatment to prevent baldness

WARNING DISTURBING: Clement Omoregbee, 38, drugged four women into 'total amnesia' before violently raping them in public in Shoreditch, east London - he's now been jailed for life

Maya Siek was discharged from the QEQM Hospital in Margate with tonsillitis, her worried parents reassured that she was fine to go home - before she died in the arms of her stepdad

Commander Julian Bennett, of Metropolitan Police, is said to have smoked cannabis before breakfast and work and taken LSD and magic mushrooms while on a holiday in France

Aidan Jefferson made the grim discovery after finishing his chicken curry at the Ashford Indian Diner restaurant in Kent, and will now never return to the establishment

The Goodwood Festival of Speed will not take place on Saturday due to severe winds, but the event will resume on Sunday

A third of those with Parkinson's disease experience the early symptom, according to scientists, and one in two will feel it later, but often assume it's down to the medication they take

The 1900 bottle will go under the hammer on July 4 this year with an estimated guide price of £3,200 to £4,200, but experts warned their estimate is a very conservative one

BBC Three presenter Cherry Healey, 43, joined the group and spoke about the potential for social media to teach her 13-year-old daughter about her health

Tragic Maja Wlodarczyk, 11, was found dead at a flat in Hounslow on Friday along with the bodies of her parents and brother as police say they're keeping an "open mind" as to how the family died

Julianne Cox has been banned from teaching indefinitely after falsely telling colleagues at St Helena School in Colchester, Essex, she battled cancer and that her eye had been removed

Tributes have poured in for a mum and teen daughter who were tragically discovered dead inside a burger van this week while trying to decorate it for a family birthday

Lina Dilipkumar asked her husband to take their beach bag back up to the hotel room as she swam with her daughters during a family holiday near Cancun, Mexico

PC Bonnie Murphy was found guilty of gross misconduct after she asked former PC Jamie Lewis to send her pictures he'd taken of a body and told him 'I just want to show my mum'

A leading security expert says Prince Harry's boast that he took the lives of 25 Taliban fighters - saying he didn't think of them as "people" - leaves his family firmly in the firing line