All news by author: Sophie Doughty

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Mum's horror as son, 5, mauled by dog and dragged across road as he played
Kaiden Burn was left seriously injured when he was mauled by an out-of-control Staffordshire Bull Terrier, an attack which only ended when neighbours had to hit and kick the dog in the head
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'My mum was decapitated with scissors - now TikTokers make money off our pain'
WARNING DISTURBING: Odessa Carey, 73, was brutally murdered by her mentally unwell daughter four years ago and her family are now being traumatised by money-making videos about her violent death
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Dad dies six weeks after cancer news as tributes paid to Newcastle United fan
Barry Sweeney, an avid Newcastle United fan, tragically lost his son in the MH17 crash in 2014, and following being diagnosed with cancer six weeks ago he sadly passed away
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Iranian who fled home now living in fear in UK after racist attack outside flat
Majid Rahamni, 45, left Iran due to fears for his life amid religious unrest before being racially abused and assaulted outside his flat in Gateshead, Tyneside - and is now scared to go out
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Murderer who battered disabled man to death as he begged for life dies in crash
Stephen Bonallie, 32, was just a teenager when he battered vulnerable Brent Martin to death in 2007 along with two others but on being released early from prison he died in a car crash on New Year's Eve