A community in England has raised over €4,000 for the victims of a crash that claimed the lives a Cork couple’s two children.

An Cork couple who were seriously injured in a car crash in Devon in England last month are now said to be "out of danger" and are both in a stable condition.

The Irish couple who have been in a hospital since their toddler son and unborn daughter were killed in a car crash in England almost a month ago are off the critical list.

The inquest into the death of an Irish toddler in an horrific car crash in England which claimed the life of his unborn sister and left their parents fighting for their lives is due to open on Monday.

Britain’s police watchdog has confirmed it is investigating whether the car which crashed into a Cork family — killing a 16-month-old boy and an unborn baby and seriously injuring their parents — was being chased by police at the time.

Police are investigating if the North Cork couple, whose two-year-old son and unborn child were killed in a car crash in Devon, were the victims of a suicide bid.

The families of a Cork couple left fighting for their lives after a car crash in England killed their son and unborn child are maintaining a vigil at their hospital bedsides.

It is understood that a pregnant Irish woman, whose two-year-old son died in a head-on collision in the UK yesterday, has also lost her unborn baby.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that it is providing consular assistance to the family of an Irish toddler who died in a car crash in England yesterday afternoon.

A baby boy less than four months old was violently assaulted by his own parents, including being hit with an item like an electrical flex or plastic ruler, a court heard today.

AN elderly woman was rescued from her car after she crashed through a garage and into a river, police said yesterday.

THE deadline is looming for a woman to lose a stone in weight to save her dying husband.

A NURSE who donated a kidney to a complete stranger said yesterday the decision was “better than Christmas”.

POPE John Paul’s age and the debilitating effect of Parkinson’s disease are the main factors influencing his health and make him more vulnerable to infections and breathing problems, medical experts said.

DRIVING children to school does not reduce their overall physical activity level, a study has found.