A grandmother with a fear of heights has thanked the "amazing" firefighters who rescued her and her grandson from a broken-down ferris wheel in England which left the pair stranded 35ft in the air.

A father-of-four has lost two stone after walking the equivalent of five marathons as he became the first person in the UK to catch all of the Pokémon Go characters available in the country.

Wayne Ronayne stepped down as the Mayor of Gosport just 40 days after taking office after an unfortunate incident during a night out in June.

A 14-year-old girl who died after she was in collision with a car has been buried in her “ultimate” pink prom dress following her Barbie-themed party-funeral.

The Royal Navy has appointed two women to control shipping in one of the UK’s busiest ports for the first time in 814 years.