A dog that fatally attacked a six-month-old girl in England was an illegal American pit bull.

A couple who left a four-year-old boy alone to die after subjecting him to months of “unprecedented” starvation and horrifying cruelty have both been jailed for at least 30 years.

A callous mother and stepfather who battered to death a four-year-old boy after subjecting him to six months of systematic starvation and “incomprehensible” cruelty have been found guilty of murder.

A primary school teacher who filmed himself sexually abusing young girls in his classroom in the UK was today described as a “paedophile of the most sickening order” after being jailed indefinitely.