All news by author: Karen Rockett

A pigeon captured by Indian officers in Mumbai and accused of espionage has been freed after eight months in captivity, after it was revealed to be a racing bird from Taiwan

Researchers found that nine out of ten Brits believe January doesn’t have to be awful as long as you swerve New Year diets and no-booze pledge

Power cuts are threatening lives of babies and Israeli forces are getting closer to a stricken hospital as Gaza marks the grim milestone of one hundred days of bombardment and humanitarian disaster

William Lai has won the Taiwanese presidential election in a third straight victory for Democratic Progressive Party despite warnings from China which wants to retake the breakaway island

More than two million Palestinians in Gaza are facing daily threats to their existence, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has claimed as the death toll of Israel's assault passes 22,000

The three Israeli hostages accidentally shot dead by the IDF earlier this week were waving a white cloth on a stick and shouting in Hebrew, according to officials

A shocked landlord in China has found his female tenant left her flat buried in mounds of rubbish including toilet paper, takeaway boxes and empty drinks bottles up to three feet high

Two women died in the same month in New Zealand from similar complications of taking the contraceptive pill prompting a coroner to recommend counselling on the risks of venous thromboembolism

Kelly Louise Smith-May is seeking £10,000 to travel to an assisted dying facility in Switzerland 'to end her suffering' with the blessing of her family after battling Long Covid since December 2021

Anne Seago, who has lived at her home in Staining, near Blackpool, since 1982, says one of her pleasures in life is sitting in her conservatory watching sparrows and robins eat seeds on her bird table

The Met Office has announced exactly when snow will hit this week affecting everywhere from the Midlands to the North West of England, as well as Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Alastair and Sue Conner took matters into their own hands when they noticed items missing in their four-star Magic Natura Resort hotel room in Benidorm - the results left them stunned

Angela Hughes, who taught at the SS Peter and Paul's Catholic primary school in Ilford, Essex, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct - she has been banned from teacher for two years

A further 11 Israeli hostages were released by Hamas as part of the ongoing truce between the militants and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) - the truce has since been extended for another two days

A dog behavioural specialist has said there's a reason dogs are so loyal to their human owners, and insisted there's science behind their ability to use their eyes to control us

Daniel Humphreys, 37, has appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court facing two counts of misconduct in a public office, having since resigned from the Metropolitan Police

British train-surfer Lewis Felix, who has a huge online following, captured the ultimate view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - and cheated death by just 12 inches

Doctors dismissed Meliyah-Jayd's symptoms as a "tummy bug" after she vomited litres of dark green liquid, claims her mum Jade Berriman who has recounted her terrifying experience

The teenager, who has suffered severe seizures his whole life, says he is terrified of catching the bus to college in the mornings, in case someone films him having a fit

Villages have been flattened, streets have become rivers of rubble and relatives desperately search for lost loved ones after Morocco's most powerful earthquake in 120 years

While trials for promising new drugs in the fight against the disease are underway there is plenty we can do to help ourselves, and some of them are more unexpected than others

Catherine Hudson and Charlotte Wilmot are accused of a range of offending including administering sedatives to "keep patients quiet" and withholding laxatives for a cruel reason

An inquest into the death of Craig Mackintosh concluded today and a coroner ruled the hero died "while in active service" near the north east city of Kharkiv in war-torn Ukraine

The crash involving TV and radio legend Chris Evans led to two passengers being treated by paramedics, with the accident occurring just days on from the star sharing the news he has been diagnosed with skin cancer