All news by author: Louise Lazell

Jill Dando and Alan Farthing announced their engagement at the beginning of 1999 and were planning a September wedding when one gunshot changed everything

After the death of her partner, Jamie's mum, Hayley thought life was too short not to enjoy it. Since then, the mum-and-son duo have travelled the world together

This January marks the sixtieth anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's iconic album The Times They Are a-Changin' which captured the mood of upheaval and progress that marked a turbulent decade

Adorable twin baby boys Archie and Jacob will celebrate their first Christmas after mum Molly Digby gave birth to them last January at just 28 weeks, in the bathroom of the family home

The son of a hero who saved hundreds of kids from the Holocaust met the few remaining survivors of the Kindertransport as Nicholas Winton's story finally gets the big screen treatment

An A4 notepad containing the handwritten lyrics of some of the smash hit band Oasis' greatest songs - including an early version of Champagne Supernova will soon go up for auction

The definition of a white Christmas has changed, from snowfall at the Met Office’s London building, to a flake seen to fall in the 24 hours of December 25 somewhere in the UK

After taking part in the D-Day landings, Mervyn Kersh, who is Jewish and grew up in South London, arrived at Bergen-Belsen six days after it was liberated from the Nazis

Napoleon Bonaparte's romance with Empress Josephine was not all rosy, with affairs rampant between the pair, while the military commander's final words called for his long-term lover

Former NHS doctor turned comic and TV writer Adam Kay has been on a mission to track down inventors, and he’s turned their stories into a new children’s book

The Labour peer dismisses the Home Secretary's recent assertion that “multiculturalism has failed” and believes the UK should cheer the progress that has been made

Naomi Cohen's dad Julian was FaceTiming her as Hamas tried to break into his safe room twice and ransacked his house. He was rescued but his partner was murdered

Ahead of Netflix's new documentary looking at the Manchester United and England footballer's meteoric rise to fame, we take a look back at the footballing icon's crazy 1999 wedding

Louisiana high school graduate Cameron Robbins, 18, was last seen swimming in the dark Bahamian water after jumping off a party boat in May this year - never to be seen again

Living in an isolated community, the Kentucky Fugate family were regularly inbreeding and kept an ultra rare blood disorder in the family - leaving them with startlingly blue skin

The popular chain collapsed into administration last month putting more than 400 shops and around 12,500 jobs put at risk after a last minute rescue deal bid failed

A total of 33 lives were lost at sea after cargo ship El Faro was engulfed in a hurricane in what is considered the worst US maritime disaster recorded in 30 years

Across the world of TV and film, we have seen dozens of household names under attack following controversial comments, actions or serious allegations - including Phillip Schofield and James Corden

It was the deadliest disaster in Air France’s history when Airbus A330 - travelling from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Paris - disappeared over the Atlantic in a storm just over four hours into its flight

Over the years, Russell Brand has engaged with an array of wild and worrying conspiracy theories that he has discussed and shared with his army of followers online

Expert dog trainers have shared their top tips for training an XL Bully dog safely ahead of Rishi Sunak's ban - from muzzle training to walking safely on a lead

The chilling last words of the co-captain have been revealed before pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Germanwings plane of 150 people into a mountain in 2015

The Indie-rock band who shot to fame in the mid-noughties seized the opportunity to make a funny TikTok response to a fan's sweet clip covering their hit song Naïve

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be lobbied to do more to fight violence against women when he meets the campaigning relatives of two murder victims

After falling in love with a baby elephant during a backpacking trip in Asia, Katherine Connor now runs a bustling wildlife sanctuary in Thailand - while also raising five children