All news by author: Lucy Thornton

James Constantinou, who owns Prestige Pawn, a brokers in Guildford, Surrey, says more and more people are looking for quick cash amid the cost-of-living crisis and high interest rates

Engineers for NASA and Boeing are working to fix the Starliner craft that was supposed to be the return ticket for veteran astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams who are now stuck on the ISS

Vulnerable people are being urged to stay indoors and drink plenty of water as temperatures are set to soar into the 30s during the heatwave set to hit Britain next week

The boss of Manchester Airport Chris Woodroofe has offered "sincere apologies" to all passengers after chaos from flight cancellations and major delays due to a power cut

Thomas Markle told how he’d loved to talk to the King of England as he has a lot of “empathy” for him, as they both battle with ill health and are unable to see grandchildren Archie and Lilibet

Hospital worker Mohammad Farooq, 28, allegedly planned to "kill as many nurses as possible" when he was arrested with a pressure cooker bomb outside St James's Hospital in Leeds

Kamil Hubert had just finished his GCSEs when he was fatally injured in an accident in a derelict house very near his home in Carlton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire on Saturday

Electrical company boss Lee White, 53, feared he would be the only man at the club when wife Lisa suggested they go together to the group in Doncaster

Bernard Morgan's comrades died weeks after D-Day and, 80 years on, the former RAF Sergeant was able to leave a cross of remembrance at Ryes cemetery near Bayeux in Normandy

On the anniversary of D-Day, King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the British Normandy Memorial in France on Thursday to stand side-by-side with the heroes

British D-Day heroes honoured the dead in a ceremony at Bayeux war cemetery in Normandy on Wednesday as one former codebreaker, 100, still grieves for his killed colleagues

The veterans headed to France with the Torch of Commemoration to highlight the importance of preserving and passing on the stories of those who died during D-Day

A group of dedicated veterans are heading to France with the Royal British Legion to commemorate D Day - they will mark the role they played in the greatest invasion in history 80 years ago

Elouise Smith, four, entered Little Miss Glamour UK in a bid to rebuild her confidence after being bitten by a dog. The child spent five days in hospital and was left with scars

‌Jessica Lawson, 12, died after a pontoon in a lake in France overturned in July 2015. Three of her teachers and a lifeguard were acquitted of manslaughter charges but are now due back in court

The disappearance of the highly skilled and famous explorers - George Mallory and Andrew Irvine - became one of the greatest mountain mysteries of its time and remained unsolved for 75 years

Mellie Clements may lose her home and is refusing to return to work as she is determined to continue searching for her stolen Chihuahua, Piglet, who vanished after a burglary on a canal boat

Children as young as five have allegedly been found involved in picking jasmine in Egypt for iconic fragrances such as Lancôme Idole after a BBC Eye investigation

Freddie Corbett and Harley Hollingworth pulled the man from the railway tracks near Barnsley just seconds before a train came, and have been hailed heroes for the dangerous but selfless act

Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers

Eden Garrity, 31, can no longer do “the best job in the world” after her ankle snapped during a hailstorm. She was pushing a catering trolley on the Thomas Cook flight

West End star Michael Ball is scheduled to perform a concert next month in the grounds of Almondbury Wesleyan Cricket Club in Huddersfield, which has attracted attention

Former Post Office Chief Executive Paula Vennells gave evidence for a second day at a public inquiry into the IT scandal and received jeers and laughter from the public gallery

A record-breaking surge in designer bags has been reported by a luxury pawnbroker, who say they are seeing "unprecedented" levels of trading during the cost of living crisis

‌Vick Zidko needed major surgery after their new pet sank his teeth into his head, neck and back in Doncaster. The dog had been bought just two weeks earlier from an advert on Facebook