Shameless star Tina Malone was playing the evil fairy godmother in a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Cloud 9 theatre in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Dec 23, 2017
Anissa Weier, one of two Wisconsin girls charged in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a classmate, has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
Divya Kishore Dec 23, 2017
She urged people to "remember the missing" during this festive season, saying, "we must never forget them."
Dec 23, 2017
London Zoo fire: Aardvark killed and four meerkats missing as more than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines tackle huge blaze at Adventure Cafe.
Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 23, 2017
"Ella began angry lashing out at family members, saying she wants to die and tried to run away from home in the cold" the heartbroken mum wrote in a Facebook post.
Kabita Maharana Dec 23, 2017
Video footage showed primary school teacher Lian lifting his foot close to the face of girl students in an activity room.
Divya Kishore Dec 23, 2017
The stunning jellyfish-like UFO, actually turned out to be a "contrail from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket".
Kabita Maharana Dec 23, 2017
Everitt Aaron Jameson, who calls himself a "slave of Allah", was plotting a truck attack in San Francisco at the Pier 39 tourist attraction.
Divya Kishore Dec 23, 2017
The bodies of Clara, a fitness instructor, along with eight-year-old Karina and Yesenia, 7, were found in the family's Kelowna home in British Columbia.
Lara Rebello Dec 23, 2017
Mark Nesmith, from Coventry, was stabbed to death by Tyler Smith outside a BP garage in Butts Road, Spon End. Smith, 21, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.
William Watkinson Dec 23, 2017
Pc Adam Cox, 31, was working in Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection when he used the photo of a Canadian woman, who committed suicide at the age of 21, for an online alter ego.
William Watkinson Dec 22, 2017
At an inquest into the death of Natalie Lewis Hoyle said a post-mortem examination gave the medical cause of death as compression of the neck consistent with hanging.
Priya Joshi Dec 22, 2017
80-year-old Patrick Jiron faces drugs charges after deputies say he and his wife were driving with 60lbs of marijuana in their pickup.
James Tennent Dec 22, 2017
Evan Brewer's body was found encased in a slab of concrete at a house where his mum and stepdad used to live in Wichita, Kansas, on 2 September.
William Watkinson Dec 22, 2017
North Korea had said after a recent missile test that fresh united Nations (UN) sanctions would only make the state accelerate its nuclear programme.
William Watkinson Dec 22, 2017
A Russian news agency reported initial investigations suggesting the man tripped and fell in a glass table while using a VR headset, leading to his death.
James Tennent Dec 22, 2017
Trump's coastal golf course in Ireland had its application to build a seawall approved by the council. Originally the course had cited climate change as a reason it was necessary.
James Tennent Dec 22, 2017
Ten members of a violent moped smash-and-grab gang have been jailed for a total of 110 years after a £1.2m series of raids on mobile phone shops.
Roger Baird Dec 22, 2017
Muskegon County Sheriff made a recording of the victim's statement so deputies could play it to Jeffrey Willis while he was being transported to prison.
James Tennent Dec 22, 2017
Charlene Baxter, a 29-year-old woman who groomed a 13-year-old boy over Facebook before molesting him in a tent on a Dorset beach, has been jailed.
Paul Wright Dec 22, 2017
After ten pints of beer a darts fan, Freddie Andrews, decided to take the quick route down a London Underground escalator. He ended up becoming a Christmas internet sensation.
Roger Baird Dec 22, 2017
Tributes paid to 30-year-old woman who was murdered during frenzied stabbing at supermarket in Skipton.
Ewan Palmer Dec 22, 2017
Paedophile Alexander Georgievsky faces life in jail after luring Ruslan Korolev, 10, to his flat in Russia before strangling him and dismembering his body.
Paul Wright Dec 22, 2017
Passengers advised to check with airlines after runway closed following incident on inbound flight from Frankfurt.
Ewan Palmer Dec 22, 2017
A Russian couple who fled to fight for Islamic State extremists left their daughter an orphan after they both died in combat. She has now been reunited with her grandparents.
James Hetherington Dec 22, 2017
Yusuf Sonko was brutally murdered by being shot in the head in a busy Liverpool street on 2 June. His parents are now appealing for information in a heartbreaking letter.
Charlotte Tobitt Dec 22, 2017
Andrew Soper, a former abbot who molested children at a scandal-hit St Benedict's Catholic school, has been jailed for 18 years.
Paul Wright Dec 22, 2017
A witness recorded the scene in Pueblo, Colorado, when a robbery suspect's trousers fell down during an altercation with a staff member. Jeremy Aragon, 26, was later arrested.
Charlotte Tobitt Dec 22, 2017
Around 230 partygoers were rounded up for drinking and dancing by police in Iran, according to the official Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).
Roger Baird Dec 22, 2017
Robert Anthony Resendiz held on suspicion of child abuse after pressing boy's legs to chest to try stop him crying.
Ewan Palmer Dec 22, 2017