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Inspector Jaqui Miller used an ice pick to make her away across the layer of ice and pull the Labrador out of the freezing water.

The glittery event showing Santa riding his sleigh to distribute gifts to children will be broadcast live on winter wonderland Rovaniemi's official Facebook page.

Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, aged 12, had stabbed their classmate Payton Leutner in 2014 to please the fictional character Slender Man.

A man in his 20s was shot in the head with a shotgun in front of shocked Christmas shoppers at lunchtime in Southport town centre, Merseyside, on Thursday (21 December).

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Aldi, Keighley Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, shortly before 3.30pm on Thursday (21 December).

A party of college students broken up by police had so much alcohol that the ambient air in the building registered on a breathalyser.

The total population of four out of the eight countries who backed the US plan to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital is 191,000 - smaller than Huntsville, Alabama.

Gale force winds on the Shetland Islands on 7 December left a four-year-old orca stranded on a grassy field near Eshaness on the west coast.

Twelve people in Manchester were handed sentences totalling just under 69 years for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

Police in Houston say that the 28-year-old Erika Jisela Miranda-Alvarez killed a 33-year-old mother and kidnapped her daughter after allegedly going through a miscarriage.

Ismael Watson, formally Jack Watson, from Walsall, has been jailed for planning to join Isis before his pregnant wife told the authorities.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, revealed his intentions to stand down as High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations.

Despite birthdays of dictator's father and grandfather being celebrated as public holidays, Kim Jong-un's special day not even shown on calendars.

Police raided the ceremony of a ten-year-old girl in Pakistan who was about to be married to a 50-year-old man to settle family debts.

Stanislav Yezhov, who got close to Theresa May in Downing Street, arrested by Ukrainian secret service in Kiev.

This is the awe-inspiring moment a crowd of Chinese pedestrians came together to lift up a car and save a little boy's life in Shandong.

Paedophile ring members live-streamed each other sexually abusing children in shocking case that shakes judge's faith in humanity

Poundland and Dealz have caught attention online with their cheeky Elf on the Shelf posts this month, the latest of which appears to feature the elf 'teabagging' a doll.

Sara Thornton, head of National Police Chiefs Council, warns that policy of always believing alleged victim has warped judgment of officers.

A 42-year-old man in Italy with connections to the Sicilian Mafia has allegedly been killing patients in an ambulance and then referring grieving families to a funeral service.

Pots Bar in Northumberland finds cheeky way to mark Mad Friday or Black Eye Friday - the booziest night of the year.

Deepa Ram admits to killing wives by setting fire to car they were in following "differences" with his family

A Thai zoo has sparked fury after a video of a worker repeatedly poking a tiger to prompt roars for tourist selfies went viral.

A London gang who kidnapped and tortured a man they believed had stolen £40,000 of drugs were caught when an Air Ambulance accidentally spotted them in rural Kent.

Since 2012, the US Freedom of the Press Foundation has helped funnel financial donations to the Julian Assange's whistleblowing platform - but no longer.

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Protesters gather in London to demand girls eligible for free school meals should also get complimentary sanitary products.

Pensioner Paul Edmunds linked to more than 100 shootings after making bullets from home used in weapons imported from US.

Armand Krasniqi discharges gun passed to him by friend during late-night street fight in north London.