SOCIETY

Sergi Santos claims the industry is booming as Christmas approaches and he even has a theory about why his Samantha dolls are so popular at this time of year.

Armed police stormed a shopping centre in Birmingham on Sunday night (12 November) as part of a training exercise against a potential terrorist attack.

The body of young Irish woman Eimear Noonan, reported missing from her home in Annonay, France, has been found after what appeared to be a freak drowning accident.

Authorities in Australia have angered animal rights groups by offering money to kill wild animals on rural properties.

FBI transcript reveals details of a mafia initiation ceremony conducted by mobster Damiano Zummo of New York's Bonanno crime family.

West Midlands Police patrol vehicle has its windows smashed while officers attend Erdington ceremony.

Two Americans died after their boat flipped in alligator-infested waters.They were among a group of four men driving in an airboat along St. Johns River in Cocoa, Florida.

National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) introduces two-week firearms amnesty after national figures reveal gun crime rose by 27% in 2017.

Spain on Monday warned its European Union partners about a disinformation campaign aimed at destabilising its volatile northeast region of Catalonia.

Alexis Bortell, 12, has joined a lawsuit against the Federal Government. It seeks to get medical marijuana legalised on the federal level.

The seizure was one of the largest on Spanish soil, authorities said, adding that a marijuana plantation was also discovered.

Buster was in rescue care with the Scottish SCPA for two years and needed a tail amputation after repeated injuries from wagging it too hard. He has now been happily rehomed.

Staffordshire's Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education says withdrawing children from religious education trips to mosques is "a serious matter."

Beggars in the north of England are pocketing more than £300-a-day from good Samaritans and squandering the money on alcohol and drugs, Middlebrough Council has said.

A therapist from northern England admitted being guilty to driving her car on a kerb while 3 times above the drink drive limit. She cried in court and pleaded not to be banned from driving.

With issues surrounding the age of consent being raised in both France and the US, we took a look at the vast disparity in the law around the world.

Tareq Kamleh, a 31-year-old paediatrician from Perth, often appeared in Isis propaganda videos urging fellow Muslims to take up arms and join the group.

Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.

Police launch appeal after suitcase containing more than 40 valuable rubies and emeralds stolen before train left London station

Arthur Collins, ex-boyfriend of TOWIE star Ferne McCann, has been found guilty of launching an acid attack in a busy East London nightclub which left 14 people with burns.

Green Beret Logan Melgar, who died in mysterious circumstances while on assignment in Mali, had reportedly declined to accept illicit money from SEALs before his death.

Australian National Drag Racing Association hoping to 'learn lessons' after Anita Board dies following crash in Perth.

Charlie Fry was surfing in New South Wales when a shark bit his shoulder. The 25 years old managed to escape by punching the animal in the face before driving off to the hospital.

Relatives of Holocaust victim Karolina Cohn gathered for Frankfurt memorial after discovery of pendant, identical to Anne Frank's, confirmed she died at Sobibor concentration camp.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley, who killed schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, hopes to be back on the streets of Britain in just three years.

Australians voted to name the last vessel in Sydney's ferry fleet Boaty McBoatface - but the name was changed slightly to avoid a "double up" in monikers.

The French government is considering statutory rape laws after a court controversially deemed that an 11-year-old girl had "consented" to having sex with a 28-year-old man.

A young Hindu man reportedly wrote a "blasphemous" post on Facebook, infuriating the Muslims in the area.

Arrest came as Israel warned group against carrying out retaliatory attacks after Israeli army destroyed one of the group's tunnels that stretched from the Gaza Strip into Israel.