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The girl's lawyer said: "How could you not know she was a child... it's heartbreaking."

Police officer hit with "overwhelming" smell of cat urine and faeces coming from vehicle.

New rules aim to reduce tobacco-linked deaths and accidents on the roads.

The men's defence lawyer said most of those who were arrested are students.

Watch who you give samosas to - and try not to argue with your Ukip-voting uncle.

Homeless men seen being given free cans of lager in city centre from Bud Light vehicle.

Matthew Schmarr researched decomposition, turned on the air conditioning and sold her laptop to a taxi driver.

The animals all escaped from a petting zoo and fled across the busy city.

Crack down on terror suspects was intensified after the first reported Isis attack on Indian soil in early March.

The Trump administration will not pass the buck to a future government, the secretary of state said.

Takara, a 25-year-old orca, gave birth at the San Antonio SeaWorld on Wednesday.

Owner says it's either cruel or there's no thought at all – either way it's ridiculous.

The force of the dive caused a sense of weightlessness.

Robert Cermuga, 32, was working at a warehouse in Dublin when around 40 pallets of cheese fell from shelves.

The two planes were mere 9km apart when airborne collision avoidance systems alerted the pilots to alter their route.

A video shot by the boy's mother shows him crying as he is arrested.

Number of officers carrying firearms to increase to 10,500 in response to high terror risk.

The announcement comes after Australia decided to scrap the controversial 457 visa for skilled foreign workers.

The prime minister also described social media as the 'Wild West'.

At least 40 to 50 avalanches of mud and rock destroyed homes and inundated the streets in Manizales city in western Colombia.

The Syrian president had declared in 2013 that it had nearly 1,300 tonnes of chemical weapons.

Hernandez's murder conviction has been vacated due to an old Massachusetts' law.

Six electric vehicles charging on same street could overload power grid, says think tank.

Billionaire philanthropist asks if Brexit means 'stepping away from the entire world'.

The 71-year-old predatory paedophile in Florida said he had "never been a pervert".

Police are linking deaths of up to 230 cats and foxes across southern England.

OPCW says presence of the nerve agent in Syrian town is 'incontrovertible'.

Man falls 11 storeys after trying to evade police by rappelling down building using bedsheet.

Wiltshire Police searching for woman in late 60s after terrifying 'bull mastiff' attack.