Horrified Debra Bratt (top left) woke up to find creepy crawlies swarming all over the beds in her hotel room in a London Travelodge (pictured). The mum-of-two from Hartlepool had to be treated with antibiotics after the bug bites (top right) became infected. She compared her ordeal to being on TV show 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!'. ...read
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Destiny Henry-Khan (top), 2, was mauled by a dog as she played in a park in Birmingham. The dog or owner is yet to be found as she recovers. Family friends bravely fought off the violent dog before the girl was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital, undergoing plastic surgery to repair her horrific facial injuries (bottom right).
Ms Dorries will be staying on until the show ends next month, but said her Mid-Bedfordshire constituents would be represented as she has an office in her hotel room.
The luxuriously decorated home is set in a beautiful setting offering clear views of hills and fields in Warwickshire.
One in ten parents have skipped meals, gone without to feed their children or relied on friends, family or charity for food in the past 12 months, according to a new study.
Greater Manchester Police officer Brendan Buggie is accused of causing death by careless driving following the crash in Ramsbottom last December.
The payout by Lancashire County Council was made after Julie Anne Huddart tripped over the waist strap of an empty wheelchair while trying to move it.
Lauren Hughes, 15, who died three days after being admitted to hospital with a severe asthma attack, was one of several cases highlighted in a dossier on NHS failings by the Patients Association.
The man was among ten fans - nine British and one American - who were attacked outside a pub near the centre of Rome by a group of masked assailants.
PRs for singer Susan Boyle, pictured, made a hash of it when they tweeted about her album Standing Ovation with the tag #susanalbumparty, which could be read two ways. It was soon 'trending' on Twitter worldwide.
Heartless fraudster Sharon Greaves, pictured, left an 89-year-old pensioner without a penny after pretending they would get married. She was jailed for three months.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt claims the move will lead to better care for people feeling social isolation and he will ask local authorities to identify their loneliest areas.
Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with a brutal assault on a 16-year-old girl in Plaistow, east London, which left her unconscious.
New research has found that as many as 74 per cent of us now find we're too busy to leave the office for the traditional hour lunch break.
Pregnant women who had sex near term didn't give birth any sooner than those who abstained, according to scientists from the University of Malaya in Malaysia.
The Chancellor bought the house near Macclesfield for £445,000 in 2000 but sold it this year for up to £900,000.
Drugs with a street value of £160,000 were being grown in rooms throughout Oakenshaw Hall near Rochdale, which is currently on the market. Police have arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the 'sophisticated and lucrative' cannabis operation.
Motorcycle journalist Andrew Stevens, left, from Tonbridge, Kent, pleaded guilty to driving without due care after being caught driving at 160mph and performing two wheelies, right.
James Bagshawe claims he was made redundant from his £185,000 a year post as chief operating officer at Sharia-run Gatehouse Bank in August 2011 because of his religious beliefs.
The pupils will be able to gain a qualification in 'body image' on the YMCA course, which is aimed at building 'confidence and self-esteem'.
Figures from a study published in the BMJ show 343 operations were performed on girls aged 14 or under in the last six years, possibly for cosmetic reasons.
Russian activists are suing Madonna (pictured) by referring to a law passed in St. Petersburg which makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors.
Leevon Birchall, 19, pictured left, of Salford, Greater Manchester, breached the order stopping him contacting suspected gang associates.
There was misery for travellers this morning as ferries crossing the channel from Dover were delayed by fierce winds and roads and railways were left underwater.
A man walking in the woods beside the town's common claims to have spotted an 8ft tall beast with demonic red eyes and long arms.
Ramazan Noyan Culum (centre) sailed 2,500 miles from Turkey to Britain in a tiny yacht (left) to try to track down 'holiday sweetheart' Courtney Murray (right), whom he met in Cyprus in 2005. He managed to negotiate rough seas and poor mental and physical health to reach Britain, only to be arrested by border patrols. Culum, who used to be the CEO of a mobile phone games company, was served by Murray, believed to be from Liverpool, in a restaurant where she worked in Cyprus. He became infatuated with her, returned to the restaurant with a knife to 'take her' and stalked her on Facebook.
Sheikh Islam, 35, above, used a knife to murder his wife Rushna Begum, 28, in front of their son in the family's east London council flat in May last year.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles says a voluntary scheme has 'stopped the rot' and prevented more councils switching to hugely unpopular fortnightly schemes.
By margins of over 100 votes, peers voted to remove ministers' exclusive right to apply for secret hearings and to give judges ultimate discretion in deciding whether or not they should be held behind closed doors.
Sue Berelowitz, the deputy children’s commissioner, said it was 'rare' to find abuse cases where mobile phones and computers were not in some way connected.
The GMB union also warned over more cuts being planned over the next year as health authorities and councils face 'significant' new budget challenges.
Nineteen of the 40 words used in the test were divulged on web forums, Twitter and even a national radio broadcast mid-way through the week-long testing period.
South London tearaway Lee Nelson - a creation of Simon Brodkin - was spotted by a real PCSO who mistook him for a shoplifter. He then became involved in trying to arrest the 'thief'. The three men rolled around in the middle of central London's Oxford Street before the PCSO marched the comedian back into HMV and forced him to the ground.
Tracey Cullen (pictured) from Doncaster, offered to help her victims with shopping before stealing their details to pay for a Caribbean cruise and a family trip to Disneyland Paris.
Friends Saima Bi, 26, and Kiran Hussain, 19, from Bradford would not allow their dog Bella, left, into their home and kept her locked in a hot and filthy car parked on the street.
The findings from firm Moneyfacts also revealed that the choice of savings accounts, fixed-rate bonds and cash Isas is also falling, while the average savings rate has dropped from 1.08% to 0.96%
The Mayor of London's comments came as it was announced the report from the first part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards will be released next Thursday.
Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, South Millford, Leeds, is accused of barging to the front of the stadium and hurling a barrage of abuse before throwing the bottle.
Dexter Koh, a 30-year-old businessman from Shoreditch in east London, boasts a six-figure salary and a penchant for providing the women he dates with the finest things in life...in return for sex.
Newborn Harry Harper (seen left) died after being attacked by his family's pet Jack Russell cross at his grandparents' house in Ketley, Shropshire. The baby boy, who was just eight-days-old, is understood to have suffered a crushed skull after being bitten just once by the terrier. Just over a fortnight before giving birth, Harry's mother Mikayla Bell (right), 19, had tweeted how the dog had ripped the eye off a soft toy.
Paula Castle (pictured), who was registered blind, died from bleeding on the brain after she was attacked in broad daylight in west London.
Peter Smith (pictured), 48, bludgeoned Hilda Owen to death at her home in Nottinghamshire just days after he forged her will in order to inherit her estate.
Thousands of students took part in the London protest, despite the pouring rain - but after a generally peaceful march, a rally in south London was called off in farcical circumstances.
The figures are part of a new report from Age UK, which says living in a cold home is a 'major factor' in two out of five extra winter deaths.
Mark Dodd (pictured), Neil Jones, Kevin Sweeney and Paul Williams were jailed for 'fleecing' four vulnerable victims out of their life savings in the most cynical way, Chester Crown Court heard.
When customers try to withdraw money from their accounts, the metal implement snatches the notes and holds them until the thief returns to collect the loot.
After seeing a stag in his garden (file picture), Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies declared on Twitter that he wanted to shoot it - and later rebuffed critics adding he meant to say rifle.
The Prime Minister took to Twitter to boast about fulfilling his promise to get the lowest tariff for everyone, which Labour had argued was impossible.
Labour leader hails Baroness Thatcher as a 'conviction politician' but Sir Malcolm Rifkind says it is like Silvio Berlusconi laying claim to the mantle of Julius Caesar.
An explosive new book about Boris Johnson’s campaign alleges Lynton Crosby, pictured, launched the foul-mouthed and withering rant during his time at City Hall.
The former Tory Chief Whip is adamant that the Mid Bedfordshire MP did not ask to take a month off to jet into the Australian jungle.
These remarkable pictures show a baby yawning in the womb. They were taken by Durham University researchers who were fascinated by whether foetuses yawn and, if so, why. They gave 15 mothers-to-be sophisticated 4D ultrasound scans four times during their pregnancy.
Model employee Marian Herron, 59, claims she was sacked in a 'sham redundancy process' the day before Land Securities, based in London, announced a £378.9m profit.
Hugo Swire tells MPs if voters decide to go it alone in 2014, an independent Scotland would have to 'start afresh' and try negotiate with Brussels.
After Ruby Love Lambright, from Minneapolis, underwent expensive, life-saving treatment, a local photographer started a campaign to help her parents with mounting medical bills.
Researchers have discovered an imported strain of avian pox is causing life-threatening infections in great tits, resulting in large wart-like growths on their heads and beaks.
Laura Baxter, from Cambridgeshire, had been told her cancer of the appendix cancer was inoperable, but in a final glimmer of hope, a Belgian doctor had offered to treat her.
Relationship charity Relate says an increasing number of richer families can't afford to live apart - despite having decided to separate.
Chelsea O'Reilly (right), who has dual British/New Zealand citizenship, said she was offended by the drunken rant of Czech-born Petra Mills (left) on their street in Macclesfield. Miss O'Reilly was giving a statement to police after a domestic incident between Mills and her husband when her neighbour stormed over to her house and began screaming at her, Macclesfield Magistrates' Court heard.
David Richards (pictured), 45, was three times over the drink driving limit when his 'poorly made' gun discharged at a clay pigeon shoot, Gloucester Crown Court heard.
Irene Mullenger claims bosses at the store in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, changed her shift patterns to hours and days she would not be able to work.
Dr Mike Lynch made more than £500million by selling his home-grown software firm Autonomy to HP last year in a £7.1billion deal and denies the company manipulated its accounts before the buy-out.
Responsibilities for the role at Northgate High School in Ipswich, Suffolk, (pictured) include correcting spelling, punctuation and poor grammar.
MySpace hopes to compete with music streaming services Spotify and Pandora, as owners ask for $50 million to finance the 2013 relaunch.
Can there really be greater grief, for any mother, than the death of her child? If there can, it’s probably that of Rhiannon Davies, condemned to live for ever knowing that her baby’s death was entirely preventable.
Researchers at Australia's Flinders University have launched world's first spectacles which reset your body clock to combat insomnia and beat jet-lag. Sleep researcher Professor Leon Lack said a green light helps to readjust the body's internal clock. Those who wanted to sleep and wake up earlier should wear the device for 50 minutes in the morning, while those who want to sleep and wake later should wear them for 50 minutes before bed to delay the body clock.
Danilo Restivo, pictured, who killed a mother-of-two in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 2002, had his 'whole-life' tariff overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Francis Sharrak, 44, of Farmington Hills, ran the operation for 18 months behind bars at Wayne County Jail in Detroit, Michigan (pictured).
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Six Britons have been confirmed as suffering from the disease after contracting it on Madeira, where health chiefs are implementing control and prevention measures.
Divorcee Tina Greenland, 49, shared a night of passion with her boss Nicholas Mouna, 55, after he employed her to care for his disabled daughter.
The decision has been criticised as 'myopic' by policing bodies who said that the closure of police units is 'too important to lose completely'.
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The diplomatic breakthrough came hours after a Hamas bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv leaving 21 injured, which prompted an intensive bombardment of Gaza by Israel. Firing continued until the moment that guns fell silent at 7pm British time last night, following more than two days of intense US and international pressure and shuttle diplomacy by Hillary Clinton.
Owning an iPhone, watching reality television and beating younger relatives at games are just some of the secrets to keeping young, according to a new survey.
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They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach but it seems the dining tables have turned as increasing numbers of men are taking up cooking.
Just 36 per cent of white boys on free school meals are judged to have reached a 'good' level of development after a year of schooling - lower than any other group.
A driver got stuck after driving down a dirt track in the village of Higher Sutton, Cheshire. He had ignored signs warning that the road wasn't suitable for HGVs.
Paul Frampton (pictured), 68, from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was caught smuggling 4.4lbs of cocaine at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires.
Hundreds of Chinese internet users have rallied around Zhai Xiaobing (pictured), from Miyun county in Beijing, who was detained by police after joking about the Communist Party congress.
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The suspensions at Penn included all three train services: Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and Long Island Rail Road. The station was reopened an hour later and trains began running just before 7pm - but the backlog was severe.
Dutch justice minister Ivo Opstelten wants the country's famous licensed cafes to only sell cannabis containing less than 15 per cent of the main active chemical, THC.
Firebrand Jean-Francois Cope (pictured) was declared leader of the UMP but supporters of Francois Fillon, Nicolas Sarkozy’s former Prime Minister, said he should have won the poll.
The Tao boys - all brothers or cousins aged 9 to 13 - had been missing for more than a week when they lit the fire last Thursday in Bijie, China, about 15 miles from their home.
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