Lying in my hospital bed, cradling my baby son's tiny body, I wept for what might have been. My soul was shattered; my heart was broken in two. My baby boy was gone. Last June, I lost my baby son at 20 weeks.
My husband and I had already chosen a name for a boy - Rory. And as I held his perfect but lifeless body, I was overwhelmed with a sadness that he would never hear me call his name. My despair was all-encompassing - but it was not the first time I had felt this way.

David Ashcroft has stuck to his promise that he wouldn't let his £12.3million winnings change him. The humble 46-year-old was pictured tidying up the lawn outside his garage in Liverpool (pictured left and inset). He still works as a furniture restorer and lives with his elderly parents, in the terraced home (pictured right) they shared before his win in 1997.

Linzi Ashton, 25, (left) was 'brutally assaulted' at a house in Winton, Salford, and she was discovered shortly before 6pm yesterday. Officers today said they were looking for her ex-boyfriend Michael Cope (right) who they believe is responsible for her death. Cope, 28, had been in an 'acrimonious' relationship with the barmaid and their turbulent love life had been the subject of previous police contact. Police today cordoned off part of her house (inset) as they appealed for help tracing Cope.

Mother-of-two Caroline Dinenage, 41, referred to as one of Cameron’s cuties, is dating Tory minister Mark Lancaster, 43. The Gosport MP is the latest chapter in Mr Lancaster’s complicated love life, after he walked out on his then four-month-old daughter last year. The couple admitted to their relationship after they started attending party events together.

Waving Egyptian flags, crowds have descended on Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo, one of a number of sites in the capital and around the country, where rallies have been organised. Chants of "erhal!" or "leave!," have rang out in the square, birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. On the other side of Cairo, thousands of the Islamist leader's supporters gathered not far from the presidential palace in a show of support.

The year was 1947 and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were poring over pictures of Dior's New Look on the catwalk. Yet George VI thought the 41 metres of silk needed for the long, pleated skirts profligate in a time of post-war rationing, so banned his daughters from wearing Dior or even travelling to Paris to see the clothes. The royal passion for fashion is showcased in a new exhibition that opens at Kensington Palace on Thursday, and comprises a collection of dresses worn by the Queen, Princess Margaret and Diana, Princess of Wales.

A private collector has just bought two of her original works for £1,500 each. Prints are being snapped up for as much as £295. A solo exhibition in London, and subsequent auction, are planned. All of which would be gratifying for any emerging young talent. But at just three years old, Iris is unique.

A Norwegian driver is being questioned by police after he was accused of 'losing control' of the Koenigsegg sports car he was driving. The crash happened on the first day of the Gran Turismo Polonia, in Poznan, west Poland.

Bubbly 19-year-old Wimbledon hopeful Laura Robson has captured the nation's attention this year with her sunny personality and her stunning victory on Saturday. A child prodigy, who won Junior Wimbledon in 2008, at the tender age of 14, and turned pro the following year, has always been cut from a more colourful cloth than her peers.

Temperatures today soared to more than 27 degrees in the capital, causing one soldier to collapse while on parade. East London and Essex are expected to get the best of the weather this week, with clear skies and temperatures of between 25 and 26 degrees, while central and eastern England will be slightly cooler at 22-24 degrees.

Mick Jagger turns 70 this month, and Keith Richards sports something resembling an old man’s paunch, but they, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood put on a show that the teenagers in the audience will tell their grandchildren about. Jagger's ostentatious dance moves dominated the performance, making his fellow band mates look tired in comparison. The headline act played before unprecedented crowds of more than 170,000.

French finance minister Pierre Moscovici, 55, who has been with Marie-Charline Pacquot, 25, for five years, had feared that their age gap would result in him being seen as 'the man in power abusing a young thing'. But his relationship with the philosophy student (pictured together, right) - who describes herself on Twitter as a 'lover of... literature' - has enhanced his image. Miss Pacquot also revealed her affection for their Siamese cat Hamlet (left), about whom she often tweets. In one post she said the cat had eaten her tax return - 'eager to revive the economy through consumption'.

A set of astonishing photographs show a group Xhosa boys covered with blankets in a field as they undergo the traditional male circumcision ceremony into manhood in South Africa. The ceremony was taking place in Qunu, near the home of the 94-year-old former South African president. Thousands of teenage boys from the tribe go through the rite of passage each year, spending a month studying in isolation and undergoing the painful circumcision by a traditional surgeon.

Canadian Mark Carney (left) was given a lesson in batting yesterday by his predecessor Sir Mervyn King (right) at the Bank of England's plush sports ground in south-west London. Mr Carney's sunny introduction to the English way of life came on the day before formally beginning his new job today. He was poached by Chancellor George Osborne from the Bank of Canada, and he now begins the task of helping rebuild Britain's battered economy.

The conference on the topic' women in society', reportedly held at the University of Qassim, Saudi Arabia, was attended by representatives from 15 nations, apparently all men. Twitter users branded the image ‘absurd’, ‘the height of misogyny’ and ‘astonishing’ as the internet responded to what is only the latest proof of the gender gap in the Middle-Eastern nation.

Tilly the labrador was bitten by an adder- Britain's only poisonous snake 48 hours after giving birth to eight puppies (inset). Owners Charlotts Faulkner and Chrissy Berry are pictured with Tatty and her young. Vets in Dartmoor, Devon say they have treated six dogs in the last week for adder bites in the Dartmoor area.

The towers, antennae and geodesic domes of Teufelsberg Hill have long since stopped eavesdropping on the airwaves, but the U.S. still taps half a billion German phone calls, emails and text messages in a typical month. Information apparently leaked by NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden to Der Spiegel showed that America ranks the key ally alongside China, Iraq or Saudi Arabia on the scale of its electronic snooping.

Donna Keenan gave birth to Dylan (left) in Northumberland, but was taken to a Scottish hospital to have Hannah (right), who celebrate their first birthday tomorrow. Dylan was born in the living room while the family were all watching Italy play Spain in the Euro 2012 final but doctors insisted on taking Miss Keenan to hospital to have Hannah.

The cars were driven by models and taken around some of the luxurious islands in the area. It appears to be part of a campaign to sell the Italian cars in the United States. In the company's most recent advert Fiat cars 'swim' from Italy to various shores of the country. A narrator is heard saying 'The next wave of Italian's has come to America'

Thousands gathered in central Stockholm to cheer on the contestants in this year's Red Bull Flugtag, which included the 'Hungry Wolf', a JAS fighter jet and gingerbread house piloted by Santa Claus. The annual competition, sees teams 'fly' their vessels off a six metre platform to see which can stay airborne the longest before crashing into the water below.