Dr Raisah Sawati, 33, has been struck off after leaving a busy A&E department at Fairfield Hospital in Greater Manchester to go for a nap as patients waited for treatment.
She was found sleeping on a bench wrapped in a blanket after colleagues reported her missing from the hospital near Bury.
A nurse named only as 'Ms H' informed a...
Michael Jefferson King, 60, aka 'Shadow' in the ITV show Gladiators, was jailed for six years and three months today after admitting taking part in a blackmail plot.
The former bodybuilder demanded £1000 from a mum for the safe return of her son who was allegedly being held hostage by a gang.
Isleworth Crown Court heard that King was famous...
Tributes have been paid to comedian Sean Lock today, who has died aged 58 after a battle with cancer.
Sean was a much-loved stand-up comic and star of TV's 8 Out of 10 Cats and the spin off show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
He also appeared on Have I Got News for You, QI, The Last Leg...
Devon and Cornwall Police are being investigated by the police watchdog after they handed back Plymouth killer Jake Davison his confiscated firearm and permit, enabling him to shoot and kill five people on Thursday.
Davison, 22, then turned the weapon on himself and committed suicide.
He was stripped by police of the gun and its licence in December after being accused...
Gunman Jake Davison, 23, who murdered five people before shooting himself dead in Plymouth yesterday posted a video on Youtube just three weeks ago where he said "as an adult" he'd lost his "optimism for life."
"Maybe it's just depression, maybe I'm going through some health issues.
"There's something special about being young. I don't know what it is? -...
Tributes have been paid to Smaller McCann, aged 10, and his four-year-old sister Lilly McCann, who were both killed in a crash with a lorry on the M1 near Milton Keynes.
The children were passengers in a white Vauxhall Astra which collided with a Scania HGV.
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and...
The body of missing British hiker Esther Dingley, 37, whose partial human remains were found on France's border with Spain, has now been found by her boyfriend.
Yesterday afternoon Esther’s partner Daniel Colegate discovered her body and equipment in the Pyrenees, close to where a bone was discovered two weeks ago.
LB Trust Global have just revealed the discovery in a...
British hiker Esther Dingley, 37, whose partial human remains were found on France's border with Spain, may have been murdered.
Spanish hikers found remains which were later confirmed to be a piece of Esther's skull at Port de la Glere, a mountain pass on the border after she went missing last November while out hiking in the Pyrenees.
Extensive subsequent searches...
Lionel Messi broke down in tears as he confirmed he is leaving Barcelona today at a highly charged press conference at the Camp Nou.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner, 34, is now a free agent with Paris St-Germain his most likely destination but he would only say joining the French club is "a possibility, but nothing is agreed."
He said many...
Jack Grealish becomes the first £100m English footballer tonight after signing for Manchester City from Aston Villa on a six year contract.
He will wear the number 10 shirt.
Jack told Man City TV tonight in his first interview since the record signing: "I'm over the moon to come and play for a club like Man City."
His signing followed news that...