3 h. ago Freddie Flintoff didn't leave his house for 8 months after horror Top Gear crash

Sporting legend Freddie Flintoff was left with facial scarring after an episode of Top Gear went badly wrong and his car flipped, seriously injuring him.

Events

37 h. ago Booking.com issues statement after 60 guest house party ends in crossbow horror

Armed police descended on the Salford street after a man was seen carrying a crossbow

Society

58 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after father, 53, killed in horror 'gas explosion' that demolished house in Worksop

Nottinghamshire Police said a 43-year-old man was arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder before being bailed.

Events

2 d. ago CRAIG BROWN: In which Reform gets its house of horrors in order...

Upset by 'unfounded' reports his party is fielding candidates with 'unsavoury pasts' in the local elections, Reform UK's chief vetting officer Norman Bates, has vowed to 'tighten up' procedures.

Events

4 d. ago Man killed in Worksop gas blast horror as '5 houses hit' after locals heard 'almighty bang'

The terrifying incident happened in Worksop on Saturday evening as one witness said she was absolutely 'petrified' after hearing the blast while she was in her garden

Events

7 d. ago West Lothian mum's horror as house bursts into flames with son, four, inside

Amanda Budzińska, 31, was horrified when the blaze suddenly broke out while her young son was asleep.

Events

7 d. ago Mickey Rourke's personal hygiene habit is branded 'disgusting' by Celebrity Big Brother viewers as shocked housemates watch on in horror

The actor and boxer, 72, headed through into the main house after the bedroom door opened in the morning, and went straight over to the kitchen sink.

Events

8 d. ago Fans can't believe the director of horror movie Drop is the son of a Little House On The Prairie star

Christopher, 50, has worked as a screenwriter on the thriller Disturbia and most of the films in the Paranormal Activity found-footage horror series.

Society

8 d. ago The squabbling, the vomiting, the freeloading and the noisy sex: my 10 worst house

Across eight homes and 18 housemates, I have endured it all – from the guy who washed his clothes without detergent to the boyfriend who moved in by stealthThe only people I know who speak glowingly about house shares are the ones no longer living in them. When I hear someone describe their house-sharing era as the “best time of my life”, I know they have had at least two years to forget their trauma. That is not a luxury afforded to me – I am living in my eighth house share with my 18th housemate, still holding on to past horrors like they happened yesterday and facing the anxiety they may happen again. So here they are: the 10 worst moments from my many house shares. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Death toll from flooding in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to support victims

The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has reached 33 as authorities race to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes

Events

1 week ago Families trapped in house of horrors after 'cowboy builder' vanishes with £1.5million

Frank Deary is accused of taking huge sums of money from households.

Economics

1 week ago 'Arson' horror as Bentley and house torched in early hours attack

Neighbours described hearing 'explosions' in the early hours

Events

2 w. ago Prescot house fire: Girl, 13, dies in horror blaze as heartbreaking tributes left at scene

The 13-year-old girl has died after a house fire in Prescot, Merseyside - lowers, teddy bears and dolls have been left outside the property as tributes pour in for the teenager

Events

2 w. ago Cowboy builder who left massive hole in woman's house despite charging her £17,000 when his firm was about to go bust avoids jail

Gary Roberts, 60, signed a contract promising to complete an extension to the rear of the female's property, Chester Magistrates' Court heard.

Economics

2 w. ago Mum 'locked son in house of horrors for 20 years until he looked like Auschwitz survivor'

New photos released following a court case show a trashed home covered in rubbish after a man claims to have been held captive for 20 years by his own stepmother

Events

2 w. ago Inside the disturbing 'house of horrors' where woman 'kept stepson captive for 20 years'

Kimberly Sullivan is alleged to have kept her stepson in such squalid conditions at her home in Waterbury, Connecticut, that he weighed just 31kg when he was found following a fire

Events

2 w. ago Victims of horror house fire that killed three people including girl, four, and woman, 30, in Northamptonshire village are named

Emma Conn, 30, her daughter Mayci Marion Fox, four, died in a fire along with Louie Thorn, 23, at a historic property in the village of Rushton, near Kettering on Friday.

Events

2 w. ago Evil child killer Mick Philpott 'battered' behind bars as other lags 'laughed'

Evil dad Mick Philpott, who killed six of his children in a horror house blaze, has been "battered" in a brutal prison beating according to report with the child killer was 'laughed at'

Events

2 w. ago Man arrested over 'murder' of girl and two others after horror house fire

Despite the efforts of mercy crews, a girl, four, a woman, 30, and a man, 23, died at the scene.

Events

2 w. ago Distressing six words of man 'held captive by wicked stepmother for 20 years

The man who accused his stepmother of holding him hostage in a House of Horrors for 20 years uttered six distressing words as she appeared in court on Friday.

Politics