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A woman has told how her arm was broken in three places as she battled to protect her dogs from two others she said attacked them. Cheryl West, 53, has spoken out about her terrifying ordeal to warn other dog walkers and parents with children.

The son of a man who was impaled in a horrific M53 crash is making an appeal to anyone who knew his father, so 'he isn't forgotten'. Mark Hayes was a passenger in a flatbed truck travelling just outside Chester when a HGV driver veered off the motorway and onto the embankment in May 1989.

Plans to expand South Ayrshire Council’s Additional Support Needs (ASN) provision have taken a step forward.

IL EST FRANCAIS (2:30) can turn on the style in another red-hot King George VI Chase at Kempton. Gallic handlers used to dominate this Grade 1 and Team Zetterholm’s horse can revive that tradition. A top-class hurdler, the six-year-old took to fences magnificently with back-to back routs at Auteuil. Those victories led to the trainers’ targeting the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase over course and distance. That was a smart move as the bay totally dominated the race, slamming Hermes Allen by 11 lengths. The gelding was then kept away from the Cheltenham Festival in favour of a Grade 2 back at Auteuil. However, he showed his first signs of weakness when last of five behind Youtwo Glass in Paris. All seemed well when the star bolted-up from Toscana Du Berlais on his return at the same venue. He was soon back under scrutiny when pulled-up in the Prix Haye Jousselin back there last month. This historic race has always been the real target so the bold-jumper can silence his critics in style.

I'm A Celeb's Jordan North has spoken out after a dramatic rescue from the River Thames when he jumped in to save a struggling labrador.

A brave Scots youngster saved her parents lives, allowing them to flee their house after it became engulfed in flames. Courageous Laila, six, alerted her parents Kat McFadyen, 34, and Ryan, 35, from Penicuik as the terrifying blaze tore through their home on December 9.

A company has been hit with a fine after a worker was caught on CCTV being thrown into the air by a massive gas explosion, miraculously escaping unscathed. Elliot Kirk was constructing a fence on a farm in Wessington, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, when he was blown off his feet by the force of the blast.

Scottish Water has announced plans for essential work on the water network in Thornhill early in the New Year as part of efforts to assess and plan for future investment needs.

Flights and train services were cancelled amid high winds and flooding while trees were uprooted and travel plans were thrown into chaos as Storm Barragh battered the north west.

Pictures showed how Storm Darragh tore down a tree in a suburb in Cheshire today. It fell across a pavement, crashed through the fencing of a semi-detached home and landed on a car in the driveway.

Schools in east Lancashire built around 15 years ago have had to close temporarily as the council investigates alleged defects.

A gothic-style house has been put on the property market with a guide price of £195,000, but house hunters have compared the unique abode to 'living in laser quest'.

A rioter who set fire to a generator as a mob besieged a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for six years. Scott Greenwood, 34, was filmed throwing wood on the fire during the disorder at the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, near Rotherham, on August 4, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

Viola Davis is receiving a huge honor.

A rural tennis club is to create padel courts to help it remain ‘competitive and viable’. Holcombe Brook Sports and Tennis Club, Hazel Hall Lane, Ramsbottom, has gained planning permission to alter two of its outdoor courts to provide padel facilities.

Plans to create four padel tennis courts at Powerleague Paisley have been submitted to Renfrewshire Council.

Police are looking for two masked men who broke into farm buildings on the estate of Windsor Castle while Prince William, Princess Catherine, and their three children slept at their home on the same grounds.

There is now an investigation in an attempted break-in near Prince William and Princess Kate (AKA Kate Middleton) at a farm on the Windsor Castle property.

Good Morning Britain sparked controversy among viewers after reporting a break-in at Windsor Castle.

A pack of "dangerous" dogs have been running riot in a Scots village leaving locals terrified.

Before taking on the global stage winning the Crystal Globe for Best Director at Karlovy Vary for her debut feature, Pierce, Nelicia Low represented Singapore on another international stage — fencing — for several years, including competing at the Asian Games in 2010.