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BBC Mia says she doesn’t want people to feel pity, she just wants to feel “ordinary” Mia spends much of her time staring out her bedroom window, the view dominated by a nearby housing block. With no lift, the only way the 14-year-old can leave her second-floor flat is by shuffling down the stairs on…

Social Media/Handout Holly Bowles, left, was confirmed to have died on Friday, a day after British lawyer Simone White and Australian Bianca Jones For Australian friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, it was their first big trip venturing out to explore the world. Like so many 19-year-olds, they were drawn to the romance of backpacking…

BBC Liam Mckinnon tried to sell his property to escape rising service charges Homeowners locked in to maintenance contracts have said they feel “trapped” by rising fees and poor service. Residents of some new-build estates across the West said service charges – the bill for the upkeep of communal areas – set by property management…

Getty Images Julia’s first four years as a physician associate was everything she hoped it would be. After working in the NHS for the best part of a decade in a non-patient facing role, she was delighted to be on the wards supporting doctors and the wider healthcare teams. “I loved the contact I had…

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. ANTON BRINK/EPA-EFE Lava flows across one of the roads near Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said a new fissure erupted in the area on 21 November, spewing hot lava into the air. Lia Toby/Getty Images Actor Jeff Goldblum…

BBC/Simon Thake Sustainability-conscious Flo Patterson found a Versace bag for £15 in one charity shop visit Gail Wragg stands and surveys the scene unfolding around her. She’s at the centre of a sea of bin bags, shelving units packed with electrical equipment and also has the small matter of 800 artificial Christmas trees to sort.…

PA Isabella Jonas-Wheildon will be remembered for being a “happy and contented” toddler Child murderer Scott Jeff was in the life of two-year-old Isabella Jonas-Wheildon for just 36 days. After starting a relationship with her mother Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell and leaving their home town in Bedfordshire, he subjected the toddler to sustained attacks that killed her.…

Getty Images The war reached its 1000th day this week The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th day, Western powers substantially boosted Ukraine’s military arsenal – and the Kremlin made its loudest threats yet of a nuclear strike. Here is how the…

Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions. The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second term. Bessent, a Wall…

Vardy launched his career in non-league after getting released by boyhood heroes Sheffield Wednesday, going through spells at Stocksbridge Park Steels, Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before joining Leicester in the Championship in 2012. Within four seasons, he famously grabbed the goals as the Foxes top scorer to help the Foxes win the Premier League…