A girl of eight was killed by a speeding businessman who had just taken a photo at the wheel to show that he was stuck in traffic.
A boy of 14 suffered a broken leg when a young mother ran him over for playing "knock and run" at her home.
An elderly driver taking part in a veteran car rally in Brighton was killed after he accidentally strayed on to a motorway and was hit by a heavy goods truck.
A disabled woman starved to death after her carer skipped a home visit to see her own mother instead, a court heard.
Passengers likened a Ryanair flight to ?a nightclub without the music? after a group of drunken Britons wreaked havoc and vomited in the aisles.
A businessman slammed his estranged wife?s head against a car and called her a ?bacon basher? after she began dating a white man, a UK court heard.
A girl of 12 who wrote RIP on her heel before killing herself was emotionally overwhelmed by social media, a coroner said.
A dental nurse who beat breast cancer killed herself as she wrongly feared the disease had returned, an inquest heard.
A mother and her ex-boyfriend have been jailed after they left her toddler to suffocate in a horrific ?cage bed?.
A baby girl died after being put to bed in a car seat by her parents who then spent the evening drinking in a hotel bar, it emerged.
A wealthy divorcee who loaned her Romanian toyboy lover about R8. 6 million to buy a flat is taking him to court to get the cash back.
Michael Dunn's home was a prison, with padlocks on the doors and CCTV outside, and the women he imprisoned as sex slaves used saucepans as latrines.
Scientists who accidentally killed Ming the Mollusc have now discovered it was 100 years older than previously thought. [VIDEO]
Despite the blisters, bunions and occasional stumble, high heels really do make women look more attractive, scientists say.
A British mother facing execution in Malaysia was force-fed heroin and held hostage by her husband when she threatened to leave him, according to her family.