Reverne sister ‘unaware’ of pregnancy until she give birth

A nun in Italy gave birth to a baby but said she did not know she was pregnant (Picture: Christian Müller)

A nun who has given birth to a baby boy in Italy said she had no idea she was pregnant.
The 31-year-old was taken to hospital on Wednesday with abdominal pains, which she thought were stomach cramps, local media reported.

U.S. man send poisoned letter to Obama, two others

Everett Dutschke works on his mini-van in his driveway in Tupelo Mississippi on April 26, 2013.


A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, and pinning them on an Elvis impersonator, pleaded guilty in U.S. court and agreed to a 25-year jail sentence, the Justice Department announced on Friday.
James Everett Dutschke, 41, has been jailed since his arrest last April, when authorities accused him of sending ricin-tainted letters to Obama, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and a local Lee County judge, Sadie Holland.

Boy, 8, writes amusing non-apology note to brother after tantrum

The amusing non-apology (Picture: Jenny Davidson / Facebook)

The award for the cutest note of the week goes to eight-year-old Zachary, for this amusing non-apology letter to his brother Ben.
It explains how he meant to actually hit a poor boy named Chris with a pair of flying scissors and also features an imaginative see-saw graph to show how much he actually loves Ben.

Police raid brothels converted from public toilets

AFP Hong Kong police raid brothels converted from public toilets

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong police have shut down brothels operating in converted public toilets in a shopping mall, making dozens of arrests in raids on the operation run by triad crime gangs, reports said Friday.

Prostitutes from mainland China were found in tiny "one-woman" brothels created from the toilets in a mostly vacant shopping mall in the outlying Yuen Long district, the South China Morning Post reported.
The cramped 150-square-foot (14 square metre) blocks on the second floor of the building doubled up as the prostitutes' working and living space.

Dad who strangled wife and battered daughter to death with hammer while on cancer drugs jailed for life

Peter Redfern had taken a cocktail of powerful drugs to treat bone marrow cancer that could lead to 'adverse psychiatric events'

Guilty: Peter Redfern's lawyer said the killings would never have happened if he hadn't taken the drugs

A terminal cancer suffered who murdered his wife and daughter will die behind bars.
Peter Redfern, 70, had lived an “exemplary and quiet” family life with wife Jean, 67, and daughter Sarah, 33, who was more like her best friend.
He strangled his wife and battered Sarah to death with a hammer from behind.

miracle baby born at just 24 weeks is thriving, say parents

A “miracle” baby born at just 24 weeks - who spent almost a year in hospital - is now thriving, say his proud parents

Tot Aiden McLaughlin, now 18 months, with mum Kelly and dad Sean, right

A “miracle” baby born at just 24 weeks - who spent almost a year in hospital - is now thriving, say his proud parents.
Under UK guidelines if little Aiden McLaughlin, born weighing 680g - less than 1.5lbs, had been born days earlier doctors may have decided not to provide lifesaving care.
In the UK, 24 weeks into pregnancy is the legal abortion limit and in between 23 and 24 weeks the decision to provide support to the baby if born early is down to clinicians.

Mum awarded thousands after being raped by brother living on breadline as payout remains locked in trust fund

Tressa Middleton, who became Scotland's youngest mum at 12, won a £27,500 payout after being repeatedly sexually abused by her brother in her own home.

A TRAUMATISED mum who was awarded £27,500 after she was raped as a child by her brother has told how the law has left her ­struggling to make ends meet.
Tressa Middleton was 12 when she became Scotland’s youngest mum in 2006 after being ­repeatedly sexually abused in her own home.