Couple who splurged £50 a night on takeaways shed incredible seven stone

The gunman who killed a 26-year-old beautician when he opened fire outside a pub on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 48 years.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Unlike in the U.K., Spain and Sweden — where kings and queens are still formally heads of state — Italy’s royal family, the House of Savoy, no longer rules. The last heir to the Italian throne, Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy and his family were forced into exile in 1946, when the prince was 9. That year, the Italian people voted in a referendum about whether the monarchy should continue. They chose to create a republic and punished the royals for failing to save their country from Mussolini’s fascist regime. The Savoys were allowed to return in 2003 after 57 years of exile. In 1978, Vittorio Emanuele – the king who never was – got into trouble while he and his wife and kids were living on the island of Cavallo, on the south coast of Corsica, France. As reconstructed from eyewitness interviews in a new Netflix documentary, on a hot August night he became enraged when some loud “shitty Italians” “borrowed” the dinghy off his yacht and tied it to another nearby boat. Fuming, he took a rifle, went to one of their boats and, after shots from his rifle rang out – that were just meant to scare – someone got hurt. Dirk Hamer, a 19-year-old sleeping on another boat nearby, died of gunshot injuries in early December. Though it was never legally proven that Vittorio Emanuele killed Hamer, this incident had a big impact on the prince’s life.

Passengers on board a cruise ship were filmed jeering at a woman who showed up almost an hour late for boarding.

A teenager who was reported missing for eight years was kept as a sex slave by his own mother, it has been claimed.

A pedestrian who died after being struck by an articulated lorry in Lanark has been named by police.

Tom Huddlestone will continue his player-coach role in Manchester United's academy.

Sophia Scorziello editor Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, a grandson of Robert De Niro who also acted in “A Star Is Born,” has died. He was 19. Drena De Niro, Rodriguez’s mother and daughter of Robert De Niro and his first wife Diahnne Abbott, announced her son’s death in a post on Instagram Sunday. She wrote, “My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly. You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made me feel in getting to be your mama. You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you . I’m so sorry my baby. I’m so sorry. Rest in peace and eternal paradise my darling boy.”

Police ahave launched an urgent appeal to trace a pensioner who has vanished from a village in the Scottish Borders.

Coronation Street fans are being introduced to Cassandra Plummer for the first time and white fans don't know the character yet, they'll certainly know the famous face playing her.

A couple's wedding was thrown into doubt after a flight from Manchester Airport left without them.

A couple have vowed to never visit a popular holiday destination again after being served a "tiny" piece of fish in their chippy tea. The "shameful" portion measured just four inches, Mike Turner and wife Jane said, but still cost them £15.

Husband and wife Mark and Sarah Smith were stuck in a rut with their lifestyle and their relationship - and tucking in to takeaways and bottles of wine almost every night had seen them pile on the pounds. But when Mark, 39, had a health scare with his heart, it became the wake up call that the Salford couple both needed to change their unhealthy habits.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to help track down the whereabouts of an 11-year-old boy who was last seen getting on a train on Thursday afternoon.

Alison Hammond has shared a sweet snap of her and a very famous face together on Instagram, describing him as 'my man'.

Police have launched an urgent appeal to help trace a missing pensioner who vanished overnight.

New details have been released about the Ohio father who allegedly killed his three sons. As unbelievable as it sounds, the crime is even more horrifying than we imagined. As we previously reported, 32-year-old

PC Adnan Ali scoops yet another award - and poses proudly for a picture with then Chief Constable Ian Hopkins.

A frantic search has been launched to trace a teen who vanished four days ago.

A search is underway to trace a man missing for three days.

Police have launched an urgent appeal to help trace a missing Alexandria man who vanished almost a week ago.