Greg McKenzie

6 days ago | bbc.com | Greg McKenzie

British tourist catches Legionnaires' disease in GreeceGreg McKenzieGetty ImagesA British tourist is in hospital after catching a serious lung disease while on an all-inclusive holiday in Greece. Donna Jobling, from west Hull, contracted Legionnaires' disease on the island of Crete, and is in intensive care. The 57-year-old was travelling with easyJet Holidays, which says it has moved other customers out of the hotel where she was staying.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Greg McKenzie

Teenager jailed in Dubai pleads for early releaseDetained in DubaiMarcus Fakana handed himself in to the authorities in December to begin a one-year jail sentenceA British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has pleaded with the authorities for clemency. Marcus Fakana, 19, of Tottenham, north London, was sentenced in December to a year's imprisonment after a consensual relationship with the girl, who is also British, while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Greg McKenzie

2 hours agoGiant Harry Potter Dragon stuns Londoners as it roars through streetsA giant dragon which fans will recognise from a classic Harry Potter film stunned Londoners today as it roared its way through the capital’s streets. The 25-foot-long animatronic creature appeared ‘captured’ in chains, snarling past iconic landmarks like Westminster Bridge and King’s Cross Station.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Greg McKenzie

A mother and her three children have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called at about 01:20 oin Saturday to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, where they found the victims - a 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four. Two terraced three-storey homes were gutted in the fire. A 41-year-old man was arrested outside the properties on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, the Met Police said.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Aoife Walsh |Greg McKenzie

The husband of a British-South African woman found dead at her house in France has said he cannot imagine "the terror and the fear she must have gone through". Karen Carter, 65, was found by her friend lying near her car with stab wounds in the village of Trémolat in the Dordogne on Tuesday evening, the state prosecutor said. Mrs Carter's husband, Alan, who is in South Africa, said she was "such a decent, lovely person", and spoke of the family's shock.