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A mother-of-five who told police she was scared her boyfriend would kill her, was found dead with black eyes and fractured ribs less than a month later, a court has heard. Holly Sanchez, 32, had repeatedly denied being attacked by her boyfriend Ryan Evans in the months before her death, before telling officers that he kept 'beating the shit' out of her, put out a cigarette on her face, bit her fingers and regularly called her a slut. A trial at Brighton Crown Court heard how Evans, 31, nicknamed Mulch, had been arrested by police on several occasions and denied allegations of abuse. He was on bail conditions which said he must not contact Ms Sanchez, when she was found dead on the floor in his lounge in Oates Walk, Crawley, West Sussex, on May 13, 2023.

Feeling hungry? Well, these off-the-wall culinary creations from the 172nd edition of the Wisconsin State Fair might be able to quench any stomach rumbles. Fairgoers have been heading to TikTok to see what strange foods have made the menu this year, with everything from incredibly spicy Carolina reaper-infused slushes and earthworm-topped brownies to the mix included.

Steven Gallant (left) is one of the four London Bridge attackers (right) who will receive the late Queen's final bravery awards (right inset). As he carried out his assault at a prison education conference at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019, Mr Gallant (left inset) and three others confronted convicted terrorist Usman Khan. Khan, who had two large knives and a fake suicide belt, fatally stabbed two Cambridge students. Before running across the bridge, he injured three others. Mr Gallant, a 2005 murderer, will be among Her Majesty's list of Civilian Gallantry this year, as well as fellow campaigners John Crilly, Darryn Frost, and Lukasz Koczocik.

EXCLUSIVE: Researchers who scrubbed kitchens at four UK workplaces - from those in corporate to construction sites - discovered an abundance of bacteria, fungi, and microbes. The bugs, which can cause mild stomach bugs to life-theratening illnesses, were identified in their highest amounts on refrigerator door handles, coffee makers, and microwave buttons.

EXCLUSIVE: Bacteria lurking on products such as self-service checkouts, escalator handrails, and computer keyboards, as well as species that live in human faeces, according to British scientists. These insects can cause people to be sick, often by not washing our hands before eating. After using the checkouts and a slew of other everyday items in the run-up to Christmas, public health experts have now recommended that consumers maintain good hand hygiene. In the experiment, scientists carefully swabbed 19 common items that people came into regular everyday contact with. This included supermarket self-service checkouts, escalator rails, public toilet door handles, and computer keyboards. They found self-service checkouts had "one of the highest bacterial loads" in the lab, with five species of bacteria known to cause disease in humans. Enterococcus, a bacteria that is common in faeces, was one of these bugs.