Dad of toddler who died after being bound in 'monstrous cage bed.

The father of a toddler, who died after being bound and forced to sleep face down in her cot, alleged the girl's mum blamed her new boyfriend for her death, a court heard. Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle died aged just 19 months old in a 'monstrous cage', the prosecution claims, which had been constructed around her bed in the flat she shared with her mother Lauren Coyle and Reece Hitchcott.

Woman,40 who lied her way into senior finance job then stole £115,000 is jailed for 4 years..

A glamorous fraudster who stole nearly £115,000 from two companies before blowing thousands on jewellery and beauty products has been jailed. Alaska Freeman, 40, of Radford, Nottinghamshire, used her role as an account manager and treasurer to swindle the cash from her employers.

Children are spending record time on tablets with most under-5s possessing their OWN.

The increasing use of connected devices by pre-schoolers this year may reflect growing access to on-demand services, especially subscription-based options such as Netflix which has quickly risen through the ranks over the last three to four years, says Childwise's research manager, Jenny Ehren.

Little dog STRUTTING on its back legs while wearing a red dress and mittens.

Bizarre footage shows a pet dog strutting down a corridor on its hind legs while wearing a red dress. Three-year-old Popoy Bullet is a local star in his hometown of Olongapo in the Philippines. And as he sauntered through a school with his paws in the air during his latest outing, pupils squealed in amazement.

RTÉ makes call-out for 2019 songs.

RTÉ HAS LAUNCHED its annual call-out for singers and songwriters to submit songs for consideration for 2019′s Eurovision Song Contest. The competition, set to take place in Tel Aviv in Israel next May, is the largest entertainment show in the world with 189 million people tuning in this year. Ireland has won the competition a record seven times, the last time in 1996.