train crash

Truck rammed train from Black Sea to Nizhnevartovsk full of holidaymakers returning from Sochi.

Incredible escape for dozens more as carriages overturn and fall into sea amid hurricane-force winds.

Monika - real name Olga Pronina - had 140,000 social media followers fascinated by her love of speed, rule-breaking and glamour.

Nowhere in the world runs its roads, trains and airports as well as Siberia during the harsh winters.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Neglected by her parents as well as a 'stepfather from hell': Will no-one help this teenager stranded 6,000 miles from home?

When Darina was born 3 years ago without lips and a chin, her mother lost consciousness from shock, and soon her family disowned the child.