The mother of a five-year-old girl mauled by a Pocket Bully Dog that ‘ripped her face off’ said her daughter’s screams will ‘haunt’ her. Farrah-Leigh Nichol, five, had gone to stroke the Pocket after asking permission from the owner at around 6.30pm on Saturday near a Nisa store in Teesside. But as the schoolgirl patted the animal’s head it pounced – biting a huge chunk out…

In the all-too-rare moments he gets away from rugby, Ellis Genge loves nothing more than to walk his giant Cane Corso and American Bulldog cross Cassius in his home city of Bristol. Genge’s four-legged friend is an imposing, powerful figure and his owner hopes he and his England team can cut a similarly commanding presence at the World Cup which begins next month. ‘s side…

By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25% of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim on Monday, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. Fueled by winds gusting up to 80 mph (128 kph), an inferno…