Sharon Brown was hiking with family and her 1-year-old daughter in a Kenyan nature reserve when suddenly their unarmed guide froze in his tracks. Around a corner was an elephant. The guide shouted to turn back, but it was too late. The elephant — which was protecting a calf nearby — gored the young American mother, tossed her in the air and ...

The older sister of the murdered schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton told a court yesterday of the last time she saw the nervous 15-year-old schoolgirl alive, when she hugged her, put her on to a bus and waved her off more than 17 years ago. Sharon Brown, now 37, spoke of her sister's nervousness about the journey after spending the weekend ...