"Welcome to Hell" one resident shouts as he takes his baby son out for a stroll around Barrow Island in coastal Barrow-in-Furness. Surveying the boarded-up, graffitied building and a nearby pile of broken furniture, it's a sad indictment of a once bustling shipbuilding hub.
Nestled between the Irish Sea and the Lake District peninsula, the Cumbrian town is classed as one of the most deprived in England by the Office of National Statistics. Read More...
Ricky Steamboat is a former pro wrestler. In 2009, his long-time rival, Ric Flair, inducted him into the WWE Hall of Fame. He was a WWF Intercontinental Champion once, NWA World Heavyweight Champion once, a four-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a four-time Television Champion, and an eight-time WCW World Tag Team Champion.
After an eight-year retirement, the wrestling legend returned to WWE in 2005 as a road agent. In 2006, he also officiated the WWE Championship match between John Cena and Edge. Read More...
Gallery Launch Gallery Remembering Sonia Pizarro Launch Gallery Gallery Getty Sonia Pizarro, famous for her starring role on the reality TV show "Operation Repo," has died ... TMZ has learned.
Sonia's niece, Lyndah Pizarro -- who was also on the show -- tells us Sonia died Wednesday night in Arizona in her sleep.
Sonia's ex-husband, fellow "Operation Repo" star Froylan Tercero, is remembering her as "a bad ass chick that kicked some serious ass. Read More...
