Thousands of people in the UK may not realise they are living with a potentially deadly disease – that can be caught from a toothbrush. According to new data released this week, around 70,000 people in the UK do not realise they are living with hepatitis C – a curable disease but one that can lead to cancer, severe liver […]

TWO sisters were badly injured after a van driven by a 15-year-old ploughed into their living room. Georgina Smith, 54, suffered a fractured cheekbone, jaw and eye socket and a bleed on the brain after being trapped under rubble following the crash. Her sister Kerry Smith, who has multiple sclerosis, was also thrown from the sofa. She described having to crawl […]

Tragic deaths of four teenagers killed in Snowdonia car crash came just months after death of two other students from same group of colleges READ MORE: Tragic teenager, 17, had dreams of opening a bakery like his mother *If you need to speak to someone, you can call the Samaritans for free on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org*  The tragic deaths […]

Oscar Pistorius’s life behind bars: As the Blade Runner is freed, how he became a prison spiritual leader, was beaten up by inmates and ‘wailed like a child’ during meeting with Reeva Steenkamp’s father Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was granted early release from prison today  He was given more than 13 years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp The Blade Runner, […]

The luxury £1m newbuild estate with roads like ‘the surface of the moon’: Furious residents slam developer over pothole-plagued streets that still haven’t been fixed five years after they moved in Roads were found cracked at St George’s Park, Norfolk, where houses cost £1m Residents of the upmarket estate complain roads are riddled with potholes According to its online marketing, […]

David Cameron vows to put development ‘back at the heart’ of the Foreign Office as he takes his seat in the House of Lords The former PM made the pledge as he was introduced to the Upper House  He added that the UK will continue to lead efforts to tackle food insecurity   David Cameron vowed to put development ‘right back […]

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Six thousand items a week including mobile phones and even an OCTOPUS taken to TfL lost property depot Transport for London is urging passengers to contact them if they lose items Approximately 6,000 objects a week are handed and very few are returned   Public transport users in London are failing to claim thousands of lost property items handed in every […]

BBC director behind the ‘creative’ decision to censor Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory at Last Night of the Proms to step down after nine years David Pickard will step down as director of the BBC Proms in 2024  David Pickard will step down as director of the BBC Proms in 2024 after nine years in the role. The […]

NEW suspect in case of DB Cooper is named as Pittsburgh engineer Vince Petersen – 52 years after hijacker got away with $200,000 ransom by parachuting out of the plane Citizen investigator Eric Ulis sued the FBI for access to the case’s files  He claims he man behind mystery was engineer Vince Petersen from Pittsburg The case remains unsolved to […]