Almost 400 stranded migrants are sleeping on the ground in makeshift camps as Spanish officials struggle to cope with influx in town that mayor warned is turning into ‘the new Lampedusa’ Algeciras mayor likened port to Italian island Lampedusa – a reception…
Revealed: George Orwell died after catching tuberculosis from a grubby hospital while recovering from being shot by sniper in the Spanish Civil War How George Orwell contracted the disease that killed him has been a mystery Bacteria tests suggest that he caught…
Tory chairman Grant Shapps quits tech firm over claims he was due to receive a ‘secret £700,000 bonus’ Mr Shapps, who denies any wrongdoing, quit from tech firm OpenBrix’s board Comes after claims he was in line for a major bonus after…
Gamers are running into trouble tonight as Xbox has announced that some of their consoles are down. Xbox Support has posted on Twitter that some members are unable to to sign in on Xbox One models. They have confirmed that they have…
Horror as father-of-two, 37, is battered to death on his doorstep after ‘road rage’ motorist follows him home following hit-and-run crash Stephen Walsh had been driving a Lexus which had collided with another vehicle Police looking for gold-coloured estate hit between 10pm…
A Washington man who pleaded guilty to the premeditated stabbing murder of his wife as their son watched was confronted last week in court by the couple’s daughter, who told him, “You knew that it would break our hearts. … You are…
Letter from PM Neville Chamberlain to Italian Ambassador in London telling of his ‘honour and pleasure’ at signing notorious ‘policy of appeasement’ with Hitler and Mussolini sells for £36,000 The letter was written less than a week after the Munich Agreement was…
Labour councillor, 68, quits over plans to let transgender people access women’s toilets and changing rooms Ann Sinnott stood down from Cambridge City Council over transgender policy Council ‘fails to recognise female-only facilities needed by women as generality’ 68-year-old councillor also said…
Holidaymaker saves Highland bull after startling it into spitting out plastic bag dumped at Scottish beauty spot by banging on VW camper van Elaine Armstrong was on holiday on the Isle of Mull when she spotted the Highland bull munching on a…
A straphanger was pushed onto the subway tracks following an accidental run-in with a stranger inside Grand Central Station, police said Wednesday. The 47-year-old was ascending the stairs to the 6 train platform around 4:15 p.m. Monday when he unintentionally bumped the…
Just 5,000 jobs are expected to go in the City because of Brexit as earlier forecasts of 200,000 cuts are slashed by hopes of a transition deal City of London has revised down fears of job losses to 5,000 in a new…
Is it all an act then? Alex Jones, alt-right political guru at the roots of several unfounded conspiracy theories, is having a hard time. The InfoWars creator, known for his subversion of mainstream narrative by embracing ridiculously far-fetched conjectures about the “deep-state,”…
Labour set to back replacing benefits with welfare handouts to EVERY person John McDonnell says as Canada and Finland AXE the policy after trials proved it was too expensive Shadow chancellor said Labour likely to back pilots of the controversial policy Idea…
Reports remain unconfirmed, but if true, it could spell a lot of trouble for Trump’s immigration policy. An immigration lawyer has made the drastic claim that an immigrant child died in an ICE detention center due to “negligent care,” but U.S. Immigration…
Fears are growing for a missing teenager who may have travelled over 100 miles from her home in Nottingham to London. Olivia Sequeira, 14, was reported missing from the West Bridgford area on Monday. Police say the girl may have travelled to…
After several high profile interviews and public outbursts by Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas, the royal family have finally decided enough is enough. Advisors have held at least three top-level crisis meetings planning how to stop the former Hollywood lighting director piling distress…
The English Defence League founder (EDL) hugged friends before he was led from Onley Prison by a friend this afternoon. Giving only a brief statement, Robinson said: "I want to thank the British public for all their support." He then sped away from…
This is one way to make prosecutors mangia crow. A day after convincing a judge that the food in jail was so bad for him that he needs to be let out on bail, reputed mobster John “Porky” Zancocchio stuck it to…
Under a no deal scenario if when border checks with the EU are reimposed, a 13 mile-long Operation Stack-style plan has been drawn up to utilise the southbound carriageway of the M20 for lorries to queue on. But a report by Dover…
Hours after the publisher of the New York Times said he warned President Trump that his attacks on news outlets could “lead to violence,” the chief executive went on an anti-media tear, decrying the “dying newspaper industry” and claiming that reporting on…
Nia Wilson hoped to help others. Having graduated from high school last year, according to the New York Times, she wanted to become a paramedic, those close to her family say, or possibly join the military or the music industry. “She was an angel,”…
Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out at billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have built one of the most influential groups in GOP politics, widening a rift that reflects a struggle over the future of the Republican Party. In two tweets Tuesday…
Washington: Bigfoot? He's always been hot in Virginia. Long before the full-frontal of that tall drink of hairy became social-media famous and part of the US mid-term election fray, Virginians have been hunting Sasquatch. Photo of a possible Bigfoot, Orleans, California, 1967….
After President Donald Trump threatened to shut down the government if Democrats chose not to support a border wall between the United States and Mexico, one former White House staffer predicted that a showdown would occur between the president and the Dems…
Dushanbe: A hit-and-run driver killed four foreign cyclists in Tajikistan in what may have been a terrorist act, the Central Asian country's interior minister said on Monday. The tourists, from the United States, Switzerland and the Netherlands, were killed on Sunday, Tajik authorities…
Things took an unexpected turn for 18-year-old Seth Owen following a recent rough patch. NBC News shares that Owen was disowned by his family when he came out as gay. They completely cut off the teen, including monetarily. And by his family…
A former Penn State University fraternity brother was sentenced Tuesday to three months of house arrest for his role in the 2017 hazing death of 19-year-old pledge Timothy Piazza, PEOPLE confirms. In June, Ryan Burke, 21, pleaded guilty to four counts of…
Cruel Russian mother ‘turned her daughter, 14, into skin and bones by convincing her she was suffering from cancer and diabetes – and only starving herself would bring a cure’ Viktoria Demiyanova, 14, from Perm, Russia, died of extreme starvation Her mother…
Cartons of Tropicana fruit juice are being recalled by major supermarkets over fears they are ‘fermenting’ and going off early. PepsiCo – makers of Tropicana Trop 50 Multivitamins Juice – are recalling one litre bottles of the juice marked with a best…
Ghana’s parliament bursts into laughter as local village names ‘Vagina is Wise’ and ‘Penis is a fool’ are read out by MP MP John Frimpong Osei had asked when some villages would get electricity But some of the village names led to…
