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Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outright murdering them. But new research suggests it may actually have been infectious diseases carried by our modern ancestors as they migrated out of Africa that finished them off. Scientists studying t...
Anthropologists claim that Neanderthals suffered many modern diseases. DNA analysis has shown that they had immunity against common illnesses. But they believe modern humans brought new infectious pathogens such as Heliocbacter pylori with them out of Africa and infected Neanderthals. This suggests infectious diseases ...
Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq are being led by a highly secretive group of strategists and officials that were once senior figures in Saddam Hussein's army. Despite thousands of foreign fighters flocking to join the Sunni extremist group and starring in their propaganda videos, ISIS' leader...
ISIS leadership is dominated by former members of Hussein's Iraqi Army. Many joined the terror group in the insurgency after the fall of the dictator. U.S. had barred the men taking government jobs or drawing their pensions. Generals' military experience has been key to the terrorists' spread in Iraq. Their connections...
The founder of Bikram yoga, who has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple students, has said women love him so much he wouldn't need to rape them to get sex. Speaking out for the first time since six women filed civil lawsuits accusing him of unwanted sexual advances, 69-year-old Bikram Choudhury strongly denied...
Bikram Choudhury pioneered 'Bikram yoga' - practicing yoga in a room heated to 105F - and has a huge following, including celebrities. He has been accused of unwanted sexual advances in six civil lawsuits. Speaking out about the accusations for the first time, he has denied ever assaulting the women and said he feels s...
As the final episodes of Poldark approach, men across the nation have longed for respite from the hysteria over heartthrob Aidan Turner. But the bad news – for them, at least – is that any well-earned break won’t last for long. TV chiefs yesterday announced the Cornwall-set drama will be coming back for eight more epis...
TV chiefs have announced drama Poldark will return for second season. About 8.1million people on average tuned in to watch each episode. Second series will be based on Winston Graham's third and fourth books.
A mother-of-two lost more than ten stone after she became concerned that her size was causing her to look like a man. Kim Callaghan, 39, piled on the pounds after the birth of her two children, reaching a worrying 20st 3lb. However, the determined slimmer has now shrunk down to a slender 9st 10lb after taking up exerc...
Kim Callaghan, from Ireland, piled on the pounds after having children. Limited to size 28 clothing Kim, 39, worried she resembled a man. She joined Slimming World and dropped ten dress sizes as well as 10st.
Outspoken MP Bob Katter has risked being drawn into a race row after accusing the Queensland Government of believing embattled MP Billy Gordon was 'a little black puppet on a string'. In a bizarre statement on his party's website, Mr Katter said the Government believes Mr Gordon would quit after he was recently accused...
Mr Gordon was forced to quit Labor after being accused of domestic violence. Mr Katter accused the Queensland Government of assuming Mr Gordon would quit from the allegations. Mr Katter said he had been personally subjected to racist attitudes from both major parties in the past.
A tribunal found Cambridge graduate Svetlana Lokhova, 33, was a 'resilient person' driven to a mental breakdown by work colleagues at the bank. A high-flying banker falsely branded ‘Crazy Miss Cokehead’ has been awarded £3.2million after her career was destroyed by sexist taunts. Cambridge graduate Svetlana Lokhova was...
Svetlana Lokhova worked in the London office of Russian firm Sberbank. Tribunal found she was driven to breakdown by bullying male colleagues. Falsely branded 'Crazy Miss Cokehead' even though she didn't take drugs. She has now been awarded £3.2 million for sexual harassment by tribunal.
A mother who made the heartbreaking decision to give birth to her sick baby at just 20 weeks had her wedding dress redesigned so her tiny daughter could be buried in it. Jaye Cox and her husband, Matthew, decided to deliver their daughter Annabelle prematurely on May 5 last year after scans showed she had developed a s...
Annabelle Cox was born at just 20 weeks in Canberra on May 5 last year. Parents Jaye and Matthew made decision to give birth prematurely after scans showed she had developed serious form of Spina Bifida. They contacted Angel Gowns after making heartbreaking decision so Jaye's wedding dress could be redesigned. Charity ...
Avril Lavigne has revealed she has Lyme disease. In an interview with People Magazine, the 30-year-old explained the debilitating bacterial infection is the reason behind her months-long absence from the public eye. The singer has no idea where she got the tick bite that infected her. Scroll down for video. Struggling:...
Singer reveals she was bedridden for five months. Couldn't shower for a full week as she was unable to stand. Has 'no idea' where she got the tick bite which must have been attached for 36 hours in order to transfer the disease. Same condition that has left Real Housewives star Yolanda Foster unable to read, write or w...
The woolly mammoth became extinct as a result of crippling bone disease that left them unable to fend off predators, according to startling new evidence from Russia. It was previously thought that the hairy beast simply died out from post-Ice Age climate change and being hunted to extinction by early man. But now a new...
Mammoth bones found in Russia suggest new theory for their demise. A major mineral deficiency was found in the 23,500-year-old bones. Suggest mammoths may have been riddled with osteoporosis. Animals would have eventually collapsed to the ground under own weight.
While we all know the key to maintaining a healthy weight is finding a middle ground between the amount of food you eat and the amount of exercise you put in, it can sometimes be a bit tricky to anticipate exactly how much exercise is required. With Easter just around the corner we thought it would be helpful to give y...
A balanced diet can get harder to achieve around the holiday times. To keep healthy it's important to maintain regular exercise. To burn off four mini Easter eggs you'll need to exercise for 40 minutes. A large Easter bunny would have you on the squash court for 3 hours. Those who eat hot cross buns would spend an hour...
Guilty: Adam Rushton, 37, took advantage of his post as a beat officer to have sex with women. A policeman convicted of misconduct in a public office after having sex with women he met on duty was today labelled ‘a disgrace’ to the force. Adam Rushton took advantage of being a beat officer in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, t...
Adam Rushton took advantage of being a beat officer in Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire Police says he has 'brought shame on himself' and force. Said he never expected to end up in dock after oral sex with a woman. Tells court: 'It's not very professional, I fully accept that, and it's wrong'
The baby, known as Mary, had been born at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, pictured, but died six months later with traces of cocaine in her stomach. A six-month-old baby died with traces of cocaine in her stomach despite her drug-user parents being reported to social services five times. Small amounts of painkiller an...
Infant, known as Mary, was also found with two other drugs in her system. She was discharged from hospital despite her parents being drug users. The family from Liverpool were already well-known to local social services. Came amid concerns about alcohol abuse, domestic violence and neglect.
The devastated fiance of the late 'wellness warrior' Jessica Ainscough has written an emotional letter to her followers, revealing she was undergoing radiation treatment in her final weeks and 'giggling and drinking green smoothies' in her hospital bed until the day she died. Ms Ainscough, 30, died in late February fol...
Devastated fiance of late 'wellness warrior' Jessica Ainscough writes touching tribute to followers. Ainscough, 30, died in February following a lengthy fight with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She advocated treating cancer with a vegan diet and coffee enemas. Partner Tallon Pamenter, who she was to marry this ...
A charity set up by Brad Pitt to build new houses for people made homeless when Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans a decade ago is embroiled in legal action – after the new homes started to rot. Pitt, 51, vowed to help ‘make it right’ for the city’s thousands of displaced citizens by building eco-friendly homes to r...
Brad Pitt set up charity to build new houses after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Make It Right Foundation embroiled in legal action after homes began to rot. Claims it was lured into buying the special wood only to discover it rotted. Charity is suing Timber Treatment Technologies for ‘in excess’ of $500k.
A photographer has captured dozens of Elvis impersonators as they gathered at some of Europe's biggest tributes to The King. Graeme Oxby documented the dedicated fans at events including Europe's Tribute to Elvis in Blackpool, The Elvis Weekender in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorskshire, and The European Elvis Champio...
Photographer Graeme Oxby documented dedicated impersonators at a number of Elvis tribute events across Britain. The 50-year-old from East Yorkshire also visited fans' homes for his photo series, called 'The Kings of England' Mr Oxby said most of the fans are old, but that there is a new generation of people discovering...
When Lane Smith passed away in a freak accident last July, he left behind his heavily-pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son. But now, nearly eight months after his passing, the young Oklahoma family has been reunited in their first ever family portrait, thanks to some clever photoshopping by a local photographer. Ka...
Lane Smith died after falling and hitting his head in July 2014 - just a few weeks before his girlfriend, Sierra Sharry, gave birth to their son, Taos. When Taos turned six-months-old, Sharry asked a local photographer, Kayli Henley, to make their family complete. The photographer added an image of Smith to one of thei...
Don't you wish your travel photos looked like this? Young couple Jay Alvarrez and Alexis Rene love nothing more than travelling the world... and then snapping impossibly glamorous pictures at each location. The extreme sportsman is also a photographer and it certainly helps when taking spectacular holiday photos that h...
Jay Alvarrez and Alexis Rene snap amazing photos of their glamorous travel around the world. The sportsman and model enjoy a sunkissed life of beaches, surfing and travel. The pair share their snaps on tumblr and Instagram and have almost two million followers between them.
A shrine created in memory of those killed during the Germanwings crash has revealed the first picture of the hero pilot who tried to break into the plane’s cockpit. Staring straight ahead, eyes firmly on the camera, this is the only photograph to have emerged of Patrick Sonderheimer, the pilot of the doomed flight. Ye...
Mr Sondheimer frantically tried to break down cockpit door before crash. Photograph of the captain is the first to have been released since disaster. It has emerged Lubitz was planning the attack online using name Skydevil. Display created before staff learned Lubitz deliberately crashed the aircraft.
It is seen as extremely rude in most human societies, but it appears apes also use whispers to pass on information they do not want others to hear. Gibbons - better known for their deafening songs that reverberate around the forests they inhabit - have been found to regularly use the secretive form of communication. Th...
Biologists at Durham University spent four months recording gibbon calls. They recorded gibbons making 450 'hoo' calls from 25 animals that were impossible to distinguish with the human ear and were often inaudible. Each call was found to relate to different contexts like foraging, meeting neighbours, singing to mates...
The Afghan Taliban has published a bizarre biography of their 'charismatic' supreme leader Mullah Omar - praising the one-eyed terrorist's 'special' sense of humour and love of grenade launchers. In a clear attempt to counter the growing influence of ISIS in the central Asian country, the Taliban propaganda release lav...
Taliban militants have lavished praise on their enigmatic supreme leader. Described jihadi's intense love of his family and RPG missile launchers. Biography was officially said to have been released in celebration of Mullah Omar's 19th year as leader of the Afghan Taliban. But it was also a clear attempt to counter the...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (above) has pledged to abide by the commitments of a nuclear agreement that promises to end years of crippling sanctions. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has pledged to abide by the commitments of a nuclear agreement that promises to end years of crippling sanctions. Residents danced in ...
Hassan Rouhani also urged world powers to fulfil their part of agreement. Iranians celebrated breakthrough deal that promises to end sanctions. David Cameron said: 'I believe this is a great deal and a strong deal' Aims to stop Iran making a nuclear weapon in return for sanction relief.
A prolific gang of thieves who carried out early morning raids on multi-million pound mansions to steal cash, jewellery and luxury cars have been jailed for a total of 17 years. Mohammed Alam, Sayed Juied and Sadek Miah treated burglary 'like a job, a profession,' raiding houses in affluent west London, Herfordshire a...
Mohammed Alam, Sayed Juied and Sadek Miah raided a total of 21 homes. Surveyed homes before striking, often waiting until owners were away. Had taught themselves how to disable security systems and CCTV cameras. Took Ferrari, Porches, art and jewels worth total of £1million in 11 months. Were jailed at Kingston Crown C...
A 12-year-old Israeli girl is missing after a tour boat she was on exploded and caught fire off Thailand's southwestern coast on its way to Phuket. The youngster was thought to have been in the toilet on board the Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry which was carrying more than 100 people, including many foreign tourists, when th...
Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry was in Andaman Sea on way from resort of Krabi. Was five miles from the coast travelling to Phuket when engine exploded. 35-metre-long boat caught fire around 3.30pm before sinking around 6pm. Passengers seen throwing themselves overboard before being rescued. No injuries reported but search wi...
Married father-of-two Steven Christopher Costa, from Devon, plans to head to Iraq to fight against ISIS. A married father-of-two is set to leave his home in Devon to fight against ISIS in Iraq because jihadis 'need to be put down like rabid dogs'. Steven Christopher Costa, 31, plans to head out to the Middle East next ...
Steven Christopher Costa is set to leave Britain to fight against ISIS in Iraq. Married father-of-two says he will take his own life if caught by terrorists. Mr Costa says his wife was 'not impressed' when he revealed his plans. Former Royal Navy seaman's biggest fear is not seeing his children again.
The mother of a New York City TV reporter blamed her sudden death at the age of 49 on her boss in a confrontation at the funeral, a new report has claimed. Lisa Colagrossi had just finished covering a house fire in the borough of Queens on March 19, when the married mother-of-two collapsed from a brain aneurysm and nev...
WABC reporter Lisa Colagrossi died March 19 while covering a story in New York City. At her funeral on March 23, her mother Lois reportedly blamed her death on station news director Camille Edwards.
The girlfriend of killer co-pilot Andreas Lubtiz is believed to be too scared to return to the small town they both grew up in fearing the she will face the ‘hatred of the world’. Kathrin Goldbach and her family are said to be so afraid of being blamed for the Germanwings crash - caused by Lubitz after he flew the plan...
Kathrin Goldbach's family are reportedly afraid to face 'hatred of the world' Her boyfriend Andreas Lubitz flew the plane he was co-piloting into Alps. Kathrin, brother Andreas and their parents have left home in Montabaur. Close friends say family have no plans to return to close-knit community.
Chaos erupted at an Easter egg hunt in Sacramento when adults launched in trying to grab sweets for their children. The event was an attempt at breaking the record for the world's biggest, with 500,000 eggs laid out for thousands of youngsters. But it descended into mayhem as parents raced into the field armed with bas...
Thousands of children turned out for the event in Sacramento, California. It was an attempt to break world record but they missed application deadline. Adults invaded children-only event with baskets picking up candy. Other parents raged that their two-year-olds had been crushed in the chaos.
A series of thought-provoking clothing labels have been photographed in a bid to raise awareness of the horrific plight of those toiling in sweatshops around the world. The Canadian Fair Trade Network is hoping the images will make people think about the garments they are wearing and just where they have come from. Tea...
Fair Trade photographs aim to focus on the people in sweatshops. Reveals tragic tales of staff in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sierra Leone. Highlights daily life for children working in appalling conditions. Campaigners hoping to make buyers think about origin of garments.
Alison Hall, 48, almost choked to death after a false nail in her pocket worked its way into her asthma inhaler. It then shot to the back of her throat when she took a puff. An asthma sufferer almost choked to death when she took a puff on her inhaler and nearly swallowed a false nail. Alison Hall, 48, was at work when...
Alison Hall, 48, says the nail became lodged and she started to choke. Believes nail had come off in her pocket and worked way inside the inhaler. There is a 1mm gap at top of salbutamol inhaler where it may have got in. Now wants to warn others about thoroughly checking inhalers before use.
Kellie Maloney has left hospital after completing her sex change and said: 'I am proud to be the woman I should've always been'. Transsexual Kellie, formerly boxing promoter Frank Maloney, started the process to change gender two years ago and underwent her final surgery last week. The twice-married 61-year-old was exp...
Transsexual Kellie was formerly boxing promoter Frank Maloney, 61. She has completed her sex change and is at home recovering. Tweeted to her fans: 'Still very sore and got pain but in good health' Started transition to change gender two years ago and has now completed.
A small 'hot spot' in the U.S. Southwest is responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over the United States - and is the subject of a major new investigation to find out why. The hot spot, near the Four Corners intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, covers ...
Small 'hot spot' responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over the United States. Area near the Four Corners intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah covers 2,500 square miles. Hotspot predates widespread fracking in the area.
Antiquities looted from ancient temples and Buddhist sites in India have been found on display at the Honolulu Museum of Art after a tourist spotted they were sourced from an art dealer facing charges in India. The museum yesterday handed over seven rare artifacts in its possession after authorities found, to the shock...
Seven artifacts were found to have come from an art dealer facing charges. Unbeknownst to museum officials, they were looted from Indian temples. The discredited source of the display items was noticed by visiting tourist. Immigration and customs agents will now return the artifacts to India.
Her style is followed by women across the globe and whatever she wears is sure to sell out within minutes. Yet the Duchess of Cambridge has been dismissed as an ‘uneventful’ dresser by leading author Margaret Atwood. And most controversially, the 75-year-old said Kate hasn’t lived up to the fashion icon reputation of h...
Author Margaret Atwood dismissed Katherine as an 'uneventful' dresser. She says Duchess of Cambridge hasn't lived up to fashion icon Diana. Miss Atwood says Kate is cautious when it comes to clothing.
A Japanese woman has become the latest holidaymaker to face criminal charges in Italy for defacing a historic landmark. The 48-year-old tourist was stopped by police after she wrote her name and the date on the dome of the Florence Cathedral. She used an eyeliner pencil to leave her mark on the marble on Monday morning...
Tourist used an eyeliner pencil to write her name and the day's date. Italian media said the pencil did not leave any permanent marks. Famous Renaissance dome was designed by architect Filippo Brunelleschi. Last month two Americans were charged for defacing the Colosseum.
A man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row was freed Friday after a decades-long fight to prove his innocence. According to the Birmingham News, as he walked free, he declared: 'The sun do shine!' Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, was released in the morning from the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham. He hugged tea...
Ray Hinton was convicted of two brutal 1985 killings based on a gun that was found at his house. The US Supreme Court granted him a new trial because the gun was never definitively matched to the bullets found at the crime scenes. This week, prosecutors announced that they could not find evidence that the gun Hinton ha...
The death of a toddler in central west NSW is being treated as suspicious by police. The 20-month-old boy had reportedly been choking and struggling to breathe on March the 23rd and was rushed to Coolah District Hospital by emergency services where he was pronounced dead. Forensic officers attended the property on Merr...
The death of a toddler two weeks ago is being treated as suspicious. Police issued crime scene warrant on the property in Neilrex, NSW on Wed. Detective Whiteside said that due to inquiries it is regarded as suspicious. The 20-month-old was rushed to hospital after struggling to breathe. Police believe that members of...
The body of Andrew Getty, naked from the waist down, was discovered in a bathroom at his gated, three-storey £2.6 million villa in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday afternoon. The Los Angeles neighbourhood is home to many of Tinseltown’s most powerful players, but Getty’s surname was all that was needed to ensure his entr...
Body of Andrew Getty found in a bathroom at his £2.6m villa on Tuesday. Family history epitomises saying that money doesn't bring you happiness. Gettys have died from overdoses, one never recovered from a kidnapping. Other members of the family were embroiled in lawsuits and divorces.
At least 54 sailors are dead and 63 have been rescued after a trawler sank off the Russian coast north of Japan. The freezer trawler with an international crew of 132 sank this morning in the freezing waters of the Sea of Okhotsk 205 miles off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Emergency services in Kamchatka said 63 crew m...
Freezer trawler with crew of 132 sank 205 miles off Kamchatka Peninsula. At least 54 of the sailors are dead and a further 63 have been rescued. Reports suggest Dalny Vostok may have hit drifting ice in Pacific waters.
Hillary Clinton lost the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination because Barack Obama was the picture of cool. This time she's not taking any chances. The former secretary of state's campaign-in-waiting has reportedly signed a lease for two floors of office space in Brooklyn, New York – the epicenter of hipster culture...
1 Pierrepont Plaza also houses Morgan Stanley and the federal prosecutor's office. Hillary's campaign will occupy two full floors in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Upscale hipster neighborhood includes Urban Outfitters, Banana Republic, Shake Shack and a private squash club. 'I guess we can expect all the Clinton c...
It sat on a stark white block in a vast room that resembled a laboratory. I was at the SculptureCenter in the New York borough of Queens, a spot dedicated to all things modern and avant garde. Taking pride of place was a cluster of bottles, each of which contained dog fluff and a photo of the mutt it came from. ‘We’re ...
New York is currently enjoying a cultural makeover. Highlights include the SculptureCenter in Queens and experimental plays. Classic New York spots such as the marvellous MOMA remain excellent. Another highlight is the Museum of Moving Image in Queens. Icelandair allows travellers flying to the US to stop off en route....
The parents of a six-year-old girl who were traveling home from a screening of Fast and Furious 7 were killed when a drunk driver allegedly sped the wrong up a highway and crashed into their car. Tiffany Sical, 21, and her long-term boyfriend Bryan Rodriguez-Solis, 23, were driving along Route 6 in Providence, Rhode Is...
Tiffany Sical, 21, and Bryan Rodriguez-Solis, 23, were driving on highway. They were heading home after watching Fast & Furious 7 in Rhode Island. But they died after 'drunk' Joel Norman, 24, reportedly drove up exit ramp. Norman 'drove wrong way up Providence highway for 1.2 miles at 1.35am' He then smashed into coupl...
Two Germanwings flights have been forced to make emergency landings in two days - one over a suspected oil leak and another after a passenger and a cabin crew member fell ill. Today, Germanwings flight 4U814 to Venice was diverted to Stuttgart as the Airbus A319 aircraft appeared to be losing oil, the airline said in a...
Germanwings flight 4U3882 was flying from Hanover, Germany to Rome. The Airbus A319 was carrying 145 passengers and five crew members. Passenger and flight attendant suffered 'an acute feeling of sickness' Woman who had 'a fear of flying' was assessed by medics, said passenger. Replacement aircraft had to be flown in w...
A woman armed with guns and hand grenades was shot dead as she tried to attack Istanbul's police headquarters on Wednesday just a day after a deadly hostage situation in the city. A picture of the red-haired woman lying on the ground with a rifle strapped to her body and a handgun by her side has emerged and television...
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Armed woman was shot dead as she tried to attack Istanbul's police HQ. She was said to be carrying a rifle, two hand grenades and one pistol. A day earlier, prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz died from gunshot wounds. Two terrorists from Revolutionary People's Liberation Front also killed.
They are a stunning visualisation of the art - and how it is orange. A programmer has created these stunning graphs to reveal the dominant colour of artworks through history. They show Orange has always been the most popular colour - although in recent years blue has begun to catch up. The software extracts the relevan...
Graph show dominant colours of 94,526 artworks from 1800 to 2000. Orange and yellow have always been the most popular colour. In recent years blue has begun to catch up - and nobody is sure why.
A married teacher was caught having sex with his model lover in a classroom at a top Catholic private school. Tutor Colin Turnbull, 69, was found in a 'compromised position' with Rozina Khanim by a governor at the £13,000-a-year independent Priory School in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The fee-paying school's facilities mana...
Colin Turnbull was caught having sex in a classroom at a Catholic school. Teacher and model lover were walked in on by private school's governor. He has been told to 'never return' to the £13,000-a-year Birmingham school. Priory School was packed with pupils and parents for entrance exam day.
A florist in eastern Washington state fined $1,000 for refusing to sell a same-sex couple wedding flowers and also facing a consumer-protection lawsuit has netted more than $87,000 in a crowdfunding campaign. The Seattle Times reports that nearly half of the money on the gofundme.com page set up in February for 70-year...
Baronelle Stutzman was fined $1,000 for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex marriage in 2013. A campaign on Go Fund Me has raised more than $87,000 for Stutzman's legal fund as of Sunday. In February, a judge ruled that Stutzman violated anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws by not working on the gay ...
Shaquille Omar Hallisey (pictured) hit a stranger over the head with a bottle leaving his victim with a fractured skull. A thug who hit a stranger over the head with a bottle leaving his victim with a fractured skull has been jailed for four years. Shaquille Omar Hallisey's attack in Cardiff was described by a judge as...
Shaquille Omar Hallisey attacked Matthew Leeke in Queen Street, Cardiff. The 20-year-old's victim was walking home when the assault took place. He pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Judge describes attack in June 2014 as 'savage demonstration of violence'
Some find them unnerving and even slightly creepy while, to others, they are endearing, mysterious and charming. Whatever your view, one thing’s for certain: when it comes to twins, particularly identical ones, they are an endless source of fascination. Yet, despite all this interest, the rest of us remain baffled, emo...
Pre-colonial Brazilians thought twins were a product of adultery. Greek mythology believed twins were the product of intercourse with gods. Many of us remain baffled by the uncanny bond identical twins share.
Michael Bloomberg wants to be mayor again - but in London rather than New York City, according to reports. Bloomberg, who was elected to the top Big Apple job three times in a row, has reportedly turned his sights across the Atlantic, where he dreams of replacing incumbent Boris Johnson. According to Britain's Sunday T...
Three-time NYC mayor is rumored to be have his sights on London. Sources in Britain's ruling Conservative party said he could stand for them. Bloomberg has business interests, property and family in Great Britain. Incumbent Boris Johnson's term will end in 2016.
Every police force in England and Wales will be required to record anti-Muslim hate crimes and treat them as seriously as anti-Semitic attacks if the Tories win the next General Election, Theresa May has announced. In a move hailed by Islamic groups, Mrs May said that police will have to record Islamophobic attacks as ...
All police would record anti-Muslim hate crimes if Tories win the Election. Islamophobic attacks would be separate category, like anti-Semitic crimes. At present some police forces, including Met, record these crimes as such. Would create accurate picture of the extent of these hate crimes in Britain.
Cooking a gourmet lunch for family and friends at Easter has never been so easy - or cheap. One of Australia's most loved cooks, Lyndey Milan, has teamed up with Aldi to create Easter lunch recipes that will easily feed six people for less than $6 each. The home cook icon put her skills to the test by trawling the supe...
Lyndey Milan created Easter lunch recipes for $6 per person from Aldi. Home cook icon trawled supermarket aisles to find inspiration for recipes. Result of experiment include Greek lamb and herb crusted salmon dishes. Hot cross bun and Easter egg bread & butter pudding came in at just $2 a person and Lyndey says it is ...
Eight animals are dead, including at least one alligator that once belonged to Michael Jackson, after a fire last week destroyed two enclosures at a zoological park in Oklahoma. Authorities suspect an arsonist is to blame for the March 26 fire that left seven alligators and a crocodile 'boiled to death' at the Garold W...
Eight animals are dead, including at least one alligator that once belonged to Michael Jackson after a fire last week at an Oklahoma zoo. The zoo's founder, Joe Schreibvogel, said the fire was most likely set by rogue animal rights activists who have been targeting the zoo. Schreibvogel: 'The building can be replaced.....
Rutgers University has banned fraternity and sorority house parties at its main campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for the rest of the spring semester after several alcohol-related problems this school year, including the death of a student. The probation was decided last week but announced by the university Monday. ...
Rutgers University has banned fraternity and sorority house parties at its main campus for the rest of the spring semester. The probation was decided last week, but the school announced the move on Monday. 86 recognized fraternities and sororities will be allowed to hold spring formals and other events where third-part...
If you were spellbound by the death-defying adventures of Katniss Everdeen, you will be very excited by the news that a Hunger Games theme park is in the planning. And fans could have the chance to experience Katniss' life as soon as next year, with the attraction expected to open in October 2016. But those looking to ...
Motiongate Dubai will open in October, 2016 with themed zones. Guests can enjoy rides and gift shops based on the billion dollar franchise. There will also be live performances based on Step Up movies. The Dubai Theme Park will be four million square foot in size.
Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea captain John Terry is the best defender to have ever graced the Premier League. Terry, 34, has enjoyed another impressive season at Stamford Bridge and was the star performer as he led Jose Mourinho's side to a 0-0 draw against Arsenal on Sunday. The draw at the Emirates means Chelsea n...
John Terry helps Chelsea earn 0-0 Premier League draw against Arsenal. Chelsea captain has been in brilliant form for Jose Mourinho this season. Jamie Carragher believes Terry is the Premier League best centre back. Mourinho: That was Terry best performance for Chelsea. If there was a PFA Defender of the Year category,...
A woman told she was infertile after undergoing gruelling cancer treatment has spoken of her joy at giving birth to a baby boy. Doctors told Cara Newton, 32, from Fleet, Hampshire, she had a zero per cent chance of conceiving naturally after being diagnosed with bone cancer in 2009. While Mrs Newton and her husband, Ch...
Cara Newton, 32, was told she was infertile after undergoing chemotherapy. Was diagnosed with the rare bone cancer Ewing's sarcoma in 2009. Some chemotherapy drugs permanently stop the ovaries producing eggs. After IVF failed, she was overjoyed to conceive baby Sebastian naturally.
Blown up in Iraq, Hannah Campbell defied the odds to have a miracle baby after shrapnel damaged her womb. But behind the joy of celebrating daughter Lexi-River’s first birthday, the former Army corporal has battled new agony after twice nearly dying from a mystery illness since the birth. Miss Campbell, 30, was struck ...
Hannah Campbell, 30, had miracle baby after shrapnel damaged her womb. But since birth she has battled with a mystery illness - nearly dying twice. As she tried to recover her relationship with long-term partner broke down. Anthony McMorrow, 32, agreed new baby Lexi-River will be their priority. She will have tests nex...
Prince Harry will go on tough bush patrols and take part in 'indigenous engagement' programmes during his four-week secondment with Australian Defence Force, Kensington Palace has revealed. The prince is due to arrive in Australia on the 6th April and will split his time between capital Canberra, Sydney, Darwin and Per...
Details of Prince Harry's Australian deployment have been released. Prince will arrive in Canberra and will visit the Australian War Memorial. He will then report for duty and will be in Perth and Darwin among others. Duties set to include bush patrols and 'indigenous engagement' Prince Harry will briefly travel back l...
Despite being paraded as a prominent backer of Mr Miliband hours earlier, throughout the television debate on Thursday night she instead tweeted praise for Green Party leader Natalie Bennett. Ed Miliband faced yet more humiliation today as he lost the support of a plus-sized blogger just hours after she signed a high-p...
Ed Miliband lost one of the backers of his high profile support letter. Blogger Callie Thorpe was one of the 'ordinary workers' who signed it. Just hours later she tweeted her support for Greens leader Natalie Bennett.
A runaway cab driver ended up sending a pedestrian tumbling through the air before crashing into a bus stop full of waiting passengers. The chilling footage was posted on Facebook and shows the cab throwing 25-year-old Kadeem Brown across a median in the Bronx, New York. The conditions were so icy at the time he slid i...
Male driver, 44, struck Kadeem Brown, 25, as he walked through the Bronx. Brown's body flipped over once and then went sliding until he hit the curb across the street. Cab driver suffered a seizure moments before the crash and has been stripped of his TLC license. Accident occurred on Grand Concourse in The Bronx on Ma...
Did you blink? There was a total eclipse of the moon on Saturday - but it was an unusually short one. The lunar event - where Earth's shadow completely blocks the moon - lasted only five minutes, making it the shortest eclipse of the century, NASA said. The so-called 'blood moon' could be seen by billions of people acr...
The moon skimmed across the Earth's shadow on Saturday, reflecting the red glare of the sun. It was the shortest lunar eclipse this century, with 'totality' only visible for five minutes.
Small businesses and restaurants will be forced to close over the Easter long weekend as they struggle to cover the costs of penalty rates on public holidays. Many operators across the country will face penalty rates of up to two-and-a-half times regular pay that would allow young workers to earn around $50 an hour as ...
Small businesses will be forced to close over the Easter long weekend. Penalty rates of up to two-and-a-half times pay are affecting employees. The inflated penalty rates allow casual workers to earn up to $50 an hour. The Australian Chamber of Commerce has called on the federal government to make changes to the penalt...
A personal injury claims company has collapsed after being fined £80,000 for plaguing households with nuisance calls (file picture) A personal injury claims company has collapsed after being fined £80,000 by the privacy watchdog for plaguing households with nuisance calls. Direct Assist, based in Bolton, Lancashire, to...
Bolton-based Direct Assist has gone into liquidation after receiving the fine. More than 800 concerns registered about the company in just 18 months. Firm plagued households offering people access to solicitors for claims.
The pizza delivery driver who is accused of stabbing and strangling his roommate then having sex with her corpse seemed to revel her talking about the pain he inflicted on her, prosecutors revealed today at the first day of his trial. Bryan Santana of Orlando, Florida, who is accused of killing Shelby Fazio and her dog...
Bryan Santana of Orlando, Florida has been charged with murder in the death of his former roommate Shelby Fazio. In court documents, Santana admitted to strangling and stabbing Fazio, a Disney World employee, to death, and then having sex with her corpse. He is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly attacking...
Rip up a piece of paper, and you can piece it back together. Burn a book, and you could theoretically do the same. But send information into a black hole, and it's lost forever – or at least that's what many physicists have been arguing for nearly half a decade. Now, one scientist says this may not be true, and that in...
Comments made by Dr Dejan Stojkovic from the University of Buffalo. He says clues to contents lie in interactions between particles emitted. Quantum mechanics states that information is always conserved. It backs up Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are 'grey'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the Iran nuclear deal, claiming it threatens the Jewish state and puts his people in mortal danger. After speaking to President Barack Obama on the phone, he said in a televised statement just hours after the agreement was signed on Thursday: 'A deal based on this f...
Israeli Prime Minister said agreement puts country in 'mortal danger' He said during a statement the deal 'paves' the way to the bomb for Iran. Urged Western powers to carry on putting pressure on Tehran. The White House reiterated they remain committed to Israel's security.
As the Russian military machine asserts itself in Ukraine and on the borders of the Baltic States, it has also branched out into a new fashion line. The men's clothing label is aimed at cashing in on a new wave of patriotism sweeping Russia. The move comes ahead of a giant military parade in Red Square on May 9 to mark...
Range unveiled amid warmongering in Ukraine and borders of Baltic States. Features the slogan 'polite' - a phrase used to justify takeover of Crimea. Comes ahead of 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
An experimental cancer drug axed over poor results may have the ability to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's, experts have revealed. The drug was developed by the British pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca with the original aim of treating certain types of tumour, but was shelved after it proved ineffective. Scientists...
Drug called AZDO5030 originally designed to treat certain types of tumour. Scientists say it has restored memory in mice given Alzheimer's disease. Human trials have already been launched to test efficacy of drug in patients.
A Pakistani man suspected of killing his fiancee and nine of her relatives after they appeared to be reluctant to give her permission to marry - months after he allegedly murdered his own parents. The 25-year-old suspect, who has been identified as Gul Ahmad Saeed, is alleged to have shot dead his fiancee, her parents ...
Gul Ahmad Saeed suspected of shooting fiancee, her parents and siblings. Said to have been 'infuriated' about her uncle's indecisiveness over match. Saeed, 25, had already allegedly killed four members of his own family. Has been on the run from police since their deaths earlier this year.
Ryanair passengers travelling to Edinburgh and Zadar, Croatia were delayed for hours after two of the budget airline’s planes clipped wings at Dublin Airport this morning. Photos snapped by travellers show the tip of a winglet dangling by a thread after clipping the other plane - and it's the second time in six months ...
Planes were preparing to depart Dublin for Edinburgh and Zadar, Croatia. Airline said they were under the instruction of air traffic control. Winglet of one aircraft appears to have scraped the tail fin of the other. It's the second time in six months two Ryanair planes have collided.
Uber has poached Facebook's security chief Joe Sullivan in an attempt to double down on rapidly escalating safety concerns. The $40 billion taxi service has been plagued by serious accusations of failing to vet its drivers. Lawsuits have been brought against Uber in San Francisco and Los Angeles. A New Delhi driver was...
Joe Sullivan, 46, was the first federal prosecutor specializing in high-tech. He has worked in security for eBay, PayPal and Facebook. As Uber's first security chief he will attempt to curb growing claims. $40bn taxi firm accused of not adequately vetting drivers. India driver accused of rape, Denver driver of burglary...
Ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez had access to a black Glock pistol, had a distrustful nature and often described his friends as ungrateful, a former friend testified at Hernandez's murder trial on Wednesday. Alexander Bradley told Bristol County Superior Court Justice Susan Garsh he would be able to test...
Alexander Bradley, a key witness in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial, told the jury on Wednesday the football star had access to the murder weapon. Bradley claimed he saw someone hand Hernandez a black Glock pistol in a Miami hotel. Bradley, who says he was Hernandez's former drug dealer and then best friend, was not a...
Prince Charles is to name a pub in his designer village Poundbury after the Duchess of Cornwall - it will be built on the centre-piece Queen Mother Square. The inn, which will have 20 bedrooms, is being built in the prince's model village in Dorset as a joint development between the Duchy of Cornwall and brewery Hall &...
Inn will have 20 bedrooms and is to be completed to meet demand in 2016. It will sit in the Prince's village on a square named after the Queen Mother. The model village 'Poundbury,' Dorset, already has a Prince George House.
Payback: Scammer Rilwan Oshodi has been told he must repay nearly £1million in fraudulent gains. A scammer who was the ringleader of a fraud gang has been ordered to repay nearly £1million which he stole from the life savings of an innocent victim. Rilwan Oshodi bought Karen Budow's bank account details for just £3,200...
Rilwan Oshodi, 31, bought Karen Budow's bank details and spent her £1million life savings on a luxury lifestyle. He was jailed for eight years and has now been ordered to repay his profits. Insists he has nothing left and did not personally gain from the huge scam. But judge suggests he has hidden money abroad and tell...
Many of us enjoy a chilled glass of wine or a cold beer after a hard day at work. But while the majority of people believe their drinking habits are under control, one in five young professionals now considers themselves to have a problem with alcohol, a survey found. A new poll laying bare the public's attitudes to dr...
Fifth of young people don't remember how they got home after drinking. Third forgot their entire night while one in 20 drove themselves home drunk. But nearly a quarter considered alcohol to be more harmful than smoking. Half said the NHS should stop treating alcoholics given health warnings.
It tells the story of coal miners in a tough working-class community in Wales. And it seems the film Pride was a little overwhelming for soft-hearted Hampstead socialist Ed Miliband. The Labour leader has confessed he cried when he and his wife Justine watched a DVD of the 2014 movie starring Bill Nighy and Imelda Stau...
Ed Miliband says he spent his childhood obsessing over computer games. Labour leader reveals he is a fan of Ellie Goulding and the band Bastille. Poor hand-eye coordination but spent childhood playing Manic Miner. Says he mother calls him 'Edward' if she does not like one of his policies.
Millions of devout Christians around the world have been commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ by taking part in awe-inspiring and shocking Holy Week celebrations. The festival, which marks the trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus culminating in Easter Sunday, has been met with mesmerising religious para...
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The week-long festival marks the trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ culminating in Easter Sunday. The event has been met with awe-inspiring and shocking displays of faith from Christians across five continents. In Philippines, the week sees thousands of penitents beaten bloody...
Scientists claim the computer keyboard could be a powerful new tool in their battle against Parkinson's disease. Researchers in Massachusetts believe a person's keystrokes may reveal a huge amount of information about their motor skills. Now they're working on creating a keyboard that can tell doctors if someone has th...
MIT's algorithm reveals how effectively someone is striking keys. It does this by studying how long key is pressed before being released. Team are working on an app that gathers same data from a smartphone. It could detect other problems that affect movement, such as arthritis.
An archive of images showing the evolution of the Easter Egg over the past 40 years has been released in time for this year's celebrations. Archivists at confectionery giant Nestle have assembled the compendium of photographs dating back as far as the 1970s to highlight how the traditional chocolate treats have changed...
Archivists at Nestle have assembled images dating back to 1970s. Collection includes eggs from Yorkie, Kit Kat, Smarties and Rowntree's. Prior to WWI, people celebrated Easter with chocolate fish and chickens.
It's amazing what a bit of make-up can do. In a startling new tutorial YouTube star Promise Tamang turns herself into Maleficent, Angelina Jolie's character from the movie of the same name. But where the mother-of-six wore cheek prosthetics to achieve the unnaturally sharp cheekbones, Promise's bone structure is a res...
YouTube star Promise Tamang often recreates Disney princess make-up. She used contouring to replicate the bad fairy's chiselled cheekbones. Promise has 2.8 million subscribers and often posts tutorial videos.
Older people are more susceptible to emotions when making decisions over their retirement, scientists have warned (file picture) Older people are more susceptible to emotions when making decisions over their retirement, scientists have warned. Experts in America found that more than 50 per cent of pensioners with inves...
Half of pensioners in US with investments during 2007 financial crisis sold them at wrong time, research finds. Experts analysed 1,204 retirees with investments between 2006 and 2008. Findings come days before UK retirees are given power to decide how to spend life savings.
Murdered: Road rage victim Shahnawaz was returning home from a family function when the shocking attack occurred. At around 10.30pm on Sunday, Turkman Gate lived up to Delhi’s reputation as a city that has lost its soul. Two children, 13 and nine years old, stood wailing and begging bystanders as five local strongmen m...
Shahnawaz, 40, was beaten to death by five thugs because his bike - stuck in traffic - was blocking their way. His sons, aged nine and 13, begged bystanders and nearby police for help, but were told to 'call 100' Victim was rushed to nearby Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital but died en route. A day later, 200 protesters bl...
Residents in San Bernardino County in California were forced to flee their homes after a planned control burn in an area of brush land went out of control due to high winds. The county parks department set the fire on Tuesday to clear the area of highly flammable cattails, although a shift in the wind in the Mojave Nar...
Parks department officials had a permit to attempt a controlled burn. Fire officers had to deploy four aircraft and two bulldozers to fight the fire. More than 70 acres of the Mojave Narrows Park were affected by the blaze. Residents were able to return home once firemen controlled the inferno.
Gerry Adams has sparked outrage over comments he made on US television about notorious abduction and murder of Jean McConville. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has described the notorious abduction and murder of Jean McConville as 'what happens in wars'. In an interview on US television, he sparked outrage by suggestin...
Jean-McConville, 37, was taken from her Belfast home by masked gang. She was accused of being a British army informer by republicans. The mother-of-ten was suffocated with a plastic bag and shot dead. Gerry Adams said incidents like her murder happen 'in every single conflict'
Boris Johnson today fire an extraordinary attack on the Labour party, claiming Ed Miliband wants to go back to the 'nasty, racist' era of the 1970s. The London Mayor, who today launched the Tory campaign in the capital, said the Labour leader was 'hostile' to people who wanted to own their own home and would embark on ...
London Mayor claims Labour would embark on 'orgy of state socialism' Accused Miliband of being 'hostile' to people who wanted to own a home. Swamped by demands for selfies at Conservative launch in London.
It is the brand new accommodation designed to give visitors a taste of the South Pacific, but the latest villas on offer at Walt Disney World Florida are not for the budget traveller. The first phase of Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows has just been unveiled, revealing opulent overwater villas available from $2,0...
Disney has just unveiled their latest luxury resort: Bora Bora Bungalows. The overwater villas are located on the shore of the Seven Seas Lagoon. Inspired by the South Pacific, they're just minutes from the Magic Kingdom.
These incredible images capture the moment a fearless lion tried and failed to bring down a hippo calf. The big cat was seen at Kruger National Park in South Africa attempting to tackle the hefty mammal when it became temporarily separated from its herd after emerging from the water. Accompanied by a hunting partner, t...
Predator seen attacking hippo calf in Kruger National Park, South Africa. As the hippo emerges from the water it becomes separated from its mother. Lion seizes opportunity and leaps on to animal attempting to land killer bite. But the hippo's mother charges on to scene forcing the big cat to retreat.
Police in North Carolina say a married couple is dead after an Amtrak train hit them on Easter morning as they lingered on the tracks. Derek Lowe, 38, and Tina Lowe, 33, were hit shortly before 10am on Sunday in Durham by a train heading north. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said train No. 80, the Carolinian, was heade...
Accident happened just before 10am on Sunday in Durham, North Carolina. Derek Lowe, 38, and Tina Lowe, 33, were pronounced dead at the scene. Northbound train struck pair on property owned by Norfolk-Southern. Train No. 80, the Carolinian, was headed from Charlotte to New York City. Trip continued after about three-hou...
Church of England schools should stop selecting pupils on faith because it discriminates against the poor, a group of vicars has claimed. They say the system is open to abuse and many oversubscribed schools reject non-churchgoing families even though they may live nearby. Many Christian schools give priority to familie...
Group of vicars say CoE schools should stop selecting pupils on faith. Many Christian schools give priority to those who regularly attend church. But vicars argue the system is open to abuse and oversubscribed schools may reject non-churchgoing families even though they may live nearby. Clergymen said affluent parents ...
From bear testicles and tiger paws to crocodile jaws and snake heads, these are just some of the bizarre animal parts being sold in China's so-called medicine markets. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) claims all manner of ailments including back ache, poor memory and even cancer can be cured by the natural world. It ...
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Traditional Chinese Medicine claims to cure all sorts of ailments including back ache, poor memory and cancer. Markets in Guangzhou stock exotic and rare animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. But beliefs drive £13billion illegal wildlife network, the world's third-l...
A freezer trawler has sunk in a peninsula off the coast of Russia, killing at least 56 crew members. A massive rescue operation involving more than 1,300 people is now underway after the ship, carrying an international crew of 132, sank in the Sea of Okhotsk in just 15 minutes. Rescued crew members reported that the sh...
Trawler was carrying 132 crew members when it sank in Sea of Okhotsk. Fishing boats in the area have helped emergency services with rescue. At least 56 people have died after ship sank in just 15 minutes. Sea is coldest in East Asia with air temperatures of -20 degrees Celsius.
In its turbulent 800 year history, Hay Castle has been besieged, set ablaze and become a frequent target for marauding Welsh rebels. But now the medieval stronghold that has already endured so much is at risk of falling to a new army of invaders… which each measure less than half an inch long. An infestation of deathwa...
Hay Castle on the Welsh borders faces infestation of deathwatch beetles. The 12th-century building is having its timbers weakened by the insects. Beetle larvae burrow inside the castle's wooden beams and threaten its structural integrity. Renovators launch £7million plan to save the historic castle.
Brian Williams started embellishing his stories because he felt insecure following in Tom Brokaw's very large footsteps at NBC, according to a new report. The network handed Williams a six-month suspension in February after he acknowledged he had lied about being on board a helicopter that came under fire while reporti...
Williams was suspended from NBC in February after it emerged he'd lied about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq in 2003. A new report in Vanity Fair claims Williams lied because he felt insecure taking over from beloved anchor Tom Brokaw at the Nightly News. While some execs saw his lying as 'quirks' of ...
A devastated couple has launched a desperate search for their beloved pet cat after he disappeared following a 14-hour flight from Abu Dhabi to New York. Felix the cat has been missing for almost a week after he escaped from his crate at John F Kennedy International Airport. The two-year-old grey tabby belongs to Jenni...
Felix the cat disappeared after he escaped his plastic crate at JFK Airport. Owner Jennifer Stewart said the crate was badly damaged in transit. She is calling for better policies and procedures for the transport of pets. Etihad said it is working with ground handlers and 'specialists' to find Felix.
The Price is Right model who gave away a $21,960 car for free because of dumb mistake has said it's the 'biggest mistake ever in game show history' and the first of her six-year career. Colombian-born Manuela Arbelaez's mind was clearly somewhere else when she removed the wrong price tag during Thursday's show - giving...
Manuela Arbelaez handed contestant Andrea a $21,960 Hyundai Sonata SE for free on Thursday's show. Model revealed the correct price of the car too early - ending the show. Host Drew Carey was left with little option but to tell the contestant, 'Congratulations! Manuela just gave you a car! The game is over, folks' Arbe...
A teacher has been banned from the classroom after he let pupils change their exam answers invalidating his whole school's SATs results. Ian Guffick asked pupils to make changes to the the national curriculum tests for 11-year-olds, which assess English, maths and science at Mitton Manor Primary School in Tewskesbury, ...
Ian Guffick, 31, allowed pupils to make changes outside exam conditions. He also made changes to the pupil's work before the papers were sent off. Probe was launched after officials were tipped off he breached exam rules. A disciplinary panel has now banned Guffick from teaching for two years.
It has long been considered that a lie-flat bed is the only way to get a good night's sleep on a plane. But Boeing has issued a patent for a bizarre 'upright' sleeping support system that could mean economy passengers can sleep on long-haul flights too. Nicknamed the 'cuddle chair,' the somewhat comical idea could revo...
Recent patent filing shows plans for an 'upright' sleeping support system. Encased in a backpack, the cushions allow the passenger to lean forward. A breathing hole in the face pillow ensures extra customer comfort. Boeing says: 'We aren't providing any further information or comment'
Protesters opposing the construction of a $1.4billion telescope on a mountain in Hawaii they consider to be sacred were arrested after blocking a road leading to the site. Police arrested 12 protesters Thursday when they tried to block trucks heading to the peak of Mauna Kea where one of the world's largest telescopes ...
12 protesters were arrested after blocking road leading to construction site of one of the world's largest telescopes, Thirty Meter Telescope. Critics believe location on Mauna Kea, the highest point in the state, is considered a home of deities. The protesters who were arrested were released after posting $250 bail.
Fame and fortune from reality TV can certainly change your life - but not necessarily for the better, as Pete Bennett revealed on the Jeremy Kyle show today. The Big Brother winner, 33, from Brighton, won a dream £100,000 after coming first in the seventh series of the Channel 4 show in 2006. But the troubled star says...
2006 Big Brother winner Pete squandered prize money on ketamine. He is now clean but homeless - and tells Jeremy Kyle he wants act. We look back at the fates of other winners of the reality TV show. Some work in showbiz, while others returned to everyday life.