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Blackpool homeowners call for Leylandii to be cut down

Frustrated homeowners are demanding a housing group cuts down giant trees have grown so high they are blocking out all natural light in their back gardens. The ... read more

Kevin McCloud aims to raise £50m to build 600 homes a year

TV property expert Kevin McCloud wants to raise £50million to build 600 ‘beautiful and sustainable’ homes a year to challenge identikit developers.... read more

Driver takes cops on chase ending on New York golf course

Freddie P. Maliwacki Sr. was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief The 79-year-old man was allegedly driving a 2010 Toyota Corol... read more

Hurricane Irma is a ‘serious threat’ to the US

Hurricane Irma now poses a ‘serious threat’ to the U.S., meteorologists say, but the direction of the Category 3 storm is still unclear.  The storm... read more

Police drive 220km/h to catch car in right lane in NSW

A policeman drove at 220km/h to catch a motorist driving in right hand lane Driver fined $325 and slapped with three demerit points for little-known crime He t... read more

Belgian Army pilot falls from helicopter without parachute

Three soldiers had parachuted from a helicopter as part of an airshow in Belgium Co-pilot monitoring jump turned back to find pilot was not in seat and door ope... read more

Police dog in Connecticut put down after cancer diagnosis

Police dog in Connecticut put down after being diagnosed with liver cancer Officer Michael D’Aresta was forced to say goodbye to K9 Hunter after ten years... read more

Ghost lobster caught off Maine coast by trawlerman

Trawlerman Alex Todd caught a rare ‘ghost’ lobster while off the coast of Maine  The lobster is thought to have a genetic pigment mutation called L... read more

Hitler ‘performed sex act in a cinema during violent film’

Hitler was a ‘sexually confused serial killer’, according to a new book released in Germany A new book out in Germany this week claims that Adolf Hi... read more

Where are New York’s Club Kids of the ’80s and ’90s now?

They were the stars of New York City nightlife in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s with their outrageous looks and antics, simultaneously striking fear into the... read more

Danger of sex crimes in mobile apps revealed in experiment

More than 100 predators and paedophiles have been arrested this year for trying to groom children online and the problem is only getting worse. Commander of the... read more

Sorcerer fails to revive boy with ceremony in Rajasthan

A heartbroken Indian couple who had lost their son, enlisted a sorcerer to perform a 17-hour ceremony to bring their dead child back to life. The nine-year-old ... read more

Trump likes tweet saying he’s ‘not presidential material’

The president bizarrely ‘liked’ a tweet that called him un-presidential after he misspelled a word in his own tweet.  On Friday, President Donald T... read more

Cumbria husband and wife who plotted to drug babies freed

A husband and wife who plotted to drug and rape babies and discussed their plans on WhatsApp in a paedophile love triangle have been freed from jail after serv... read more

Marriage increases levels of forgiveness and self-control

There may be yet another reason to tie the knot.   A new study suggests that marriage changes you forever, by helping to hone your levels of forgiveness and se... read more

Indigenous One Nation candidate opposes welfare crackdown

An indigenous man who opposes a cashless welfare card for Aboriginal people is running as a One Nation candidate. Jason Quick is flying the flag for Pauline Han... read more

Fraudster accused of beating man for info on daughter

A convicted white collar fraudster has been accused of going too far in investigating the mysterious death of his 20-year-old daughter.  Vladislav ‘Steve... read more

Female brain injury patient raped in New York hospital

A female patient with a severe brain injury was allegedly raped in a New York City hospital, police have said. A nurse doing her rounds walked in to check on th... read more

Mayor says Houston ‘open for business’ despite hurdles

Houston’s mayor insists that America’s fourth-largest city is ‘open for business,’ but with areas under water, people not yet in their h... read more

Victoria and Albert museum to host Winnie-the-Pooh

Original drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh will be displayed for the first time in almost 40 years as part of the UK’s largest ever museum exhibition on the wor... read more

Manus Island detainees reject $70m compensation offer

Dozens of Manus Island detainees say a $70 million compensation settlement for their wrongful imprisonment is not high enough. The Australian Government and cen... read more

Torrent sites crash as people stream Game of Thrones

They’re regularly used to illegally download films and TV programmes, but it seems that users may have to look for alternatives to torrent sites. Dozens o... read more

Man screams as roof smashed by lightning in Canada

In the dramatic clip a bolt strikes the towering timber with an explosive flash Suddenly the tree splits and heavy blocks of wood rain down towards the lodge Th... read more

Former public schoolboy accused of multiple sex attacks

A former public schoolboy accused of carrying out sex attacks on four young women had searched pornographic websites for rape videos, a court heard. Computer eq... read more