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Rail strike chaos as UK goes back to work

Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will stage a walkout on Southern, Northern and Merseyrail services in a dispute over train guards. Thousa... read more

Cute or creepy? Child ‘bollards’ to improve road safety

They’re designed to make drivers slow down and proceed with caution. The childlike bollards have been erected by Iver District Council, in Buckinghamshire... read more

Foreign Office’s mouser that bureau-cats boast about

No doubt their respective owners would not want comparisons to be drawn. But the Foreign Office’s pet cat Palmerston has proven himself an adept mouse cat... read more

50 is the new 60 as hearts age faster due to poor diets

Fifty is the new 60 for some, with unhealthy lifestyles meaning nearly one in five middle-aged men have a ‘heart age’ of someone a decade older. Some 18 per... read more

Majorcan armed officers net 12 Britons in dawn raids

Spanish police have taken out a suspected British-led drugs gang in Magaluf. Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido tweeted his support for the Civil Guard as it... read more

Fury as Sammy the seal shot with a 2ft spear

Residents of Brixham, Devon, were horrified to spot Sammy the seal was speared The female seal is well-known by locals in the town where it plays in the water C... read more

Horrifying moment auto shop owner tries to stop car thief

Tim Rodifer, the owner of Mr Transmission in Johnson City, Tennessee, tried to stop a thief from stealing a car waiting on service at his auto shop He jumped... read more

Texas plant will deliberately ignite remaining chemicals

Two massive blazes have already broken out at the Arkema plant in Crosby Black smoke billowed into the sky as authorities maintained an evacuation zone Several ... read more

Turia Pitt shares tribute to fiance on Father’s Day

She’s three months away from her due date, but Turia Pitt is getting a head start in learning how to be a parent.  The inspirational burns survivor revea... read more

Don’t wreck Brexit Bill, ‘cynical’ Labour is told

Caroline Flint (pictured) said some of her fellow Labour MPs were seeking to ‘delay the inevitable’ by blocking the Government’s Great Repeal Bill which b... read more

Inside final stop on Harry and Meghan’s African holiday

Prince Harry and his girlfriend Meghan Markle ended their romantic three-week excursion in Africa at a £1,200-a-night resort on the banks of the Zambesi river ... read more

Flooded Texas plant will deliberately ignite remaining chemicals

By Afp Published: 00:20 BST, 4 September 2017 | Updated: 00:35 BST, 4 September 2017 Emergency vehicles wait at a roadblock after a chemical plant operated by t... read more

Drone footage reveals Harvey devastation in North Carolina

Harvey ripped through central North Carolina on Friday afternoon with winds of up to 90 miles per hour  Town of Sanford was among the hardest hit with dozens o... read more

What makes hydrogen bombs more powerful that regular nukes

North Korea claimed on Sunday to have successfully tested an hydrogen bomb, but what exactly makes an H-bomb different from a nuke?  Thermonuclear weapons, inf... read more

South Korea holds ballistic missile exercise

South Korea launched a ballistic missile exercise late Sunday in response to Pyongyang’s provocative detonation of what it claimed was a miniaturized hydr... read more

John Ibrahim’s new Kings Cross nightclub strict dress code

John Ibrahim’s latest Kings Cross venture includes a very strict dress code – and members of his family and entourage may fall victim to it. The Fla... read more

70million-to-one miracle quads are off to school

It’s the time of year when parents are frantically preparing their young ones for their first day at school. So spare a thought for Sharon and Julian Turner, ... read more

The Bachelor seedy secrets exposed

It’s the hit dating reality show that is all about elegant rose ceremonies and romantic dates. But under the seemingly graceful veneer of The Bachelor  t... read more

Karl Stefanovic will boycott the 2018 Logies ceremony

Karl Stefanovic will boycott the 2018 Logies if they are held outside Melbourne, he told Today viewers on Monday. The 43-year-old Channel Nine TV host was react... read more

Half hour browsing Instagram makes girls hate their body

It’s the photo-sharing app that so many of us love – for the beautiful, carefully-curated images that fill our feeds. But new Australian research ha... read more

Spiders fed graphene produce silk that can carry a human

Parachutes could be made out spiders utilized to spin super-strong and genetically-enhanced webs in the near future, research has shown.  Scientists have confi... read more

Help! I know my friends are leaving me out

Novelist, grandmother of four and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, 61, answers your questions … Q: I recently introduced two friends but now I’m... read more

Shocking moment an inmate attacks a dozen jail guards

Video footage shows Austin Allen, 31, attacking correctional officers at Cook County Jail in Chicago  This is the shocking moment an inmate who was jailed for... read more

JJ Watt hands out supplies to Hurricane Harvey victims

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt spent the day handing out truckloads of relief supplies to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey as the online fund he start... read more