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Panera to start listing the amount of sugar in its drinks

Panera Bread will launch new cups that display the amount of added sugar and number of calories in seven of its drinks. The move is the latest by the company to... read more

Blue whale calls have gradually been lowering in frequency

For the past two decades, researchers have documented a gradual lowering of the frequency of blue whale calls and they haven’t been sure why.  But a new ... read more

TV builder from C4 game show ‘assaulted police officers’

Huntley Thawe, 48, was arguing with Anna Thawe, 41, in front of his kids when he had to be restrained by three officers armed with batons in Worcestershire, JPs... read more

H.L. Hunley submarine crew were killed by their own weapon

The first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful explosive torpedo it carried, new research has f... read more

Steubenville rapist dad shot judge after night of drinking

The father of the Steubenville rapist killed after shooting a judge had been drinking all night before he opened fire over a grudge he held in error, DailyMail.... read more

Prince George’s £20,000-a-year prep gets rave reviews

With Prince George about to start ‘big’ school in just a fortnight, his new private prep has been described as ‘competitive, oversubscribed’ and for ‘... read more

Milwaukee student is caught punching his teacher in class

Student, 16, was filmed lunging at his teacher at South Division High on Tuesday The teenager was caught punching his teacher in the head several times Police s... read more

Indiana basketball player kills himself after tweeting

Tragic loss: Ball State University basketball player Zach Hollywood committed suicide in an off-campus apartment Tuesday A 19-year-old basketball player at B... read more

Morning Consult/Politico poll shows Trump at all-time low

The latest Morning Consult/Politico poll has President Trump at an all-time low for that particular survey, with only 39 percent approval post-Charlottesville.Â... read more

Charlie Hebdo publishes another anti-Islam front cover

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published a provocative front-page cartoon about Islam and the recent terror attacks in Spain which has led to criti... read more

Two rats help care for orphaned kittens at Brooklyn café 

Rat and cats aren’t famous for their friendship, but a New York café is challenging that stereotype. The Brooklyn Cat Café on Atlantic Avenue has recrui... read more

US wife of Barcelona victim seeks last person who saw him

The wife of the American man killed in last week’s Barcelona terror attack is trying to find a waiter who may have been the last person to see her husband... read more

Connecticut nanny accused of burning kids gets 15 years

A Connecticut nanny accused of burning a 3-year-old’s hand and leg on a hot stove, swinging her by her hair and trapping her inside a toy chest has been s... read more

Growing number of Chinese army applicants too fat to join

In one city in China, 57 per cent of try-outs were rejected on grounds of fitness  One in five said to be too fat, while 8 per cent had overly large testicular... read more

Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre

Record bosses have spent millions trying to create the perfect pop song. They find heart-throb singers who will set teenagers’ hearts aflutter, employ tea... read more

Calf born with fifth leg brings good luck to India

A calf born with a fifth leg is causing quite the stir in villages in northern India The mutant dairy calf is viewed as a rare animal, expected to bring good lu... read more

Carol Guzy’s photos show the faces of innocents in Mosul

For more than three years they lived under the brutal ISIS ‘caliphate’ in Mosul, and the faces of civilians caught up in the war-torn city show the ... read more

Kim Jong-Un steps up North Korean missile programme

Kim Jong-un has stepped up his ballistic missile programme as North Korea releases images of at least one new warhead.   The dictator reportedly told scienti... read more

Reading Festival early arrivals soak up the sun

It was a tale of two festivals when revellers arrived at Reading and Leeds today. Music fans in the south arrived in high spirits by boat while their northern c... read more

Republicans not rushing to defend Trump’s shutdown threat

Conservative Republicans weren’t rushing to publicly defend President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he demanded funding for his border wall even if a go... read more

Berlin school builds 6ft anti-prostitute fence in Germany

Französisches Gymnasium in Berlin builds a 400-ft long barrier costing £52,500 Officials said prostitutes were walking into the grounds and relieving themselv... read more

Boy found safe after police shoot dead father in LA

Konstantin Morozov, 48, was shot dead by Los Angeles police on Tuesday night  His nine-year-old son Daniel Morozov was found with him but was unharmed Morozov ... read more

Couple in Idaho killed while watching solar eclipse

A Utah couple tragically died in a boating accident while watching the total solar eclipse on Monday in Idaho. Mike Kingston was operating a boat on the Ririe R... read more

Humans to blame for atmosphere’s rocketing methane levels

Humans drilling for oil and gas are to blame for rocketing levels of the greenhouse gas methane in our atmosphere, experts have warned. New research found that ... read more