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Just A Minute host Nicholas Parsons, 96, dies after short illness

Just a Minute host Nicholas Parsons was today praised as a ‘broadcasting legend’ and ‘an icon in the world of British comedy’ following ... read more

Israel Folau signs with Super League’s Catalans Dragons

Israel Folau makes shock return to rugby league as he signs with club that wants to give the controversial star a ‘new opportunity to shine’ Catalan... read more

Moment a two-year-old ‘escape artist’ sends her parents into a fright by escaping the house

The cutest escape artist in the world regularly sends her family into a panic by escaping their home any chance she get.  As parents of 11 children Ben and Zoe... read more

Judge throws out case against Extinction Rebellion protestors over London City Airport demo

A judge has today thrown out a case against five Extinction Rebellion protesters after a key police witness was allowed to go on holiday.  The five activists w... read more

Banker-turned artist, 45, goes to war with neighbour over patio

An artist is at war in court with his millionaire inventor neighbour who he claims stole half of his front garden whilst he was abroad.  William Savage says Ri... read more

Meghan Markle has not spoken to Kate Middleton since Megxit, source tells Us Weekly

Meghan Markle has not spoken to Kate Middleton since she and Prince Harry quit as senior members of the Royal Family, a source has claimed. The Duke and Duchess... read more

Delhi bus gang rapist demands mercy because he was sexually abused in jail

A man due to be executed this week for the fatal gang rape of a female student in Delhi in 2012 says he deserves mercy because he has been sexually abused in ja... read more

Thomas Markle says son-in-law Prince Harry is very insecure

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Thomas Markle says Meghan has been left ‘mothering’ a ‘very insecure’ Harry’ and she’s taken the rap w... read more

HENRY DEEDES: It was almost unanimous – handing our passwords to China is barmy 

After all the Brexit bickering, a rare moment in Parliament yesterday: a House of Commons almost in total agreement. It occurred during an Urgent Question grant... read more

CIA boss ‘behind Soleimani assassination killed in plane crash in Afghanistan’, Iranian news claims 

An Iranian news agency has claimed a CIA chief who helped plan the assassination of general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a plane crash yesterday in Afghanista... read more

Boris Johnson defies US fury and Tory backbenchers to approve 5G role for Huawei

Boris Johnson was accused of an ‘insult to our closest friends’ today as he defied Donald Trump and a huge Tory backbench revolt by declaring that C... read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Beneath blue and white caps

There can be few places on Earth more infused with evil than this – the railhead at Auschwitz; the spot where countless families were savagely wrenched apart ... read more

Mother, 24, kills her one-year-old son before shooting herself dead

A mother killed her one-year-old son before shooting herself dead in the Rocky Mountains National Park.  Tristen Watson, 24, died of a gunshot wound to the hea... read more

Burns FRIGHT! Mother’s shock as five-year-old daughter draws suspicious-looking thistle

Burns FRIGHT! Mother’s shock as five-year-old daughter draws suspicious-looking thistle for her teacher after learning about iconic Scottish poet in schoo... read more

Italian firefighters save dogs from a badger sett

Ruff day! Heartwarming moment Italian firefighters dig Jack Russell terriers Chico and Bricilola out of a badger sett after the three-hour rescue operation Jack... read more

Police name boy, 16, who was stabbed to death at East Croydon station in ninth London murder

A 16-year-old boy who was ‘stabbed in the face’ in front of horrified commuters at a London railway station in the ninth murder to plague the capita... read more

Postal worker is caught on CCTV hurling package at front door from the street

Postal worker is caught on CCTV hurling package at front door from the street – damaging religious book inside Homeowner in Williamsburg, New York, was gu... read more

More than 1,400 migrants are evicted from Paris’s biggest makeshift camp

French riot police today forced more than 1400 migrants out of an illegal camp in Paris which was then destroyed. Some 600 single men and 240 families, includin... read more

Ingenious ‘Tardis’ house that is squeezed into 11ft space at front but spreads to 28ft at back

The owners of a four bedroom ‘Tardis’ house hope that they have found a gap in the market after putting it up for sale for £1.25million. The novel ... read more

Villages across China are BARRICADING themselves in with brick walls

Villages across China are barricading themselves from the outside world in a desperate attempt to stop the spread of the killer coronavirus that is rapidly swee... read more

Benjamin Netanyahu abandons his bid for immunity from prosecution

Benjamin Netanyahu abandons his bid for immunity from prosecution on corruption charges – paving the way for possible trial Netanyahu made the call just befor... read more

Father returns to Dublin home where he found his three children dead

This is the moment a distraught father returned to the Dublin home where he found the bodies of his three children last week. Andrew McGinley teared up as he lo... read more

Mother gorilla protectively cuddles her newborn in adorable footage

Mother gorilla protectively cuddles her newborn in adorable footage as wildlife foundation celebrates 147th birth in its breeding programme Viringika, a western... read more

Man denied Swiss citizenship for not knowing about animals sharing enclosure at his local zoo

Man is denied Swiss citizenship after living in the country for 30 years because he did not know bears and wolves shared an enclosure at his local zoo The man d... read more