When you laugh the whole world really does laugh with you, according to new research
Humour is universal - with no 'cultural barriers', say psychologists.
Firefighters battling a house-blaze after it was struck by lightning this morning
The property's first floor was "well alight" as three fire crews scrambled to the scene at around 8am
The RSPCA rescued a cat that had found itself stuck in a rather unusual situation – inside a car ENGINE
The cat was rescued from the Jeep in Southwark on Tuesday, but the RSPCA refused to say whether the engine was purring.
TLE meets…Steve Bugeja
We caught up with Steve Bugeja ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe show. What is your show about? My show is about me being stuck on a 13 hour flight next to a drunk, loose lipped stranger. To make things worse at the start of the flight I receive a text ...
TLE meets…Carl Donnelly
We caught up with Carl Donnelly ahead of his show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival What is your show about? It’s about my last ten years and how since starting comedy i’ve firmly joined the middle classes. It’s a very white middle class industry that in the last few years ...
Armed cops & gangsters in shoot-out during high speed car chase in London
Three suspects held on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident in east London, although no injuries reported
Man denies posing as a victim of the Grenfell Tower disaster to net £60,000 of aid meant for survivors
Abdelkarim Rekaya, 28, is charged with fraud by false representation and obtaining permission to remain in Britain by deception
Senior police officer charged with assault after allegedly ‘shoulder-barging’ female colleague
Chief Inspector Andrew Johnstone has been placed on restricted duties after being charged with common assault
“Bring the probation service entirely back into public ownership,” union demands
GMB, the union for the probation service, has responded to the government announcement that contracts of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Councils that provide the bulk of probation services in England and Wales will be terminated early. After the contracts are scrapped, a consultation called ‘Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence’ will try ...