Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis used the madness and conflict of Shakespeare's characters to demonstrate how we can humanise economics in a powerful speech delivered at the Rose Theatre. The leading economist highlighted the seminal influence Shakespeare has had on his thinking as he took centre stage following an invitation ...
Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home shortly before 11pm on a Monday evening, an inquest heard. At the opening of his inquest today (Thurs) West London Coroner's heard an ambulance was first called to his home in New Malden, south-west London and he was pronounced dead ...
A millionaire has today (Thurs) been jailed for causing the death of a handyman by ignoring safety pleas - telling him: 'F**k that, it's getting stupid money now.' Former UKIP parliamentary candidate Keith Crawford, 73, tried to cut costs while having a leak in his outside pool repaired. Builder Peter ...
These pictures show the desolate remnants of five coastal homes which are on the brink of falling into the sea. The houses are perched on a cliff edge and at immediate risk of collapsing on to the beach below. The properties on the coast of Hemsby, Norfolk, have already spilt ...
Complaints about Nigel Farage fly tipping fish have been submitted to Westminster Council after yesterday's protest by the former Ukip leader on the Thames. Farage joined a raft of protesters campaigning for a revision of fishing quotas during the Brexit transition. The red, white and blue fishing boat sailed down ...
Dad-of-two Mark Smith was shot in the right leg six times and right arm once while he was serving for the Grenadier Guards in Canada.
The US Senate just passed an important bill to tackle the loopholes used by internet companies that facilitate ads for sex trafficking. Senators voted yesterday to pass the historic FOSTA-SESTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act). This bill establishes criminal and civil liability for websites that ...
This is the moment a hungry orca circles a trawler desperate to catch any fish that fall from the sides. The killer whale went after the fishing boat as it caught herring off the coast of Kvaenangen in Norway. The orca bull seemed reluctant to let the fish go and ...
Britain's post-Brexit blue passport, which has been used by politicians to symbolise the country's break from the European Union, will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm after they won the race for the £490m printing job. UK-based firm De La Rue, which makes the current burgundy version, lost the contract to make ...