A man cheated death when a rogue plank of wood flew off a van and smashed through his windscreen - just centimetres from his chest. David Smart's life was saved by his own steering wheel, which blocked the path of the piece of timber but was bent in the ...
A terror suspect who attacked police outside Buckingham Palace with a four foot long samurai sword had left a suicide note to his sister, a court heard Mohiussunnath Chowdhury (correct), 26, told her "by the time you read this Insha'Allah I will be with Allah," it was said. He added: ...
Strategic Equity Capital - Quality small cap focus - Strategic Equity Capital (SEC’s) managers believe the current portfolio consists of very high quality smaller companies. The high cash balances that built up in 2016, on the back of events such as the e2v technologies takeover, have, largely, been redeployed. Cash drag and ...
A secondary school teacher has been jailed after he sent naked selfies of himself to a schoolgirl - with his genitals covered by smiley-face EMOJIS. Pervy Christopher Wood, 33, sent the explicit pictures of himself to the teenage pupil on Snapchat, who then responded by sending a topless snap of ...
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly "simple" chess puzzle. Researchers have thrown down the gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a chess puzzle -- but it could take thousands of years to solve. Computer scientist Professor Ian Gent and ...
A teacher has been fired after being caught on CCTV slapping a pupil 40 TIMES in the face - because he failed to answer the register. Disturbing footage shows Ritesh Gupta, eight, weeping as teacher Retica V John hands out the brutal punishment in front of his stunned classmates. ...
Amorously known as ‘ladies’ finger’, you may be forgiven for believing that okra’s pet namesake is derived from a squalid woman who’d been rummaging around in the dirt of the vegetable patch - on discovering okra - in desperate search of something less assiduously unpleasant. I, for one, loathe okra. ...
A self confessed Diana "superfan" splashed £3,000 travelling from Australia to lay flowers at her former home, Kensington Palace, on the 20th anniversary of her death. An emotional Trish Hoskin, 56, told how she desperately wanted to attend Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, but couldn't due to work commitments. The ...
A female health spa boss accused of drunkenly groping a male client claimed he had been in a gay relationship with his masseur, a court heard today (thurs). Kerry Brocklebank, 43, said she may have interrupted an "inappropriate relationship" when she walked in on her alleged victim as he was ...