Tributes have been paid to the 'remarkable' Alf Davey who spent three and a half years in Japanese captivity. Most of his time was spent doing forced labour on the 258 mile long railway line through near impossible terrain. Mr Davey spent his last 70 years in his home town ...
A down-on-his-luck man has spent years begging strangers to 'give me shelter' while sleeping rough on a street - opposite the headquarters of Britain’s biggest homeless charity. Army veteran Tony Richards has built himself a makeshift camp on the cold street opposite the posh London headquarters of Shelter, a charity ...
A driver had a miraculous survival after he dozed off at the wheel and was impaled with a 2.5 foot rod which went straight through his chest. Night shift worker Piyush Sundarva, 26, was driving home at 7.30am on the SG Highway in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, when he swerved into ...
A mum is lucky to be alive after she was attacked by a stingray - and stabbed in the FOOT. Dawn North, 44, accidentally stepped on the animal while on a dream holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand, and was jabbed through her foot with the painful and poisonous barb. Dawn, ...
They say that much of the right-wing backlash being observed in the political mainstream across the world stems from how overly PC society has become. And if that's true, comedy may have a lot to answer for. Long been a vessel for expressing risque observations of society comedy is the ...
A plant dating back more than 100 million years to the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered growing in the American Mid West. The moss was found in 16 lakes around Wisconsin and Minnesota - and scientists likened their surprise to a "cheetah poking its head through your office ...
Although not the prettiest of cuts, pig’s cheeks are amongst the animal’s tastiest offering. The same can be said for those of cows (ox) and monkfish, too. From the new Saturday brunch menu at Roast – a British restaurant in Borough Market – this recipe substitutes traditional ham for smoked ...
Empiric will convert St Mary's hospital Bristol to student housing - The Board of Empiric Student Property has announced that the Group has acquired, on an unconditional basis, the freehold of the former St Mary's Hospital in Bristol for GBP8.08 million (excluding costs). The current site comprises a 3,400 sq m ...
Tony Blair's hopes of creating a new centrist political party lie in tatters after key donors abandoned the cause. With an increasing amount of MPs feeling alienated by their respective parties and a lack of support for pro-Remain policies the time seemed ripe for the former New Labour leader to ...