Bungling workmen misspell ‘Olny’ on road markings
Blunder mocked on social media
Horrific CCTV captures married city worker dragging teenager to secluded area to rape her
Financial consultant Sanjay Naker preyed on his victim after she was asked to leave a bar in London Bridge for being too drunk.
Footage shows lifeboat saving nine illegal immigrants aboard inflatable boat taking in water
A tense video shows the moment a lifeboat crew saved nine illegal immigrants from an stricken inflatable boat in violently choppy swells in the English Channel. People smuggler Afrim Xhekaliu was forced to call police after the boat he was sailing from France with eight other Albanians got lost in...
Woman baited and harassed by married male colleague wins sex harassment claim
Lucille Richardson, 56, was groped by Scott Jowett - but managers turned a blind eye, a tribunal heard
Man becomes first murder victim of world cup in the UK
The incident happened after the England Belgium game
Splitting the (financial) atom: how public backing produces cheaper nuclear power
By Robert Seiler It's official: nuclear is back in Wales. After weeks of discussions over the risks of investing in large-scale energy projects, the British government proposed to become an equal investment partner in the new Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant. Under a tripartite financing structure, London is going to take a...
Man held slave for 26 years faces jail for crime traffickers forced him into
A slavery victim was told that his benefits would be slashed and threatened with jail if he didn't pay a historical fine for committing a crime he was forced into by one of the UK's biggest human trafficking rings. The 51-year-old man, who was regularly beaten, starved and at one...
Neymar voted the ‘coolest’ footballer left competing in the World Cup
Brazilian forward Neymar is the coolest footballer currently playing in the World Cup, according to Brits. The PSG striker, who scored Brazil’s opener in yesterday’s second round victory over Mexico, beat two Englishmen to top the poll. Frontmen Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford were the members of Gareth Southgate’s squad...
On the trail of South Africa’s less famous wildlife parks
by Pat Levy I was standing feet away from a white rhinoceros weighing 2,300 kg, convinced it would impale me on its horn (it didn’t). The next day, after waiting for a porcupine to amble across the path, I watched as a lazy pride of lions gnawed on the last...