Millennials in the US have it worse than previous generations on almost every conceivable metric, according to new statistics. Measured on wealth, debt, student loans, home ownership and inheritance members of Generation Y come off worse than the Baby Boomers and other ages that precede them. The statistics, compiled by Credit Suisse,...
Britain's last remaining mud-horse fisherman says his business is sinking - because of building work on a new nuclear power station. Dedicated Adrian Sellick, 59, is the fifth generation of his family to use the method - which sees him push a wooden sledge across the treacherous mudflats. The age-old...
A young couple who struggled for ten months to sell their home are offering it as a raffle prize - for £5 a ticket. Jack and Charlotte Smith had their two-bedroom flat on the market for almost a year and despite reducing the price twice, had no buyers. The couple...
A six-month-old baby girl suffering from a heart defect died after a life-saving operation was cancelled three times due to a lack of beds, an inquest heard. Iris Ann Day was born with Down Syndrome and an atrio-ventricular septal defect - - a hole in her heart which causes blood...
Almost two and a half thousand doctors are set to flee the NHS following Brexit. Worrying research has revealed that nearly a fifth of doctors working in the health service from the European Economic Area have already made solid plans to leave the country following the out vote. A total of...
In any other situation a Twitter feud between two men trading insults about being "old" or "short and fat" would take pride of place in the basin of social media banality, but when the two people concerned are sitting on a nuclear arsenal and a combined army of over a million...
A train driver was forced to jump for his life from a runaway locomotive after the brakes failed - causing it to career off the tracks. The steam train Akbar Express has featured in dozens of Bollywood movies and it usually chugs 760 miles across India in a journey taking...
A WiFi fault on Great Western Railway seems to promote accessing pornographic and offensive content on board their trains. The page lists a number of pages you are able to access using their free WiFi, including sending and receiving emails and browsing website content. But one user was left particularly shocked...
Surprised police officers couldn't believe their luck when seven bulging bin bags full of cannabis were found dumped at the side of the road. The drugs were found by council officers on the A59 near Harrogate, North Yorks., early on Sunday morning. PC Amanda Hanusch-Moore from North Yorkshire police tweeted...