Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has announced he is planning to set up an online news site to combat the problem of "fake news". Wikitribune will offer factual and neutral articles by using professional journalists and volunteers. The site will eschew traditional advertising revenue in favour of regular donations such as...
I've always said that there's only one thing more important than the prospect of nuclear war on three fronts, and that's blending your makeup with your boyfriend’s balls. Yes, according to one of the most widely-read newspapers in the country the new make-up fad that is old 'balls forehead' is more...
Switch on E4 on any given Monday night and ten minutes of Made in Chelsea will give you a rough idea of the veritable number of establishments this part of South West London has to offer. Glamorous clubs, private members bars and palace-like cafes serving high teas from shiny trinkets...
A man who suffers a STROKE every month has been denied a £15,000 life-saving heart operation - because of NHS cuts. Jason Missen, 22, fears the strokes and severe daily migraines caused by a hole in his heart will kill him after the "routine" operation he believes would cure him...
Four RAF Typhoon pilots using the world's most advanced fighter helmet set off for Eastern Europe yesterday as tensions with Russia mounted. The £250,000 Striker II helmet boasts in-built digital night vision that identifies enemy targets by red and yellow colour codes. The Luke Skywalker-style head gear allows pilots to...
Police have begun a probe into possible hate crimes in connection with the controversial reading of the Koran in a cathedral. A service on at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow received widespread attention after a reading from the Koran in January. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth read the passage...
A keen runner has celebrated breaking the world record for the fastest marathon - while carrying a 25-kilo TUMBLE DRYER. Ben Blowes, 44, ran the 26.2-mile London Marathon on Sunday, smashing the six-hour record for carrying a household appliance by just over a minute. He finished the course in 5:58:37,...
Air New Zealand has opened a pop-up shop in London's Soho today to counter our perception of airline food. A quarter of Brits think airplane food is worse than school dinners and hospital food, new research has found, while a fifth of people believe bad cuisine is the worst thing...
This dramatic footage shows a huge gorse fire that raged out of control for eight hours - injuring FIVE firefighters. A huge swathe of the countryside has now been blackened following the blaze at Woodbury Common. which spread across 100 acres of heathland and could be seen for miles. More...