London's congestion charge has increased deadly diesel pollution by a fifth putting inhabitants at a higher risk of severe lung and respiratory problems, scientists warned. The charge, introduced by Ken Livingstone in 2003 for peak time traffic, reduced some forms of pollution such as carbon monoxide, particulate matter and nitrous...
A great-gran bagged herself a private gig with her favourite band G4 after hitting her head on a pavement - just six FOOT away from their concert doors. Marjorie Everett, 75, had won a Facebook competition to see G4 so she could see the quartet live for the very first...
A whistleblower has come forward to claim that the campaign to leave the EU, during the Brexit vote, was illegal. Shahmir Sanni who for worked for BeLeave, accused Vote Leave of bypassing spending limits, by funnelling cash into the BeLeave campaign, as a way to get around the Electoral Commission’s...
This is the £100,000 watch stolen at gunpoint from the former owner of Crystal Palace in a daylight robbery. Simon Jordan, 50, was robbed at gunpoint for his rare watch white gold, blue-faced Franck Muller while out driving with his 80-year-old father. A motorbiker dressed all in black pulled up...
A van driver who, while high on cocaine, ploughed into a cyclist leaving them with life-changing injuries has been jailed. Driver John Marshall, 29, had put his foot down on his white transit van at an amber light along Parkfield Road, Rugby on June 26, 2016. As he approached the...
An NHS oncology nurse is being forced to crowdfund treatment for her own terminal cancer - as the drug is not available on the NHS. Brave Laura Harris, 42, has devoted her life to helping cancer patients but has been told there is no treatment available for her own fight...
A midwife sacked for a poor sickness record claims she was ill after contracting a kidney infection at work - because the birthing centre didn’t have a staff TOILET. Jane Greaves, 46, says low staffing levels meant she was unable to leave the unit to go to the toilet, which...
This is the hilarious moment a man tried to ride a HORSE through a McDonald's drive-thru - before being told 'neigh'. Bemused customers were surprised to see the rider "trotting up" to the kiosk before trying to place an order for his 'mane' course. But he was stopped in his...
A jobless mum who was fined for putting an abusive note on an ambulance outside her house has been EVICTED after neighbours made 150 complaints against her. Kirsty Sharman, 26, scrawled the foul-mouthed message on a scrap of paper and tucked it under the back windscreen wiper as paramedics attended...