A newspaper in a city with prominent links to slavery has issued an apology after running a controversial front page more than two decades ago. The Bristol Post's 1996 splash - headlined 'Faces of Evil' - includes 16 mugshots of black men jailed for dealing crack cocaine in the city....
This is the moment a Good Samaritan leaped into action to save a homeless person's TENT where he lives - after it was set on FIRE. The brave stranger can be seen calmly carrying the occupant's sleeping bag away from the burning tent, which was fortunately unoccupied at the time....
A headteacher who was named the best in the country for turning around a failing school is quitting the role due to the stresses of the job. Matt Middlemore was awarded the title 2016 for his work at Tregolls School. The primary school in Truro, Cornwall, was rated the 15th...
The world’s oldest known message in a bottle has been discovered on a beach, sadly it doesn't point to buried treasure. A couple found the 132-year-old bottle as they were walking along a beach near Wedge Island, Western Australia. One of the couple, Photographer Tonya Illman, said he said she...
This shocking footage shows a British diver swimming through swathes of plastic rubbish off the coast of Bali. Richard Horner, 45, captured the dramatic images to highlight the ongoing threat of ocean pollution across the globe. He filmed himself swimming through the deluge of wrappers and bags alongside sea life...
Over 500 workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear site have refused to work and many are currently staging a sit in protest, in the staff canteen. One construction worker, who didn't want to be named said: “The site was shut down from Thursday until late last night, due to...
A drugged-up teenage arsonist who firebombed a speed camera in a revenge attack after it caught his friend speeding has been fined. Michael Duncan, 19, was spotted by police in the early hours spraying petrol onto an already ablaze traffic enforcement camera on December 27 last year. Officers approached the...
A disgraced former detective who used the dating app Grindr to groom a 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of gross misconduct. Detective Constable Jonathan Davies-Brewin, 50, set up a profile with the display name 'Older4Youngerx' to contact the teenager online. He arranged to meet the boy in a Tesco...
I think we are going to need a bigger boat! This is the amazing moment a giant whale shark is captured looming beneath a boat full of unsuspecting tourists. The enormous whale shark - the world's largest species of fish - appears to dwarf the boat as it floats just...