A previously unknown ”supercolony” of Adélie penguins has been discovered in the Antarctic, living on the Danger Islands, located off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The islands are both incredibly remote and surrounded by thick sea ice.In total there were 751,527 pairs of penguins living on the islands – more than the rest...
It might be freezing outside but the most bitter you are likely to feel, is knowing your MP has just got a pay rise. From 2018/19 they will take home a 1.8 pay rise, taking their pay to a chunky £77,379 a year, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said. Last...
This Londoner won't be able to drive to work today (Fri) - because their car was trapped in a block of ICE. The frozen motor was left unidentifiable after being turned into a block of ice by a burst water pipe. This Londoner won't be able to drive to work...
Young people who learn practical skills through Barnardo’s have created a series of self-portraits to mark the 150th anniversary of the charity’s first ‘ragged school’. Teenagers at The Hub Skills Centre in Stepney Green were inspired by the recent donation of postcards dating back to the late 19th century which depict children...
The 'Beast of the East' claimed its first elderly victim today when a 75-year-old woman was found dead near her home in sub-zero conditions during a blizzard. The un-named OAP, believed to have been confused shortly before her death, was discovered lying partially under a car at 6am as temperatures...
The Beast from the East has brought such chilly weather that London's busiest canal has FROZEN. Famous Regents Canal was so iced over that snow had begun to settle on the waterway - leaving it looking like tarmac. The nine-mile-long north London waterway was coated in ice and snow thanks...
A former paratrooper faces life behind bars after being found guilty of brutally murdering an 83-year-old grandfather because he hated dog walkers. Alexander Palmer, 24, repeatedly stabbed Peter Wrighton so viciously in the throat and eye that cops thought he had been savaged by an animal. The retired BT engineer...
The ex-PM John Major has re-entered the Brexit debate. A prominent Remainer he spoke out over the way the Brexit negotiations are going, in his opinion. Major, talking at an event in central London, said that British people have “every right” to vote in a second referendum, to decide if...
A disclosure by GP website Pulse have disclosed some very troubling news about the health sector in the UK. The website discovered that in four NHS bodies in England GP practices are given monetary rewards to not send patients into hospital. A freedom of information survey of 181 CCGs by...