A British boxer who collapsed after winning a fight in an eliminator bout on Saturday night has died in hospital. Scott Westgarth, 31, had earned a win on points over ten brutal rounds against Dec Spellman in an English title eliminator. Scott suffered a knockdown but also downed Spellman during...
It seems that the most recent mass shooting in the US has created a huge groundswell of support for gun control. On Valentine’s Day 17 people were killed in a senseless attack of innocent high school children. In the aftermath of the attack, Emma Gonzalez spoke out at an anti-firearms...
A BBC presenter has questioned the class bias at the public service broadcaster and has asked for class, as well as ethnic diversity, to be the focus going forward. Steph McGovern, who is from Middlesbrough, questioned whether the BBC does enough to promote working class people into the top jobs....
In news which will anger huge swathes of the public, not the least the staff who have lost their jobs since the collapse of the outsourcing giant; it has been revealed a top exec at the company made a killing before Carillion’s demise. Richard Adam was the finance director between...
These adorable snaps show an injured otter sparked out on an operating table after it managed to survive dodging traffic on a dangerous dual carriageway. The tiny eight-week old otter cub called Flow was rescued from a near-certain death after she was separated from her mother. She appeared confused when...
Many Remainers were hoping that the UK could at least stay in the customs union after the UK leaves the EU. However, this is now looking highly unlikely as the health secretary ruled it out today. Hunt appears to have drawn a line under the issue and the Government will...
Academics across the country are on strike due to planned pension reforms, which they claim will leave them in financial strife later in life. Students joined their lecturers holding mass walkouts across 57 universities up and down the country. Students and lectures man picket lines and hold a rally on...
A ceiling fixer has made £400 from selling £10 KFC bargain buckets online - for £100 each. He posted an ad on Facebook selling ‘rare’ ten-piece bargain buckets for £100 from the chicken takeaway chain, which had to close more than half of its stores nationwide due to a problem...
A Big Issue seller who spent £30 on a contactless card machine has seen his sales soar - and paid off the investment in a day. Robin Fabian, 50, has been selling copies of the magazine for seven years on his patch close to the University of Bristol. But he...