A toothpaste ingredient that stops the build-up of plaque bacteria may help fight drug-resistant malaria, a British robot scientist named Eve has discovered. Triclosan found in many toothpastes stuns the growth of the malaria parasite which has built up resistance to a common anti-malarial drug. When a mosquito infected with...
A 103-year-old Bristol Rovers fan still goes to every home match - after arriving at her first by steam train. Kitty Thorne, 103, could be Britain’s oldest female football fan, and has followed her team since 1954. She is so dedicated to the League One team that she could not...
A man who was dumped by his ex as he planned their wedding hit back by shedding an incredible 115lbs in eight months by turning VEGAN - and has now found love again. Collin Fissell, 25, was heartbroken when his ex-girlfriend said she didn't want to marry him and the...
A poor fox limped past 10 Downing Street looking for help - in the middle of the day. The injured critter, which is normally nocturnal, hobbled past the PM's home just before Amber Rudd emerged on Tuesday lunchtime. London, January 16 2018. A fox limps past the Prime Minister's office...
Two teenagers who beat to death a homeless man to death because "it was funny" have been jailed for life for the "senseless act of mindless brutality." Alex Macdonald and Charlie White, both 19, and Jimmy Buckley, 20, beat 21-year-old Razvan Sirbu to death near the tent where he lived...
A security company boss has accused disgraced actor Kevin Spacey of racism towards his predominantly black employees while on the set of House of Cards. Earl Blue, 51, boss of VIP Protective Services, was hired by Knight Takes King Productions to manage on-set security during season one filming of the...
An Audi driver who raped an 18-year-old girl when she accidentally got into his car thinking it was a taxi after a night out has been jailed. Andrew Green, 43, pretended he was "a Good Samaritan" when he pulled over and spoke to his victim - who had "nowhere to...
These shocking pictures show a 22-year-old woman lying in agony on the floor of A&E for more than FIVE HOURS because of the NHS crisis. Kyra Dew was rushed to hospital after she collapsed at home but was told she would have to wait for a bed to become available....
Evidence against a man who made claims he was notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper will be re-examined in court -- almost 130 years after he was hanged. William Bury became the last man hanged in Dundee in April 1889 after he was found guilty of murdering his wife. In...