A man is dead after police 'surround car and shoot into it' near Bristol. Armed police swooped on the car on the M5 motorway and "shot the driver ten times" through the passenger window, at around 9.30 this morning. The injured man was then pulled from the old red car...
The Ferrari F2001 is described as the most important modern Formula 1 race car and among the most significant competition cars in any collection worldwide. With Michael Schumacher behind the wheel, chassis number 211 crossed the line first in two races during the 2001 season, including at the Monaco Grand...
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth today warned that the NHS urgently needs a £500m NHS winter bailout. The much needed cash was required to help increase capacity in struggling hospitals and to pay for extra staff. There are major concerns that the NHS could be at breaking point this festive season, without an...
A brilliant Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend in a drug-fuelled rage was shown mercy yesterday by a judge said he didn't want to hinder her career prospects. Aspiring heart surgeon Lavinia Woodward, 24, who has a history of cocaine and MDMA abuse, plunged a bread knife into Thomas Fairclough's...
The world's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plants - housing almost half those in danger of being wiped out, according to new research. At least 30 per cent are conserved outside their original ecosystem in these floral paradises. And they include 41 per cent of all those...
A crazed dad mowed down a teacher and nearly hit two children – as he was picking up his own child on the SCHOOL RUN. Rainier Schoeman, 22, sent the terrified teacher flying over the bonnet of his Volkswagen and almost knocked two kids off their bikes. He was picking...
A Cotswold homeowner was stunned when she spotted an 'extinct' bird - in her back garden. The Lady Amherst pheasant was introduced to the UK from China in the 19th Century but there have been no reported sightings since March 2015. But Angela King was amazed to spot one of...
A 16-year-old girl was today (mon) being quizzed by detectives on suspicion of attempted murder after a school welfare officer was stabbed with a kitchen knife. Police swooped on Winterton Community Academy in Winterton, North Lincs., this morning after reports of the stabbing just as the school day was starting....
An acclaimed playwright has hit out at "dangerous" attempts to ban performances of one of her most celebrated works featuring a transgender Jesus. A Brazilian judge has shut down a performance of Jo Clifford's The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven. And a prominent Catholic bishop has been calling...