A high-performance sportscar was recovered from the side of a house today (Tues) after it dramatically crashed through a wall and injured a man sat on his sofa. The white £20,000 VW Golf R was pulled from the dented three-bed semi after creating a picture-postcard snap of a Grand Theft...
A bug's life was one previously thought to be blighted by poor eyesight - not so say university boffins. But a new study has found insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously believed. Scientists had long thought insects could not see images in high resolution because...
One of Britain’s longest legal disputes - a row over a tiny rural footpath which has rumbled on so long that the original claimants died - has finally been resolved. Nearly 60 years after a footpath was wrongly included on a local authority map and the family who were besieged...
This is the face of the killer who stabbed a fellow school pupil to death and can legally be named for the first time after turning 18-years-old. Daniel Stroud was found guilty of stabbing Bailey Gwynne to death in the corridors of a high-achieving secondary school as an argument took...
A FOI request has uncovered a huge waste of public money by central government. The Huffington Post reported that Tory Minsters have spent £400k on chauffeurs just to bring their red boxes to and from work These vehicles carry no passengers just the red box that contains the ministers’ workload....
There has been concern over a number of years over the amount of pesticides and other toxins used in our fruit and veg production. Now an official investigation has found that 84 per cent of fruit and veg given out to school kids have tested positive for toxic chemicals. The...
Swans are being rescued using big blue IKEA bags after hundreds were donated to a refuge for suffering animals. The Secret World Wildlife Rescue centre appealed for the trademark Frakta bags on Facebook to help them carry the majestic birds. Swans rescued by Secret World in Somerset - with the...
Women were the key to spreading culture and knowledge around Europe 4,000 years ago, according to new research. The study revealed European women traveled far and wide from their home villages to start families - bringing with them new cultural objects and ideas, while men tended to stay near where...
A shocked mum told how she nearly fed a banana containing a nest of spider eggs to her baby. Debbie Campbell - who has a fear of spiders - says she spotted a clump of white eggs on the fruit as she was about to feed 18-month-old Albie. The beauty...