Tributes have been paid to the 'remarkable' Alf Davey who spent three and a half years in Japanese captivity. Most of his time was spent doing forced labour on the 258 mile long railway line through near impossible terrain. Mr Davey spent his last 70 years in his home town...
A driver had a miraculous survival after he dozed off at the wheel and was impaled with a 2.5 foot rod which went straight through his chest. Night shift worker Piyush Sundarva, 26, was driving home at 7.30am on the SG Highway in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, when he swerved into...
A mum is lucky to be alive after she was attacked by a stingray - and stabbed in the FOOT. Dawn North, 44, accidentally stepped on the animal while on a dream holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand, and was jabbed through her foot with the painful and poisonous barb. Dawn,...
A plant dating back more than 100 million years to the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered growing in the American Mid West. The moss was found in 16 lakes around Wisconsin and Minnesota - and scientists likened their surprise to a "cheetah poking its head through your office...
Deadly heat waves, floods and storms could kill at least 50 times more Britons by the end of the century if climate change is not tackled, a study warned. Around 2,515 Britons but as many as 7,484 Britons a year could be killed by extreme weather events by the 2080s...
This is the shocking a moment a man was left staggering around the street after losing part of his THUMB during a daytime street brawl. Four people have been arrested following the incident outside a chain of the popular betting shop Ladbrokes. Horrified onlookers could not believe their eyes as...
Pranksters turned a 17th-century fountain into a giant bubble bath -- after squirting FAIRY LIQUID into it. Reams of fluffy bubbles could be seen seeping out onto the high street in video footage posted on social media following the random attack on Wednesday. The stunt was orchestrated by mischievous youths...
This man was exposed as a paedophile after he was caught importing a child-like sex DOLL into Britain. Perverted Brian Hopkins, 40, was stopped by Border Control as he tried to import the sick 'toy' into Britain. Police then investigated him and discovered hundreds of indecent images of children on...
Stunned water officials discovered an ALLIGATOR basking in the sun on the side of an English lake today. The hissing reptile - which is two feet long - was spotted clambering out of the water at Chew Valley reservoir in Somerset. Staff at Bristol Water caught the alligator with a...