Britain’s most hipster school has opened where children have no rules, exams or uniform, climb trees barefoot and learn just three days a week – in a YURT. Pupils at The Green House Education Project spend their time playing outside and wearing what they like. They don’t have desks but...
This is the moment a man miraculously survives being hit and almost run over by an out of control bus - before walking away almost completely unharmed. Simon Smith, 53, was thrown down the street when the runaway double decker careered onto the pavement and ploughed straight into him. The...
A major incident was declared after a huge inferno erupted at an oil and gas factory, sending flames more than 100ft into the air. Around 60 firefighters and 12 engines were called to the blaze, which ignited eight tanks of red diesel and oil and sent massive plumes of smoke...
Region's industry nosedives in ‘massive problem for workers and local economy. The North West has haemorrhaged more than 77,000 manufacturing jobs in the past decade, a new study by GMB has shown. The figures were discussed at GMB’s annual Congress in Plymouth. They show that 77,700 jobs in the sector...
Kate Tempest didn't hold back as she launched in Theresa May in an angry and emotional attack on the Tory leader. The crowd and many on social media were deeply touched by her words and her unrelenting delivery. She said: "School kids on the hunt for lunch, cut the apron...
The NHS has been on its knees for a number of years. Austerity and creeping privatisation have slowly eroded away our once great national health service. Now polling by the BMA (British Medical Association) has indicated that public dissatisfaction with the public health service has double in two years. Over...
Parents have blasted a school as “draconian” for measuring the length of girls’ skirts by ordering them to KNEEL on chairs to see how far their hems ride up their thighs. The bizarre measuring technique was outlined by the secondary school in a letter sent to parents in a crackdown...
Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson has been filmed repeatedly punching a man in a Royal Ascot car park - but he has since claimed it was done in 'self-defence.' He preaches that Islam is a religion of violence, however this clip appears to show the ex-football hooligan is more than...
The death of a talented and dedicated young doctor has been described as a “cruel irony” after he was diagnosed with the same rare cancer he dedicated his life to trying to cure. Ed Showler was 28 and training to be a consultant haematologist when he was diagnosed with incurable...