A London teenager has been jailed for almost three years for dealing thousands of pounds worth of drugs to help his struggling mother with household bills. Mustafa Hussein claimed his mum was working two jobs as money was tight in the house, so he started selling drugs to pay the £3,000...
British boffins have developed nuclear-powered batteries which could generate power for thousands of years. An elite team of physicists and chemists at the University of Bristol have grown a man-made diamond that, when placed in a radioactive field, is able to generate an electrical current. This will enable it to...
Donned in smoking jackets and toking on the finest Robustos, these are the men who know how to celebrate Winston Churchill’s birthday in style. Cigar merchants James J Fox, said to be the oldest cigar merchants in the world, held the bash at their London base in St James’s Street - one...
They say that the grass is always greener on the other side, but in this instance they could be right! An eco pioneer says he has found the answer to Britain's growing energy needs by making gas from grass. Dale Vince claims the ultra-green technology is a viable alternative to fracking and could...
This is the world's biggest painting of an elephant - aimed at making a jumbo-size contribution to save the species. The magnificent life-size 'big tusker' has so far taken artist Jonathan Truss three weeks - during which an estimated 2,500 elephants have been killed for their ivory. His elephant...
A police station is believed to be the first in the country with NO front-line officers - and is run by a part-time volunteer who is a WAITROSE manager. Hucclecote police station in Gloucestershire once had several full-time police officers and a sergeant patrolling the streets. But thanks to budget...
Despite being one of the most populated cities in the World, London maintains an incredible amount of green spaces. In all, the capital boasts 14,164 hectares of green spaces, including parks, wildlife habitats, natural reserves, gardens, outdoor spaces, and plenty of room to get foraging. Jonathan Cook has been foraging...
More than 62 years of extra prison hours were imposed on London prisoners last year in a system that is buckling under pressure. A huge 22,000 days of additional imprisonment were handed out to rule-breaking inmates across London's seven prisons in 2015. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics show that, across...
New pictures have emerged of a group of prisoners enjoying takeaways, thick cuts of steak and joking about how they snuck a kebab in through the window at Britain's understaffed prisons. A man who accidentally added a serving prisoner on Facebook was shocked when his timeline became filled with lags - having...