Incredible pictures of planes taking off and landing at the busiest airports in the World have been released following the announcement that Heathrow is to get a third runway. Photographer Mike Kelley has been working on the aptly-named Airportraits project for two years, taking pictures of planes taking off from...
Kent University has faced backlash after it picked Zayn Malik and Sadiq Kahn as poster-boys for Black History Month. The Canterbury-based university was labelled a “national embarrassment” by furious students for picking two representatives who are both half-British, half Pakistani and both born in Britain. Black History Month tweeted soon after...
New pictures have emerged of French police clearing up the final refugees at the Calais migrant camp before demolition work begins. Some 2,000 migrants left voluntarily on Monday for centres across France, with hundreds more leaving today. The tents and structures that formed "The Jungle" which was once home to some...
Islington Councillor Flora Williamson received a death threat from a drug dealer following the closure of Fabric nightclub. Sebastian Clark-Darby sent a message stating "please note you have received official death threat" after Islington Council revoked the London venue's licence following the drug-related deaths of two teenagers. He was one of...
A 15ft structure has been erected outside a home office building ahead of the latest arrival of child refugees from Calais to London. White sheeting was put up in front of scaffolding in order to screen any arrivals from waiting photographers after many of the first arrivals appeared to be older...
“Bring Your Own Semen” cookery classes are set to be launched in London by a renowned sex educator. Amateur chefs are promised they will be taught how to use semen as a cooking ingredient in cakes and other desserts as well as main courses. The cooking class, which will go...
An Italian restaurant in London has made an attempt at the Guiness World Record for ‘Giantipasti’ with an antipasti board featuring a mouth-watering array of 62,100g of ingredients! The board, which includes 16,000g of cured meats, 13,000g of cheese and 13,000g of vegetables, stretches the length of the entire restaurant at a...
A severely disabled mum-of-two who struggles to walk more than a few metres has had her mobility allowance axed – because she can squeeze someone’s THUMB. Mel Wiseman, 43, suffers from debilitating multiple sclerosis (MS) and is unable to walk unaided for more than five metres. She qualified for disability...
Team GB Olympians and Paralympians received a hero's welcome home today in London, with thousands of people gathering in Trafalgar Square to see the returning athletes after a successful summer. A GB record was set this summer after our athletes returned with 67 medals, which is two more than they...