Most of us have done it, but only to friends or family members, but one school managed to accidentally send the c-word to hundreds of parents. St Dunstan's School has since apologise for making the slip-up in a message asking mums and dads to fill in a form.The text was...
The digital world is not a safe place and a huge increase in scams and online attacks, show that financial fraud in the first half of 2016 increased 25 per cent to £399.5 million. The figures were released by Financial Fraud Action (FFA UK) today and the sums of money...
An Indian restaurant owner has purchased a 49-foot Hawker Siddeley HS125 jet for 500 curries and 1,000 poppadoms. Shajahan Chowdhury bartered with the spicy fare to get his hands on the shell of the plane which he now plans to turn into a restaurant. Aviation salvage company GJD Services were only too happy...
A nurse who raised serious concerns about patient and staff safety is about to be sacked and is now staging a hunger strike outside the Department of Health. Jade Taylor, 46, has also been sleeping outside the government office, decided she had to speak out after her own parents were...
We used to walk, well run, to school being chased by the bigger boys, but in Eastern Thailand you get a much bigger companion to accompany you to school. The bullies wouldn’t have messed we us, if we had these animals taking us to double maths. These two kids walk...
You can now fall asleep at the wheel, as driverless cars have arrived on our shores for the first time. Google and Uber are already busy developing this technology and the race to launch the first fully functioning driverless car is hotting up. The self-drive cars were being trailed for...
A twisted son pretended to be his own father so he could swindle a small fortune from him. Ian Huntley, 63, managed to pass himself off as his unwell 94-year-old dad in phone conversations with an insurance firm. Using his devious methods he obtained £246,333 in June 2013. But he...
A police Land Rover has been spray painted silver by vandals in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. The authorities are now appealing for information following the criminal damage incident, which took place sometime between 9.30pm last night and 4.45am this morning on Royd Villas. The vehicle is used to access rural areas in an...
This isn’t something you see everyday, a daredevil skydiver was able to take pictures as he flew over an entire rainbow. As if that wasn’t exciting enough it was also his FIRST skydive, as he drifted over a circular rainbow in the Bay of Islands at the sub-tropical north of...