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Decorated Gulf War hero suffering PTSD says Jeremy Kyle Show drove him to brink of suicide
“After the show I just wanted the ground to swallow me up. If it wasn’t for my kids I would have ended it. "I am relieved the show has been taken off the air and I hope it never comes back. Mental health is a serious subject and this show exploits the most vulnerable."
Prison officer caught smuggling £15,000 of cannabis and crack cocaine into jail
Martin Fazakarley, 44, stepped forward to admit he had the drugs during a staff search at HMP Swaleside on April 24.
The moon is shrinking
Earth-style quakes are wrinkling it "like a raisin" - creating step like cliffs called 'scarps'
Probe launched after death of Cardiff City’s Emiliano Sala finds SIX suspected illegal air taxi planes
Non-commercial pilots on Jersey are being warned that they could be fined thousands of pounds if they are caught carrying passengers for a profit
10 years on from the financial crash workers suffer as bankers thrive
Bankers have seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent since 2009 as average wages fall by 3.1 per cent, new figures show. In the ten years since the financial crash the typical worker has been left nearly £1,000 worse off a year in real terms, the Trades Union Congress found. But the typical worker in finance or insurance has seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent in a decade, giving them an extra £119 a week or £6,188...
Police arrest second teen following death of 15-year-old girl who took MDMA
Leah Heyes, 15, collapsed in a car park on Saturday May 11 and died later in hospital
Gardeners warned to look before weeding after hedgehog called Mr Chips scalped by a strimmer
Mr Chips was hit by an unknowing gardener as he was nestled in a pile of leaves, and a large section of fur and spines was ripped off.
Sand artist creates giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under Brexit guillotine
A sand artist has paid graphic homage to Brexit and the Prime Minister's precarious state - with a giant sculpture of Theresa May losing her head under a falling guillotine. The controversial sculpture depicts a large globe with a horrified looking May in the centre, throwing her head under a falling guillotine with Brexit written across it. Outside of Europe on the sandy globe, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump both sit rubbing their hands together with glee as they watch...
Brexit deal “won’t pass without referendum”
Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said any Brexit deal struck between the government and Labour will not make it through the House of Commons without the pledge of a "confirmatory" referendum. Theresa May is set to continue talks with Labour today in a bid to end the political impasse surrounding Brexit. But given that no party has a majority in the Commons the deal could still get stuck unless a second referendum is put on the cards. Speaking...