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Female Egyptian engineering student, 18, beaten to death by ten-strong girl gang in suspected race hate attack

An 18-year-old Egyptian student has died three weeks after she was brutally battered by a 10-strong girl gang in a suspected racist attack. Mariam Moustafa was left in a coma after being jumped by the group of female yobs outside a shopping centre while she waited for a bus at 8pm on February 20. The teenager had been shopping in Nottingham city centre before she was repeatedly assaulted by the women in an unprovoked attack on Parliament Street. The engineering...

White van man pays tribute to the late Professor Stephen Hawking by drawing a picture of him on the back of his muddy flower delivery vehicle

A white van man has paid tribute to the late Professor Stephen Hawking by drawing a picture of him on the back of his muddy flower delivery vehicle. Ricky Minns, 42, who goes by the name Ruddy Muddy, spruces up vans in need of a wash by drawing works of art with his fingers. And after hearing of the death of one of the world's most famous physicists this morning (wed), it seemed only fitting that he was immortalised in...

Pub-goer photographs spooky image of ‘ghost’ in message to pal

A drinker reckons he found a different kind of spirit in an historic pub - after this spooky apparition appeared in a photograph he snapped on a night out. Tom Evans, 25, took the shot inside the Old Fish Market Pub in Bristol and sent it to a friend. But when he flicked back through his pictures the next day he noticed the ghostly outline of a pale-faced woman sitting very low to the ground. She appears to sitting between...

Florist refuses to deliver to traveller’s site over fears for personal safety

A florist refused to deliver a bouquet to a grieving mother - because they were scared of venturing onto a traveller's site. Online retailer eFlorist told Lindsey Roberts, 36, that her £50 order to a close friend had been refused because because staff "did not feel comfortable" visiting the address. The mum of five believes that the act is discriminatory against people from travelling backgrounds. She said: “I asked why and they said they feared for their personal safety, which...

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