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Fox spotted sitting on upper deck of sightseeing bus
A cheeky fox jumped on a tourist bus and went on a sightseeing tour of London - sitting on the upper deck. The curious animal hopped on the bus and went up to the top deck to get the best view of the capital's sights. A worker from Big Bus Tours discovered the fox sitting on the back row upstairs in the open-top double-decker last Tuesday morning as the the vehicle passed Park Lane in central London. Passengers were taken...
This graph shows why workers have become the primary users of food banks
The Archbishop of Canterbury poured scorn on the government this weekend saying the largest users of food banks are now people in work. Speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday he said it was obvious that a lot of jobs are being created, but questioned whether the type of work on offer is beneficial to employees. "The thing we see in the Church of England, and with the other churches," Justin Welby said, "is the majority of people who come to the...
Angered mother demands apology from daughter’s school after worksheet asks children to rate living next door to black people
A mum has slammed a school after pupils were asked to 'rate' neighbours they wouldn't like to live next to - including 'a black person'. Naomi Davis was stunned when her eleven-year-old daughter showed her the worksheet that her class had been given which listed various types of people. The task asked children to rate people in terms of how much they would or would not like to live next door to them - with one being the best and...
Master of posh independent school cleared by a judge of inappropriate behaviour after meeting 17-year-old schoolgirl for sex
A "shabby and immoral" house master at a top £15,000-a-year independent school who had sex with a 17-year-old girl has been cleared of abusing his position. Married Bryan Schalch, 39, emailed the girl – who had a “teenage crush” on him – and kissed her in clandestine meetings in a supermarket car park. Eventually “stuff got more intense”, and Schalch invited her back to his £480,000 home where they had sex on three ocassions. However the relationship ended when Schalch...
Rapist preyed on revellers in Leicester Square
A rapist attacked two women a month apart as they tried to get home late at night from London's West End. Papis Cante, 36, met his vulnerable victims as they made their way home from Leicester Square in central London. He tried to lull them into a false sense of security, before dragging them back to near his home in Finsbury Park, north London. One woman was taken in an Uber taxi, and pleaded with the driver to change the...
Man due in court over alleged attempted murder of D-day veteran Jim Booth
A man is due to appear in court on Monday charged with the attempted murder of 96-year-old D-day veteran Jim Booth. Joseph Isaacs, 39, has also been charged with aggravated burglary following an incident at Mr Booth's bungalow in Taunton, Somerset, on November 22 (Weds). WW2 era collect of D-Day hero Sub Lieutenant Jim Booth from Taunton. The father-of-four was attacked with what is believed to be a claw hammer after answering the door and suffered serious injuries to his...
Charity helping vulnerable older people last Christmas admits it was “inundated” with calls
A charity helpline was so inundated with calls from vulnerable and isolated older people last Christmas - it struggled to answer more than 5,000 due to a lack of funding. More than a million pensioners admitted feeling lonely over the Christmas period, due to living alone or having no one to talk to. The Silver Line helpline receives an average of 10,000 calls every week from vulnerable and isolated older people - a number which increases over the Christmas period....
Retired couple travel from Oxford to Hong Kong on public transport
A retired couple took the trip-of-a-lifetime to visit their son in Hong Kong for his birthday – by travelling all the way there using only PUBLIC TRANSPORT. Phil and Emma Whiting spent three weeks aboard 16 different trains, travelling through Europe, across Russia, into Mongolia and eventually into the Chinese capital of Beijing. Their 12,000 miles of travels took them on buses, taxis, ferry boats, horses, a cable car and even on a fair amount of trekking on foot. Along...
Man takes stunning pictures of wildlife while recovering from a stroke
A man who suffered a stroke so severe he almost lost his ability to speak has won a prize after he turned to photography to help him recover. Richard Raynor, 36, was even able to give a speech at his wedding with the help of slides he had taken. The former business consultant from Chilton, Oxon., developed aphasia - a communication difficulty with speaking, reading and writing - after his stroke in 2012. His sensational snaps have now won him...