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Easter Island’s famous statues ‘marked where inhabitants could drink fresh water’
The simple explanation solves a riddle that has baffled the world for centuries, say scientists
Poundland hits back over ‘Booby’ and ‘Booty’ marshmallows which urge shoppers to ‘squeeze’
Shoppers have taken to social media to criticise the "appalling" and "misogynistic" candy items
Transgender teen’s crowdfunder to pay for his eggs to be frozen in case hormone therapy leaves him infertile
Charlie Scarterfield, 17, has launched a crowdfunding page asking strangers to donate money so he can freeze his eggs before undergoing testosterone treatment
Bookies now offering odds on what the government will ration first in 2019
Bookmakers have officially started to offer odds on what the UK government will officially ration first in 2019. Irish bookie PaddyPower has released odds on 14 items that could be rationed after Britain exits the European Union. Fuel is odds-on favourite to be rationed first, with odds as slim as 15/2. That's followed by milk, bread, olive oil, cheese and coffee. Luxury items such as red and white wine, Prosecco and Champagne also made the list. According to the bookmaker...
Protester denies racially abusing journalist during “Free Tommy Robinson” rally
William Eve, 57, is accused of using threatening, abusive and insulting language towards Al Jazeera journalist Sonia Gallego at the event in Horseguards Parade on July 14th last year
Politican giant Lord Ashdown is laid to rest after a short illness
The funeral was held at St Mary's Church. Norton Sub Hamdon
Young British professor has won a £23,500 prize for improving Einstein’s theory of general relativity
Gustav Holzegel, from Imperial University, won the coveted annual Blavatnik Award for working out what happens when a black hole is shaken, a fiendish black hole problem derived from Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Tory Minister says No Deal Brexit will ‘do extra damage’ to struggling Jaguar Land Rover
Jagaur Land Rover is feeling the squeeze and is about to slash 5,000 jobs due to a decline in diesel sales in Europe and Chinese sales. However, Brexit could cause the company even worse trouble claims the Business Secretary, Greg Clark. Clark believes that a No Deal Brexit would do “extra damage” to the car maker just as it is going through a troubling period. Thousands of jobs are reported to be cut, mainly in management, marketing and administrative roles,...
Prison service staff red-faced when they discovered wrong man was to be sentenced
His name was different and he was 13 years younger than the man who should have been there