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Cornish beach covered in foam in freak effect of Hurricane Ophelia

This image shows how Hurricane Ophelia transformed a popular tourist beach into a white wonderland - by turning the sea into FOAM. Coastal areas in Cornwall are already feeling the effects of the strong winds with high tide yet to come. Penzance was the first to feel the storm's power as Ophelia made landfall in Britain this morning as high winds whipped up the sea by the habour. And these images and footage from photographer Sally Adams show the scene...

Britain is actually £490 billion poorer than we thought ONS reveals

Shock figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that Britain is £490 billion poorer than was thought. Britain’s stock of wealth has fallen from a surplus of of £469 billion to a net deficit of £22 billion. The UK has totally lost its reserve of foreign assets, and is actually in a much more vulnerable deficit, losing any safety margin just Theresa May’s government is attempting a breakthrough in a crucial stage of Brexit negotiations. This massive...

Britain ranked as the fourth most micro-business dense country in the world

Britain is officially a nation of shopkeepers – according to new research. An international study has revealed Britain is ranked as the fourth most micro-business dense country in the world, with 81 micro-businesses to every thousand people. The Czech Republic beats The United States and Indonesia to claim the title of country with the most micro-businesses per capita – with 89 micro-businesses for every thousand Czechs. The UK makes the top five ahead of Portugal, Slovakia and Iceland. Oliver Harcourt,...

Cobra rescued after spending four days with it’s head stuck in a beer can

Vets saved a cobra which had been stuck inside a can of beer for four days. The highly venomous reptile had been crashing around the inside of an abandoned water tank with its head stuck inside an empty can of Budweiser. The terrified snake had almost slit its own throat and vets painstakingly cut away the metal and performed a two-hour op to stitch it back to health. The thirsty cobra found in the tank in Bhubaneshwar city in the...

Teenager becomes first to move into £40K “Micro-Home” billed as a cure to Britain’s homelessness problems

A teenager has become the first person to move into an innovative "micro-home" built as part of a unique project to tackle Britain's homelessness. Kieran Evans, 18, was handed the keys to the cosy property on Thursday (12/10) after it was air-lifted into a back garden over the summer. The 186 square foot (17.25sqm) space - which takes inspiration from yachts and first-class aeroplane cabins - cost just £40,000 to build. A teenager has become the first person to move...

Cull marksmen left bloodied corpses of badgers on footpath for 12 hours…putting “dogs at risk of TB”

Cull marksmen left the bloodied corpses of three badgers piled up on a footpath for 12 hours - putting dogs at risk of TB, activists claim. The bodies of a family of badgers shot dead during the cull were abandoned beneath a tree, and were said to pose a "biohazard" to the public, if they were infected. Tuberculosis is spread through bodily fluids, and the open wounds had attracted hoards of blue bottles could have infected dogs or foxes, protesters...

Watch Welsh woman tell Hillary Clinton “Bernie would have won” as she collects Swansea University honour

Hillary Clinton in Wales to receive an Honorary Doctorate by Swansea University was told today “Bernie would have won,” by a local woman. Watch the footage below as the ex Democrat Presidential candidate left the Swansea University campus where she had just been given the honour on a meet and greet, but turned and darted back inside as one of the protestors who had also gathered outside told her that Bernie Sanders would have beaten Trump in the Presidential race...

“Don’t know” overtakes Theresa May in poll of who people want as Prime Minister. But it’s not good news for Jeremy Corbyn either…

For the first time the Prime Minister has fallen behind not sure in an opinion poll of who would make the best Prime Minister. After a shockingly bad Conservative Party Conference in which Theresa May was handed a P45 on stage, and during which it was revealed that most Tory members want her to resign, this poll confirms her unpopularity. But embarrassingly for the leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn is also in joint second, behind Don't Know which was...

Watch: James O’Brien ridicule John Redwood’s Brexit optimism

LBC presenter James O'Brien has ridiculed Conservative MP John Redwood over his optimistic post-Brexit plans in a typically brutal put-down live on air. In a hilarious spoof, the presenter said he wished cash machines had a John Redwood optimism button, dispensing more money than you actually have in your account. The Conservatives, who are traditionally renowned for their fiscal responsibility, have run into problems after the Office of Budgetary Responsibility reported that the economic forecasts for the last seven or eight years have...

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