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A father captured these stunning images of multicolored pillars beaming up into to the sky after waking up at 1.30am and thinking aliens were invading. Timothy Joseph Elzinga, 33, got out of bed when two-year-old son Gibson started crying - and he noticed the incredible light show outside. He thought someone from Star Wars was ''trying to beam people up'' - and quickly ran outside to investigate the yellow, green, red and blue lights. The amateur photographer captured the incredible light...

Think the UK has a free press? You're sadly mistaken, and what's happening to journalism right now should worry you... Whilst the threat of litigation is silencing real journalists and publications, an even darker threat, fake news, is putting them clean out of business. Politicians, climate change deniers, corporations and even countries have been funding fake news to create confusion and division, dilute facts, and pursue agendas. Now they are using 'fake news' as their default denial against allegations. The digital revolution was...

The grieving family of a young father have told of their torment after he was left dying on a bus for almost five hours. Gavin Wudinge, 31, had only been on a Stagecoach bus for around half an hour before slumping in his seat after suffering a cardiac arrest. But the dad-of-three was left dying on the seat in the middle of the bus before being found by a passenger several hours later. Gavin got on the coach in his...

If you’re anything like me and can’t seem to remember to actually water the plants in your house, you might be looking for an alternative to brighten your home with greenery. A home isn’t a home without some plants. With the ability to instantly provide visitors to your home with a something interesting to look at, succulent plants are a great way to liven up any room in the house. This, combined with the fact that they’re incredibly easy plants...

Four workers at an aristocratic estate having been left in tears after giving their marching orders in what unions have described 'modern feudalism'. The staff - who have a combined 70 years' service - will lose their jobs at the ancient Port Eliot Estate by the end of March, with the longest having served 36 years employment. Unite regional officer Nick Owen said: "The four gardening and maintenance staff, who are members of Unite, are devastated by the news dished out by...

A Jewish woman and her 13 year-old son were bombarded with gas canister by a racist thug who chanted 'Heil Hitler'. Four members of the Orthodox Jewish community, Cheya Stern, her 13 year old son, her brother Simon Lemberger and passerby, Abraham Law, were pelted with canisters of nitrous oxide from a white van. As he carried out the attack outside Poundland in Tottenham Hale on January 6 Patrick Delaney, 19, shouted "Hitler is on the way to you, Heil...

An MP has spoken out about how his own father “died in my arms” when he was sent home, as there were not enough beds available. Toby Perkins bravely spoke out about it during a Commons debate on the NHS, which the Red Cross have labelled a humanitarian crisis. PM May fought back at the claim during yesterday’s PMQs, but this was met with widespread derision from all sides of the political divide. Jeremy Corbyn used all of his six...

The head of a chain of academy schools earned the equivalent of a whopping £25,000 a month for running the trust, it has emerged. Mike Ramsay, 61, pocketed a total of £127,000 for just five months' work as interim chief executive of the academy trust, which runs 21 schools. Mr Ramsay's firm, Hi Tech Group Ltd, were also paid to provide IT services to the trust. Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) defended the sky-high rates, saying it was in line with...

Birmingham City University is to launch a Centre for Brexit Studies this month, created to further enhance understanding of the consequences of the UK withdrawing from the European Union. The Centre for Brexit Studies (CBS) will promote engagement of both ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ standpoints, whilst providing collaborative opportunities with businesses, professional organisations and civil society. Accessible to the general public, the Centre will host conferences, workshops and seminars to share knowledge in relation to sectors expected to be impacted by...