Labour MP Laura Pidcock's maiden speech to parliament has been lauded after she took an anti-establishment dig at Westminster. The speech has been likened to that of the SNP's Mhairi Black's first speech in which she launched a scathing attack on the Conservative Government addressing issues including benefit sanctions, the budget, and Harriet Harman's call on Labour MPs to abstain on a vote on the Government's welfare and work bill. Pidcock, the 29 year-old new MP for North West Durham, made a...

Mogwai are today streaming new track ‘Party In The Dark’, taken from eagerly awaited forthcoming album Every Country’s Sun, out September 1st via Rock Action. Every Country’s Sun see’s the Scottish band join forces once again with producer Dave Fridmann, for the first time since 2001’s Rock Action. The new record takes two decades of Mogwai's signature, contrasting sounds – towering intensity, pastoral introspection, synth-rock minimalism, DNA-detonating volume – and distills it, beautifully, into 56 concise minutes of gracious elegance, hymnal...

This shocking video shows the moment an angry customer went on a violent wrecking rampage at a taxi firm because drivers refused to give him a lift. Staff in the office of cab firm 50 Cars were helpless and cowering at the back of the room as a man smashed the hatch window and pulled at electrical equipment. All the while the man, who is known to the taxi company, was shouting and swearing and threatening the employees. The incident,...

There were times when he would be mobbed by thousands of screaming fans every time he tried to step out the door. But those days were far behind Paul McCartney when he was spotted sitting alone on a train out of London - without a bodyguard or entourage in sight. The 75-year-old Beatle boarded the Kings Cross to Hastings, East Sussex, train on his own and took up a seat in first class. Onlookers said he passed the time by...

Coral exposed to radioactivity from nuclear bomb testing could hold the key to a cure for cancer, according to new research. The marine invertebrate at the bottom of the ocean floor has remarkable resistance to radiation exposure, say scientists. Now scientists hope to harness its innate gift in a bid to develop new therapies for humans. They are exploring how corals, which grow for centuries without developing cancer, have recolonised Bikini Atoll. The ring of sand in the Pacific Ocean...

The driver of the Renault appears to be so distracted by his conversation that he carries on without stopping. But he got a nasty surprise when he was presented with dashcam footage which had clearly identified him as the guilty party by his registration plate. His insurers were landed with a £2,000 repair bill by the HGV's owner. And now the white van man could face penalty points and a fine under tough new driver distraction laws. The footage, filmed...

This hard-hitting simulated video captures the dramatic moment a teenage girl lying motionless after smashing through a car's windscreen. The young woman is thrown from her seat as the teen driver of the car she is travelling in loses control after getting distracted behind the wheel. Schoolchildren are being shown the harrowing computer-generated footage to highlight the importance of road safety. It was created as part of a police road safety campaign by Norfolk Constabulary. Watch Video Here

Phoebe Braswell, 21 months, is one of only around 100 children worldwide with a documented case of Uncombable Hair Syndrome. It means her hair follicles are kidney-shaped instead of round, giving her fine, coarse hair which is bright white, tangled and constantly static. Mom Jamie Braswell, 27, a trainee nurse, said people always comment on Phoebe's 'do and she's even been accused of neglecting her because it looks so scruffy. But she loves her daughter's "unique" look and Phoebe is...

A relieved father has posted an open letter praising paramedics after they saved his little boy’s life when he choked – on a GRAPE. Steve Hulbert feared his son Oli was about to die after he went limp and his lips turned blue after swallowing the fruit. Oli lost consiousness and after a 999 call paramedics arrived and quickly dislodged the grape – almost certianly saving his life. Dad Steve has now posted a picture of Oli in his hospital...