A pet owner says she owes her life to her beloved pooch when she went to the doctors after falling over the dog and found out she had cancer. Pat Lacey, 73, had not visited her doctors for almost a year when she was tripped over by Staffordshire bull terrier Ice in her kitchen. The former civil servant went to her GP after feeling her hand start to swell up following the fall on January 17 last year. Doctors found...

Fascinating photos have caught baby owls looking awestruck as they experience the world for the first time. The photos were taken at The Scottish Owl Centre in West Lothian. They show a four-week-old American Barn Owl, six-week Long Eared Owl, five-week Ural Owl, three-week Pharaoh Owl and five-week-old Tawny Owl. Within the next couple of weeks, all of these owls will leave their West Lothian home to take up a crucial role as owl ambassadors across Scotland. They will go...

This is the shocking moment a council bin man trashes a homeless man's possessions while his back is turned. The rough sleeper had set up 'home' on the streets of Cambridge but after moving from his spot, refuse collectors were quick to bundle away his possessions. He said: “I had the only three photographs of my son which I own which they dumped. It is just shocking. He died three weeks ago in a car crash. He was in care because...

Think of the stress you feel when you are behind in projects, and it seems as though you are spinning in circles getting nowhere. Now, imagine how amazing it feels when you accomplish a lot, emptying your workload and freeing yourself to do more fun things. Knowing that the projects lingering over your head are up-to-date and organized gives you a feeling of satisfaction and gratification. It’s when very little gets accomplished, and the to-do list keeps expanding- creating stress....

It was Richard Nixon who got me into politics, and now that he's gone, I feel lonely. He was a giant in his way. As long as Nixon was politically alive -- and he was, all the way to the end -- we could always be sure of finding the enemy on the Low Road. There was no need to look anywhere else for the evil bastard. He had the fighting instincts of a badger trapped by hounds. The badger...

A Trump fan who was caught on camera screaming vile racist abuse at a Muslim family wept after being arrested, and his mugshot shows a sorry sight. Alexander Downing had shouted at the group, including very young children, telling them: "ISIS don't mean s*** to me, motherf***er. "Donald Trump, Donald Trump, motherf***er. “You’re in my country. You want to f*** with my country? "You’re a f***ing Muslim. F***er.” He was later arrested by officers on South Padre Island, a beach resort on the coast...

SATIRE: The Tory party has today announced that it plans to push for sheep to get the vote. A Tory Party spokesperson said "We strongly feel that sheep should have the right to vote and all views should be represented. Some on the left have claimed that sheep always follow the heard and are easily scared into supporting policies that don't benefit them. However we are confident that sheep can make up their own minds and would benefit from a strong and stable...

The housing market has been rocked recently, after the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) announced that stagnant buyer demand is continuing to cause a pronounced slowdown. The snap general election is scarcely helping this state of affairs, creating a significant decline that is unlikely to be reversed any time soon. In fact, house prices fell by 1% in April, marking the second consecutive month of decline and a drop of nearly £3,000 from December 2016. This also creates significant...

Much has been made of many young professionals moving from London to Berlin. Some have said it is Berlin’s internationalism, as well as strong economy and low rents, that make it so desirable. You don’t have to speak German to live there, but the German language itself is a hugely valuable attribute for British workers. So, if you are already a fluent speaker, or are looking to learn a new language, speaking German might just open up a whole selection...