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May isn’t only one struggling at Number 10…Injured fox spotted limping outside Downing Street
A poor fox limped past 10 Downing Street looking for help - in the middle of the day. The injured critter, which is normally nocturnal, hobbled past the PM's home just before Amber Rudd emerged on Tuesday lunchtime. London, January 16 2018. A fox limps past the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street as cabinet ministers meet inside. Photographer Paul Davey, who spotted the sad-looking creature, said: "He hobbled past once, and then came back the other way. "He...
Teen yobs who beat homeless Romanian man to death because it was “funny” jailed for life
Two teenagers who beat to death a homeless man to death because "it was funny" have been jailed for life for the "senseless act of mindless brutality." Alex Macdonald and Charlie White, both 19, and Jimmy Buckley, 20, beat 21-year-old Razvan Sirbu to death near the tent where he lived in a Kent beauty spot. The trio attacked the Romanian after coming across him late at night on May 6 in Tovil, Kent, where he lived in woodland. Mr Sirbu's...
Multimillionaire landlord who imposed a “no coloureds” ban is suing YouTuber with just £100 to his name
A multimillionaire landlord who imposed a "no coloureds" ban is suing a YouTuber with just £100 to his name - under the Malicious Communications Act. Property mogul Fergus Wilson, 69, has taken YouTuber Danny Hyde, 29, to court after he published a video claiming the landlord was "coming across as racist". Wilson banned 'coloureds' from renting his properties last year because of curry smells and also refused to rent to plumbers, single parents and nobody under 18. The landlord who...
A stalker obsessed with BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis who bombarded her with creepy letters is jailed for more than three years
An ex-university friend of BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis has been jailed for more than three years after bombarding her with sinister letters - warning her "I will not relent". Edward Vines, 47, re-started his 27-year campaign of harassment despite a restraining order banning him from contacting the journalist or her relatives. He had previously sent mother-of-two Ms Maitlis three letters from his prison cell after he was jailed for three years in 2016 over his stalking. When he was released...
Security firm that worked on House of Cards accuses Kevin Spacey of racism
A security company boss has accused disgraced actor Kevin Spacey of racism towards his predominantly black employees while on the set of House of Cards. Earl Blue, 51, boss of VIP Protective Services, was hired by Knight Takes King Productions to manage on-set security during season one filming of the Netflix series in 2012. He claims Spacey, who played lead character Frank Underwood in House of Cards as well as directing it, refused to acknowledge or shake hands with black...
Shocking pictures of 22-year-old woman lying in agony on hospital floor after beds crisis
These shocking pictures show a 22-year-old woman lying in agony on the floor of A&E for more than FIVE HOURS because of the NHS crisis. Kyra Dew was rushed to hospital after she collapsed at home but was told she would have to wait for a bed to become available. Kyra, who suffers with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), was struck down following complications from an operation last month. While recovering at home in Leominster, Herefordshire, she started suffering stabbing pains...
Jon Trickett: Why was it apparent to everyone but the government that Carillion was in trouble?
The Conservatives missed multiple warnings that Carrillion was in trouble and continued to award them publicly-funded contracts despite there being clear signs that things had gone awry, Jon Trickett said today in parliament. In an emergency statement on the collapse of Carillion the Labour MP quested why the government had missed three separate profit warnings and several resignations from CEOs. If they did indeed not know about the perilous situation, then "why did the government leave the position of Crown...
3 Events with the Biggest Potential to Move the Crude Oil Market in 2018
2017 was a particularly interesting year in the global energy markets as crude oil declined from around $55 per barrel in January to around $43 per barrel in June before rising again to end the year around $65 per barrel. OPEC's move to cut oil production levels as a proactive move to end the 3-year supply glut in oil started bearing fruits in 2017 and the bullish trend is building up momentum to continue in 2018. Crude oil is already...
Director of illegal Islamic school where pupils were taught in squalid conditions banned from teaching
The director of an illegal Islamic school where pupils were taught in filthy, unhygienic and unkempt classrooms has been banned from teaching for life. Extremist terrorist literature was found at Bordesley Independent School where children were found working in "squalid" conditions. Naveed Hussain, 39, was boss of the Birmingham-based school before Ofsted closed it down in November 2015. Inspectors found boys and girls were segregated and being taught on dirty mattresses as well having no access to running water in...