Watch – Public warned to stay out of water after shark spotted in Cornish harbour
It was filmed in St Ives in Cornwall
How much national humiliation is Britain willing to accept?
In a classic episode of Yes, Minister the hapless minister Jim Hacker and adroit civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby desperately try to stop a visiting African president from making a controversial speech in front of the Queen. The fictional country's leader successfully extorts money from the British government in exchange for not mentioning the 'Celtic peoples' and their struggle for freedom. A small national embarrassment is avoided, the Queen is not insulted and both countries ultimately benefit. What would Hacker...
Nazi-obsessed teenager, previously convicted of making a pipe bomb, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offence
Jack Coulson, 19, pleaded guilty to possessing a document likely to be useful to a person committing terrorism today (Mon)
Court hears how priest used church choir boys “for his own sexual gratification”
Canon Terence Grigg is charged with nine offences of indecent assault and two charges of buggery
May concedes on ERG amendments effectively killing off Chequers plan
Theresa May has reportedly backed down to angry hardline Brexiters over their amendments to the government’s customs bill. Politics Home reporter Emilio Casalicchio revealed that the Government is going to accept all four ERG amendments to the bill. The European Research Group (ERG) is fronted by Jacob Rees Mogg who spoke out about a "breakdown in trust" following the Chequers negotiations. His outburst appeared to have been slammed down by May after she warned Brexit MPs to get on side with the deal...
Farage tweets poorly doctored photo to hit out at pro-refugee campaigners
Nigel Farage tweeted a doctored photo of a pro-refugee campaigner who he labelled "sick" after being misled. The British MEP distributed the picture to his 1.2 million followers and garnered thousands of interactions before he removed it from his feed. It showed a smiling woman at a march holding a sign reading: “My legs are open for refugees”. The original picture, taken in Canada in 2015, read "my door is open for refugees". In a later Tweet Farage said: “The photograph turns...
Police hunting cyclist who knocked out a pedestrian after being told he shouldn’t ride on the pavement
A 26-year-old man was walking down a posh street when the suspect, who was riding a Boris Bike, told him to move out of the way.
Alexander House Hotel & Spa: Discovering genuine utopia
Utopia is one of the most misused words in the book when it comes to hotels and spas. High street salons that claim to offer a slice of heaven as the number 62 bus wizzes by and overzealous hotels with a hot tub and sauna insisting they pertain a certain shangri-la are all culprits of making a beautiful word sound so meaningless. But amidst the sham utopians spare a thought for the genuine artefacts, because if you look in the...
A cash-strapped council has spent a staggering £25m on external consultants – in just three years
Sam Hearn, opposition leader at Hounslow Council, said Government austerity cuts are forcing local authorities to lay off in-house staff and use consultants as a result.