Various rodent species infest people’s homes throughout the year. They are some of the most dangerous pests to graze the American household and the yearly number of infestations is around 20 million. That’s an insanely high number when you consider the population of the US (more than 5% of homes get infested). People often find themselves at a disadvantage; not knowing how to deal with an infestation of any magnitude (let alone the bigger ones). Most people figured out that...

The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) has exited the cabinet with all attempts to appear united over Brexit in disarray. As reports emerge of Tory plots to oust Theresa May gathering pace, an opinion poll this weekend revealed that the majority of the British public would want a general election if the Conservatives dump their leader for a rival. So with confidence in the Tory leadership dissolving there are calls for a general election barely a...

Update: four boys have been reported rescued from the cave now. They have been taken to hospital. Rescue operatiions will be resumed tomorrow morning when air tanks are replenished. Authorities in Thailand have confirmed that Thai Navy Seals have begun the hazardous operation to extract the 12 schoolboys and football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave network for the past fortnight. As rains began with the risk of further flooding of the caves, the navy divers and...

Marketed, rather predictably, as the next Full Monty (yes another one), Oliver Parker’s Swimming With Men is a charming, if utterly forgettable comedy that follows the adventures of an all-male synchronised swimming team of varying ages and backgrounds as they navigate their respective difficulties in life, albeit via the medium of swimming in formation. Loosely based on Dylan Williams’s 2010 documentary Men Who Swim, which told the real life story of middle-aged Swedish synchronised team, Swimming With Men stars Rob Brydon...

The number of vans on UK roads has almost doubled in a decade, Government figures reveal today. The statistics show that road traffic reached a record high last year, after falling for three consecutive years between 2007 and 2010 and remaining stable until 2017. The rise is partly due to the growth in internet shopping and home deliveries which has caused the number of licensed vans on UK roads to increase by 75 per cent between 1997 and 2017, from...

This is the moment a brave diver reaches closer than most of us would to try to pull a hook from the mouth of one of the world's most dangerous sharks after tempting it over with a fish. The footage shows diver and marine biologist Leigh Cobb bait the oceanic white tip shark with a fish - before dislodging the piece of metal with her right hand. The fearless diver said that by placing her hand on the shark's nose...

Abolaji Onafuye, 54, Koffi Kouakou, 54, and 28-year-old Abdelkarim Rekaya are accused of claimed housing money or allowances from funds set up to help the survivors of the devastating blaze

It’s hoped he will be posing again with the World Cup trophy

On the face of it, 70 years ago, the National Health Service was a crazy proposition. An insane concept by which people were suddenly given a service for free that those who could afford it had previously paid a small fortune for. Its proposal was greeted with the same scepticism that someone might receive now for suggesting we should all be entitled to free petrol, free beer, or a free haircut. There had to be a catch. But this is...