This is the shocking moment a police officer was injured after being caught in the middle of a gang-related ammonia attack in a city centre. Dramatic body-cam footage captures a WPC coughing and spluttering after the chemical was thrown from drink bottles outside a busy McDonalds restaurant. Members of the public were also caught up in the attack and one female reveller can be seen being tended to by brave officers. PC Victoria Ballantyne can be heard in the two...

During Business Questions today, Shadow Leader of the House Valerie Vaz attacked the Tory government's record on the handling of the Carillion collapse: "It looks like we are back to the 'casino economy' - my Honourable Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner) has left the Chamber, but that used to be his favourite phrase — one which brings devastation to people’s lives," said the Labour MP. "Short sellers made £137 million when Carillion’s share price fell by 70% over...

January has arrived and the nation's mood has switched from chestnuts roasting on an open fire to wet socks drying on an exposed radiator. With the nights still long and the weather unremittingly miserable we pick at life's little pleasures to see out the worst of the winter, and what better place to start than with a warming, full bodied bottle of red. La Bohème, Act Four is a fine wine shipped from the famed Yarra Valley in Australia. Like its...

In the workplace, it is very important to make your presence known as a woman fortunately, one of the easiest ways to get that done is through earing the right set of clothes. We’ll like to help women dress well and appropriately for the office, so pay attention to the following: A perfectly tailored skirt Honestly, it doesn’t really matter if you will like to pair this with a plain T-shirt, a sleek blouse, Adidas shoes, or a pair of...

After five long months, my friend, fellow broadcaster and activist, Hisham Al-Omeisy was finally released by his Houthi captors on Sunday 14 January 2018. Nothing can explain the emotion this image of Hisham, now a free man, with his sons evokes in those of us who have campaigned for his freedom every day since his kidnap (or as the Yemeni authorities would say  ‘detainment’) on 14 August 2017. I had discovered Hisham whilst co-hosting a news and current affairs show on...

The victim of a notorious sex offender says it was like being 'abused all over again' after a legal anomaly meant he was quizzed in court - by his attacker. The man, who can not be named, has launched a plea to change the 'barbaric' legal system in Jersey after the perverted teacher was allowed to cross-examine him. He was one of six young boys abused by paedophile Christopher Bacon, 75, who was jailed last year for preying on pupils...

A toothpaste ingredient that stops the build-up of plaque bacteria may help fight drug-resistant malaria, a British robot scientist named Eve has discovered. Triclosan found in many toothpastes stuns the growth of the malaria parasite which has built up resistance to a common anti-malarial drug. When a mosquito infected with malaria parasites bites someone, it transfers the parasites into their bloodstream via its saliva. These parasites work their way into the liver, where they mature and reproduce. After a few...

The average UK household spend reached the highest level since before the financial crisis as finances get squeezed "left, right and centre". UK households spent £554.20 per week in the year to the end of last March, according to new ONS data, marking a rise of £21.20 in real terms when compared with the previous year. Transport was the top spending category, with an average of £79.70 shelled out a week on transport between April 2016 and March 2017 – an...

The Commuter is the latest in an increasingly long line of action films to have starred Liam Neeson. This time around he plays Michael MaCauley, a proud family man and insurance salesman, who takes the same train to and from work every day. On the train home one day a mysterious woman called Joanna (Vera Farmiga) sits opposite him and offers him $100,000 if he can identify the person with a bag containing illegal goods. While at first unsure whether...