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...
Review: Indian Accent, not just another fancy Mayfair restaurant
Since opening in New Delhi during 2009, Manish Mehrotra’s Indian Accent has since become regarded as one of the country’s best restaurants - currently placed at number 30 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017 list. Trailing such success, Indian Accent then opened an international export in New York (six years later), trailed by a long overdue London restaurant, which opened in Mayfair towards the end of 2017. Joining local high-end restaurants such as Benares, Tamarind, Gymkhana and Jamavar, Indian Accent...
No to fur, yes to a bacon sandwich: The hypocrisy behind the latest Kendall Jenner outrage
By Rebecca Benson You’d think she’d want to avoid courting controversy, after her abomination of an endorsement, when she partnered with Pepsi in 2017. The now infamous advert, where Kendall Jenner stopped a riot from breaking out by winking at a policeman and offering him a can of soda, quickly turned into a Twitter frenzy, of both condemnation and hilarious memes. However, this Sunday Kendall felt the wrath of Twitter once more, when she walked the runway for Dsquared2 (no I’d...
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...
Motorist raped 18yo girl after pretending to be kind and offered her a lift home
An Audi driver who raped an 18-year-old girl when she accidentally got into his car thinking it was a taxi after a night out has been jailed. Andrew Green, 43, pretended he was "a Good Samaritan" when he pulled over and spoke to his victim - who had "nowhere to run and nowhere to hide" at 4.30am on Saturday July, 15 last year. Bolton Crown Court, Grt Mancs., heard the nightclub-goer thought Green's white Audi was the taxi she had...
Gigantic fatberg appears in central London representing Yuletide indulgence
A gigantic ‘fatberg’ made of real lard appeared in central London today. The huge mass is the height of a London bus and is more than 10ft wide, and surfaced along the city’s South Bank. It’s hoped the massive mound of disgusting fat will encourage Brits to seriously think about the health impacts - inside and out - of overindulging over the Christmas period. The fatberg, made by preventative healthcare service Thriva, was created following a survey of 2,000 young...