This unbelievable picture captured the ultimate fly-ship as 'naughty' sailors apparently abandoned their ride in front of a no fly-tipping sign. Despite prosecution warnings the would-be pirates brazenly dumped their boat in full sight of the road between the villages of Cadeby and Sprotbrough - 23 miles from the sea. Tim Hadfield, 52, snapped the picture at the entrance to a former landfill site near Doncaster, South Yorks. "I was on my way to a supplier and I spotted it...

If you’re paying even the slightest attention, you’ll know that Brexit negotiations are not going well. As the Dalai Lama once said, “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” The most optimistic thing you can do in this situation pack your bags and get the hell outta Dodge. Leaving the UK might seem drastic, but it’s the only way to secure yourself a brighter future. Here are some tips to make moving abroad that little bit simpler.   Choose a...

An early John Constable painting incorrectly attributed to two other artists is set to sell for £3 million after emerging for the first time in decades. ‘Dedham Vale with the River Stour in Flood’ has been described as “without question one of the most exciting and important” Constable paintings to be rediscovered in half-a-century. The landscape, painted from the grounds of Old Hall, East Bergholt, Suffolk, shows a herd of cows grazing in front of the flooded countryside. But it...

A young man has been hailed a hero after he pulled a disabled man from a canal after a gust of wind pushed him and his mobility scooter into the water. Allan Meehan, 46, said he had a vision of his mother as he sank into the canal, fearing he was about to meet his end. He doesn't have the use of his left arm and would have been unable to save himself without help. But brave Christopher McCluskey, 32,...

A son has spoken of how he watched his mum die slowly after she waited five hours for an ambulance to take her to hospital. Kim Hawkins, 59, was devastated when he discovered his mum having hallucinations and her skin had turned dark grey. He says ambulances failed to arrive more than five hours after Jeanette Hawkins, 81, fell to the floor in agony with severe abdominal pains - as her condition was not treated as an emergency. The paramedics...

A crooked company director who splashed out on lavish cars and exotic holidays after fleecing investors out of £3 million has been ordered to pay back - just £1. Alan Chandler, 46,pretended he was a multimillionaire and the son of a High Court judge to swindle cash from a venture capital company using forged documents. A court he persuaded them to invest in his green energy company Soleil Holdings Ltd by claiming his business was thriving, despite actually being almost...

An acid-attack victim horrifically scarred by her father in an assault that killed her mum is appealing for £35,000 to pay for operations to rebuild her face. Brave Shabbo Sheikh, 23, was disfigured when her face was drenched in acid after her father allegedly threw it on her mother, while the two-year-old was in her lap. Her mother died the next day but Shabbo miraculously survived - only to be abandoned at the hospital and left to grow up in...

A budding artist is creating masterpieces on the muddy surfaces of white VANS up and down the country. Ricky Minns, 42, who goes by the name of Ruddy Muddy, spruces up vans in need of a wash by drawing works of art with his fingers. His most recognisable designs are those of Prince Harry, Leonardo Di Vinci's Mona Lisa, Prime Minster Teresa May, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Ricky said: "My little one told me that I'd never be a...

Regrettably, I remember my first Chinatown dinner experience quite well. One summer evening during the late nineties (I could only have been six or seven years old), following a matinee theatre performance, somebody suggested we might visit one of those all-you-can-eat restaurants on the south side of Gerrard Street. Exciting at the time. The name escapes me, though I remember the gaudy décor with various stereotypical hues of gold, dragons, phoenixes and lanterns. I also remember the dingy staircases and...