Car booter unwittingly buys stolen £30,000 painting for £40 before handing it to police
A shopper bought a £40 painting at a car boot sale - and discovered it was a £30,000 original by Dame Joan Collins’ son stolen from a multimillionaire. Lee Broadway, 42, unintentionally found himself at the centre of the international art theft when he innocently bought a rolled up canvas from a Bank Holiday car boot. It was only when he pulled the painting depicting the devil playing cards out of the cardboard tube at home he realised the true...
Neighbour of Parsons Green tube bomb suspect claims police found 15 firearms and a bomb at the Surrey home
Terror police have recovered '15 firearms and a bomb' from a house raided in connection with the Parsons Green attack, neighbours claim. An evacuated Cavendish Road resident said a police officer informed them of the terrifying find while they were moved to nearby Staines Rugby Club on Saturday night. A mum, who identified herself as Carrie and lives on the evacuated road, said: ''I was speaking to a police officer and asking him what was going on and how long...
At least four killed in horror smash on M5
A woman and two children are fighting for their lives in hospital after the fatal crash. Four other people were killed and police are working to notify their next of kin. The lorry driver survived and was taken to hospital to be checked over, which police said was 'as a precaution.' The M5 remains closed in both directions following the fatal collision between J15 and J14 northbound but cops praised the actions of quick-thinking motorists who went to the aid...
A mother gave birth to an eye watering 12lb baby
A gobsmacked midwife cancelled her dentist appointment so she could see the birth of a baby boy - who tipped the scales at a whopping 12 lbs. Theo Brown came into the world on September 6 weighing nearly twice the average of a newborn. Exhausted mother Paula Brown gave birth naturally to the large baby after spending six hours in labour. One week old Theo with his mum and dad Paula and Gareth Brown back home in Great Harwood. After...
“Poundland Donald Tump” Boris Johnson repeats false £350m a week pledge for NHS post-Brexit
Even though the UK statistics watchdog calculated that the promise of an extra £350m a week for the NHS post-Brexit was “misleading,” Boris Johnson has decided to make the claim again. The article, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph, could be seen as many, as another attempt by Boris to become the leader of his party, and PM of Britain. It could lead other people to simply see him trying to mislead the nation...again. During the referendum campaign a battle...
Drug smuggler drove 7,000 miles to Iran & back to UK only to get caught at final border check
A globetrotting opium smuggler took a 7,000 mile-round car trip then got arrested with a stash of heroin - just a few miles from his final destination. Bungling drug mule Bahram Badiani, 47, was caught with 6kg of heroin hidden in the fuel tank of his BMW – which had forced him to make dozens more petrol stops on the journey return trip to IRAN. The car used by drug mule Bahram Badiani. Police arrested him as he tried to...
Campaign officer for Lib Dems suspended from party after convicted of stalking two students
A campaign officer for the Liberal Democrats has been suspended from the party -- after being convicted of stalking two university students. Ryan Lytwyn became besotted with his victims, showering one of them with unwanted gifts, grabbing him in the street and threatening to out the other as gay to his parents. The 23-year-old denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. He was handed a 12-month community payback order. The charity worker from...
Harry Dean Stanton, star of Twin Peaks, Paris, Texas & many other cult classics dies aged 91
Harry Dean Stanton, the gaunt actor of many cult films and TV shows including Paris Texas, Cool Hand Luke, Repo Man and Twin Peaks has died aged 91. Born in Irvine, Kentucky on 14 July 1926, son of a tobacco farmer and hairdresser, he grew up in a musical family. He could sing and play country songs on guitar. "I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if...
Trump gives London response, and then this happens
Donald Trump has been quick to react to the terrorist attack in London today, with his social media account abuzz with tweets on "loser terrorists" who need to be "dealt with in a much tougher manner". Twenty-two people are being treated in hospital following an explosion on Parsons Green Tube train. The incident is being treated as terrorism by the police. The US President tweeted a response this morning, taking aim at terrorists who he described as "sick and demented"....