Border controls should be kept at Calais after Brexit to prevent more illegal migrants and asylum seekers entering Britain, according to council chiefs in Kent. The leaders of both Dover and Shepway councils have warned Brexit minister David Davis that bringing back controls to the UK as part of any deal risks further increasing the number of migrants that would have to be dealt with. A joint letter signed by the leaders of both local authorities states: “Dover and Shepway...

A homeless man has been beating the autumn cold - by living in a fridge. Eyebrows were raised when his den was discovered – inside a massive refridgerator. The rough-sleeper set up home in the industrial fridge, which was dumped near an abandoned grocery shop, and set up camp. His abode was stumbled upon by unwary council workers investigating the rubbish-strewn back alley in Harrow, north west London. The massive fridge in which the homeless man had made his home....

Volcanoes on Mars grew a thousand times slower than those on Earth, according to new research. Scottish scientists have reconstructed the evolution of a volcano on Mars for the first time using space rocks that fell to Earth. Analysis of the meteorites from the Red Planet uncovered more than 90 million years of information about the supersized mountains - and identified from which volcano they came from. Martian volcanoes - including Olympus Mons which is over 13 miles high and...

Monday was the saddest day ever measured on Twitter, according to Hedonometer. News of Las Vegas shootings combined with political turbulence in Europe, protests in Britain and natural events meant that sentiment dropped to an all-time low at the start of the week. The reading was lower than the terrorist attack in Orlando last year and the bombing of Boston marathon, along with several high profile deaths. Interestingly people were sadder about Donald Trump becoming president than Michael Jackson dying....

By Max Bluer Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has this evening announced that his government will declare independence “in a matter of days”. Puigdemont made the announcement as part of an interview given to the BBC on Tuesday evening, just minutes before King Felipe VI went on national TV to denounce the Catalan regional leadership as “disloyal”, accused them of fracturing Catalan society and threatening the Catalan economy, and denounced the referendum as illegal. The crisis of Catalan secession from Spain deepened...

The Canary Islands and booming Balearics have long been in the spotlight as trendy holiday hotspots, but the ever-popular Spanish mainland is starting to reclaim its holiday crown. Not to be outdone by its sister islands, mainland Spain is much more than just the reality TV mainstay Marbella and infamous old-school resort of Benidorm. Holidays to mainland Spain have a lot to offer, with excellent family attractions, gorgeous coastlines and a whole host of cultural spots. Spain has definitely been...

While cruising makes the world your oyster, flying out to meet the ship of your choice can prove a pricey proposition. Luckily, cruise lines today are apt at finding ways of getting travellers to far-flung and exotic destinations without the hassle of flying outside UK borders. The range of destinations to cruise to has never been more varied either, which means that taking what’s known as a no-fly cruise is a way of seeing even the most exotic locales across...

Have you ever wondered how construction workers were able to reach those high heights with no visible signs of scaffolding used? Or perhaps you’ve walked past a construction site and noticed some large piece of machinery lifting people to reach tall heights, and you’re wondering what they probably are? Well, most often than not, you’re looking at a cherry-picker. Recently, those big pieces of machinery have found application in a variety of tasks, like from accessing over-head power lines to...

This week’s 24 hour walk out by tube train drivers has been suspended after talks between union Aslef and London Underground. The strike would have caused disruption to the capital, especially with the England v Slovenia World Cup qualifier football match at Wembley on Thursday evening. The dispute centres on broken agreements underground staff say they had with tube bosses over the shifts they work since the Night Tube made sections of the London underground run 24 hours. London Underground...