UK-based singer songwriter Sam Harrison has released a full version of the viral Jeremy Corbyn chant with new verses and musical backing. The artist, who claims to have played the 2012 Olympics, the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury festival naked, released the song after crowds across the country embraced the White Stripes tune in support of the Labour Leader. Lyrics include, "the entire Tory party couldn't hold me back" and "the feeling coming from my bones says affordable homes". Watch the video in...
A Scottish island which became famous for a high-profile murder case more than 50 years ago has been snapped up just weeks after it went on the market. Little Ross Island, off the coast of south west Scotland, was advertised for offers over £325,000 -- around the same price as a two-bedroom flat in Edinburgh city centre. The 29-acre island is home to a 19th-century, fully automated lighthouse tower. Little Ross gained national media attention in August 1960 when two...
A man who burned down an £80,000 mobile police station has been jailed for three years. A court heard drug dealers paid homeless Dwayne Curtis, 46, to destroy the vehicle. He denied arson but changed his plea after CCTV footage recorded his pet dog Charlie Boy following him during the attack. His Staffordshire Terrier was stabbed to death and Curtis was stabbed in the buttocks days before he was arrested over the incident in Southend, Essex. Basildon Crown Court was...
Visitors to a famous National Trust spot at the weekend may have been met with a sight they weren't there to see - as a man was caught in the middle of an indecent act. The car park at the site of the famously well-endowed Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset is known as one of the best places to see the hillside chalk figure. But the naked chalk Giant was not the only one exposing itself on Saturday, August...
A woman who fleeced a man she met on a dating website out of thousands of pounds to buy high end Jimmy Choo shoes has been jailed for two years. Parasitic Beverley Weetman, 34, spun a web of lies, including claiming to be terminally ill, after learning her victim had some money saved up as a deposit for a house. But once she spent all of his cash in 'loans' and gifts she started to distance herself from him, and...
These incredible pictures show the moment a driver came face-to-face - with an escaped WALLABY. Shocked Gina Court pulled over after spotting the wild-running animal, which is believed to have fled from a nearby farm. She initially thought she had encountered a kangaroo but after closer inspection realised it was a baby wallaby and called the RSPCA. A wallaby spotted on the road near Crediton, Devon. Other passers by saw the Australian native, a smaller cousin of the kangaroo, in...
The 40-year mystery of what happened to Lord Lucan has finally been solved - after his mugshot appeared as a serving parish councillor in a sleepy Sussex village. The whereabouts of the elusive Lord Lucan – a mystery which has captivated the world for decades - has supposedly come to an end when he was 'snapped' in a parish magazine. His mugshot was used in the Bersted Parish Council magazine in West Sussex when they mistakenly listed him as its...
A man has appeared in court today (Wed) charged with the murder of a young mum-of-two. Jordon Thackray, 27, who is accused of murdering 23-year-old Jessica King, appeared briefly at Bradford Magistrates Court dressed in a prison issue grey jump suit. The case was adjourned to be heard at Bradford Crown Court, West Yorks, on Friday September 1st. No indication of plea was given during the hearing and no application for bail was heard. Thackray will remain in custody until...
A new picture project has been launched giving a glimpse of motherhood around the world. People from 56 different countries and cultures around the globe were encouraged to share a picture of 'mum' and provide a description of her role in the family and day to day life. Side-by-side the pictures shows that despite cultural differences, social and economic inequalities and even episodes of conflict, the mother figure in every single one of our families is nothing short of a hero!...
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