An adorable baby owl with a serious growth disorder has been given leg SPLINTS to help her walk. Boo Boo, a three month-old Turkmenian Eagle owl, will never be able to fly because her limbs are not strong enough to land on. But her owners at a rescue sanctuary are now doing whatever they can to help her get on her feet. Boo Boo the owl at Hendra Farm at Pelynt, Cornwall. Boo Boo wears splints to help her walk....

Back in the early days of NASCAR that circuit of hard driving, pit row fighting, Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, pedal to the metal high speed oval track racing had two basic rules: try not to kill anyone, and the cars actually had to be street legal right down to working headlights. Other than that, go to it boys. As such, the Big Three auto manufacturers in Detroit released limited edition models specifically designed to hold the track at Daytona, Talladega...

A freedom of Information request shows that new welfare reforms are allowing the government to distort the true figures of those sanctioned on welfare, disability and in receipt of pensions The very latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) obtained by The London Economic in response to a freedom of information request I submitted show that new welfare reforms such as Universal Credit are allowing the true figures regarding people sanctioned to go grossly unreported. Today 20 million...

The most prestigious space on the Monopoly board, Mayfair is home to some of London’s most excessively expensive restaurants and bars. Tucked away on Down Street, however, tiny authentic tapas bar El Pirata is celebrating the end of summer by introducing four new Spanish wines, all of which are available for less than £20. This offer is available until Saturday 16th September and cannot be found elsewhere in the area. El Pirata’s new wines include Colegiata Malvasia Blanco D.O Toro,...

Sunderland's biggest fan says the football club's away shirt sizes have left him feeling like an unwanted substitute. Michael Cockburn, 56, claims that after asking for an away shirt in the 3XL size at the club’s Stadium of Light store he was told they did not stock beyond 2XL. The club says that there is limited interest in shirts larger than 2XL and those sizes have not been made available to the Black Cats. Michael Cockburn, 56, is angry as...

By James Mackney Move aside Minions, for 'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie' is the family film of the summer. It has everything: fart jokes, an arch villain who looks like a cross between Albert Einstein and Professor Weetos, sly and silly cultural references and a caped-crusader - in just his underpants! It is a film that unashamedly celebrates the sheer creativity of children’s imaginations. Within the first 10 minutes there is a joke about Uranus being a gas giant....

A gay man who is being wrongly branded a paedophile by vile thugs in a sustained hate campaign says he will not be run out of his home. Charlie Joyce, 30, has been subjected to vile verbal abuse, graffiti and smashed windows since moving into his flat nine months ago. All the windows to his flat have been smashed with hurled bricks and he has even had "paedophile" and "grass" daubed on his outside walls after reporting the abuse to...

Retailers along Oxford Street are shifting their focus from millennials to Generation Z this summer in order to attract the growing spending power of young consumers. The move is part of a wider ambition for the prestigious street to become the most Gen-Z-friendly shopping district in the UK. Selfridges, John Lewis, Accessorize and Lush are just some of the top retailers along the street who are responding to pre-held expectations held by this group of consumers, and are now setting...

Shocking new research has revealed that a quarter of people who voted for Brexit - the equivalent of over 4.3 million people - believe they were duped by the Leave campaign. With several promises outlined as part of the campaign since rubbished following the vote many Leave voters unsurprisingly feel they were lied to by prominent campaigners such as Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. But even though the politicians peddled blatant fabrications in order to settle Britain's divorce with...