Former PM Sir John Major didn’t pull any punches when he attacked the current government’s plan for a hard Brexit. Major believes that her pursuit of a quick Brexit at all costs will harm the NHS and working people. Major said “whole communities” could be worse off and could suffer for years and could put extra pressure on the NHS, already at breaking point with the Red Cross recently claiming the health service was suffering a “humanitarian crisis.” There are...

This is the heart-stopping moment a woman was run over by a heavy good train - but miraculously emerges totally unscathed. Onlookers said the burqa-clad jumped down from the platform to cross to the other side, but tripped on the tracks. But before she could get up an enormous 40-carriage goods train rumbled through Agra's Raja Mandi station in India at high speed. Passengers looked on in horror as the woman in her 20s had no option but to pin...

Eggs, flour, butter and BANGERS. Get your flip on with our Pancake Day Playlist. Yes, most of the songs here were selected for their relatability to this Pancakiest of days, but let's not ignore these buttery-smooth jams from the likes of MF DOOM, A Tribe Called Quest and Scienze, to name a few . And, of course, 'Banana Pancakes' by Jack Johnson is in there, which is a fluffy stack of cakey joy in itself.

Donald Trump has set out plans to increase defence spending by a whopping $54 billion as foreign assistance and environmental budgets are slashed. His proposed budget plan for 2018 sees a historically-high nine per cent increase in defence spending, with deep cuts elsewhere, although Social Security and Medicare were left untouched. "We're going to do more with less and make the government lean and accountable," Trump said in a meeting with governors at the White House on Monday. The budget will...

Another day another Tory belittles the poor and in need, it didn’t make much difference to the vote in Copeland, but these comments will disgust many. Policy chief George Freeman, said that benefits should only be given to the ‘really disabled’ and not to people who suffer with anxiety. He has faced a huge backlash and now he has said that he ‘hugely regrets’ his remarks. It is unknown if he would have apologised if he hadn’t faced a massive...

I have a friend – let’s call him Tom, because that’s his name. Now, Tom does not like public transport. Not one bit. He is, however, a proud and passionate Londoner, and so is very happy to support the hackney carriage industry, and is famed for his addiction to what he calls “little black busses”. He is also very generous, so I have often found myself cadging a five-minute ride in a taxi for a journey which could easily have...

A teacher who was bullied as a schoolboy for being gay bravely came out to 1,000 of his pupils during a school assembly. Daniel Gray made the bold decision to be open about his sexuality after being told to keep it a secret while training to be a teacher. But after coming out in an assembly, the 32-year-old teacher has been inundated with support from staff, current and former pupils at Harris Academy South Norwood, in Croydon, south London. Back...

People really do look like their names - thanks to a phenomenon dubbed the "Dorian Gray effect", say scientists. In a study strangers' faces were matched to names with surprising accuracy - up to twice as often as would be expected by chance. The strange curiosity is believed to be linked to "cultural stereotypes" we attach to names. In Oscar Wilde novel The Picture of Dorian Gray the main character does a deal in return for his soul so that...

This Dream is a bit of surprise- silent weavings of the spirit (or fairies) explode at the end of director Joe Hill-Gibbins' interpretation to give us something in the epilogue that is both nightmarish and joyful and brings new meanings to the play’s normal tranquil self. To this end it is clever.  At the beginning, as the audience file in, three mirrors arranged in a triptych hang threateningly in front of the audience. We can’t see anything else and in...