This is the dramatic moment a thug armed with an axe was TASERED by police in front of horrified shoppers in a busy city centre. Rinemo Burrowes, 22, was pursued by officers from Birmingham New Street station after they received reports of a man brandishing a weapon and alarming passengers. The yob was bundled into a wall by a have-a-go hero but managed to run off again before he was finally cornered by police outside the Bullring shopping centre. The...

Wyndham Hacket Pain @WyndhamHP It takes some time to adjust to the accents of the characters in Trespass Against Us, not because they are difficult to understand, but because gangsters and criminals are not meant to sound like this. The rural west of England is not the traditional location for such dramas, which are much more accustomed to bleak inner city areas. There is a strange juxtaposition between the idyllic countryside and the brutish behaviour of the Cutler family. The...

A 38-year-old man has no excuses for not cleaning his flat - after amassing a collection of 300 vacuum cleaners. Addict Steve Cook has been collecting vintage vacuums since he was three-years-old. Collector Steve estimates he has spent around £10,000 on the haul and he's now run out of places to store the hoovers in his tiny one-bed flat. But the hoarder, who claims to have the third largest collection in the UK, insists the lack of space won't prevent...

Nancy Watson also revealed the secret to a long life was “smiling, laughing, joking and drinking Guinness”. She admitted she was “scared stiff” of riding the bike, but managed to keep a smile on her face as she went through with the long-term promise to do it on the big day. Reflecting on her 100 years, the lifelong Liverpool FC fan, who was born in Birkenhead on The Wirral said: “I’ve had fun, love.” The great-grandmother-of-13 celebrated her landmark birthday...

Sat amongst one of the busiest transport junctions in London where busses, trains and tubes arrive and depart at monotonously frequent intervals lies a restaurant providing the perfect accessible all-day fare for travellers moving in and out of this up-and-coming SW8 hot spot. Since opening in February 2015, COUNTER has established a cult-following south of the Thames. Likened to London’s own version of Hell’s Kitchen or the infamous Meatpacking district, the regeneration of the diverse area continues at break-neck speed ahead of the US...

Nature-loving Kate Burrows and her partner Alan built their home out of tree trunks, mud and straw after being forced out of their rented home by her permanent flu-like symptoms. Kate, who has lived in the hut in Tarka Valley, near Chumleigh, Devon, for 19 months, says the extreme move was prompted by her rare condition - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). But North Devon Council say the couple have broken planning laws - and have given them until December to...

If you had to say what is one thing you would never want to imagine, Theresa May and John Bercow showering together is probably top of my list. Well maybe just after Gary Barlow doing anything. Somehow this cropped up in today’s session, but more of that later, as I need to take my mind off it for a moment. See, a troubled mind can be much more serious than the thought of May wearing loofer mitts and gently exfoliating...

With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, here’s our pick of the best new restaurants arriving in London over the coming month. Bōkan – Canary Wharf Joining the city’s constantly growing list of sky-high restaurants, Bōkan will open at Novotel London Canary Wharf this month. Set across the 37th, 38th and 39th floor, the restaurant, bar and open air terrace will boast panoramic views of London’s skyline, with Head Chef Aurelie Altemaire (having previously held the same position at...

China’s thriving wine market will be worth more than the UK by 2020, VINEXPO has forecast. The UK will be pushed into third place among the world’s biggest wine markets when sales of still and sparkling wine reach $21 billion in China compared to $16 billion in the UK. The data reveals changes in the behaviour of drinkers of still wines over the next five years as UK imports fall from 120.9 million 9-litre cases in 2015 to 117.4 million...