A struggling single mother who works for the NHS has won a £425,000 apartment for just £2 in a raffle. Cynthia Kanyua currently lives in social housing after escaping an abusive relationship and was just getting by when her luck changed. Now, the 36-year-old is ditching her poky, two-bed home …...Read More
Single mother who works for NHS wins £425,000 apartment after buying £2 raffle ticket
PIERS MORGAN: Donald Trump's presidency is crashing and burning
Donald Trump is losing. The man who devotes every second of his waking life to the obsessive pursuit of winning is staring down the barrel of an election loss in four weeks that could be a total blow-out. A new CNN/SSR poll published yesterday revealed he's 16 points behind his …...Read More
Author Marian Keyes claims she isn't a bad feminist for having Botox
Author Marian Keyes claims she isn't a bad feminist simply because she's had Botox injections that left her forehead 'smooth as a lake'. The 57-year-old Irish writer said she was fed up with appearing grumpy and just wanted to look 'inviting'. Speaking on The Shift podcast with Sam Baker she …...Read More
Clever dog uses a rope chew toy to pull his sister out of a swimming pool
This is the heartwarming moment a Labrador Retriever saves his sister after she falls into a swimming pool. Footage captured by retired firefighter paramedic Aaron Tucker from Daytona Beach, Florida, shows his brother's canine throw a rope chew toy to his helpless sibling as she struggles to pull herself to …...Read More
Italian Alps: New observation deck that sits 10,000ft up on the Schnals Valley Glacier ridge opens
Advertisement Ascending to this incredible new observation deck might just be the peak experience of a visit to the Italian Alps. Called Ötzi Peak 3251m, it is perched around the corner from Austria on the Schnals Valley Glacier ridge in the South Tyrol at a height, as the name suggests, …...Read More
Swampy's out of retirement and living in a tree: Veteran eco-warrior joins anti-HS2 sit-in
Veteran eco warrior 'Swampy' is out of retirement after a 'quiet ten years' as he joined a sit-in protest against the HS2 rail line. The activist whose real name is Daniel Hooper has joined an HS2 rebellion group which has been holding out against eviction from woodland marked out for …...Read More
Pro surfer Mat Wilkinson is stalked by a 1.5 metre shark while surfing near Sharpes Beach at Ballina
Frightening footage shows a great white shark swim within centimeters of a professional surfer before being scared off by an emergency alarm. The lifesaving drone captured the moment Matt Wilkinson was stalked by the animal while surfing off Sharpes Beach, Ballina in Northern NSW. Footage shows the shark approach the …...Read More
Coronavirus: UK recording more daily cases per capita than the US
The UK is recording more coronavirus cases relative to the size of its population than the US for the first time since March, data shows. In another grim milestone in Britain's second wave, there were 143 cases per million people on October 5, compared to America's rate of 130 per …...Read More
Tim Davie says BBC must 'modernise' to reflect all of Britain
BBC boss Tim Davie today admitted the corporation needed 'modernising' to reflect the whole of Britain and must do more to connect with all viewers. The new director-general also said the BBC would be 'judged by action now' on diversity and he had asked all of its leaders 'how they …...Read More
Tributes are paid to 'one of a kind' 18-year old who died after taking MDMA
Tributes have been paid to a 'one of a kind' 18-year-old who was one of four youngsters to die in suspected drug incidents in the North East over the weekend. Mark Johnston had been with friends at an upstairs flat in Washington, Tyne and Wear, in the early hours of …...Read More
