Polish towns that declared themselves 'LGBT free zones' in a backlash against gay rights are to be denied EU funds. Hardline president Andrzej Duda has just won five more years in power after a campaign that included attacks on the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. Now six towns …...Read More

Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena, 37, was working for the US government in Mexico when he was abducted, tortured and killed by cartel members in February 1985. The lead investigator in his death believes a CIA agent was involved in his murder A new Amazon docuseries claims that a CIA agent was …...Read More

To arrive in the pretty Somerset village of Witham Friary on a perfect English summer day is to feel instantly envious of its residents. Who wouldn’t want to live in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where neighbours leave out honesty boxes alongside bunches of flowers and the traditional pub …...Read More

Few men in the first half of the 20th century knew more royal secrets than Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles, who served four monarchs, from George V to the Queen — and now features as a pivotal character in TV's The Crown, which returns for a fourth series later this year. …...Read More

Whenever I’m doing a routine physical examination and check a patient’s height, I’m always bemused by how interested they are in the result. No one seems to care what their blood pressure or pulse rate is, but everyone wants to know their exact height (which they must have a pretty …...Read More

There are probably more jokes about economists than there are economists themselves. The oldest is that if you bring ten economists together you will get eleven opinions. Which makes what is happening in this Covid-stricken world so remarkable. Economists actually agree with each other — up to a point. They …...Read More

This is the astonishing moment a group of surfers in the Dominican Republic took on towering waves as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through the Caribbean island before strengthening into a hurricane. Local news outlets captured the moment at least 20 daredevil surfers maneuvered the waves at Güibia Beach in Santo …...Read More

Captain Sir Tom Moore has been awarded the freedom of his home town of Keighley after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire to fundraise for …...Read More

Prince William reassured England football manager Gareth Southgate that it's 'not a weakness' to speak about mental health when the pair met at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk earlier this month. In a video released today by the Heads Up campaign, Gareth, 49, speaks candidly to the Duke of Cambridge, …...Read More

Advertisement Idris Elba led the winners at the TV BAFTAs 2020 on Friday night as viewers noted 'more diversity' across the socially distanced ceremony after the BAFTA film awards were criticised earlier this year. The actor, 47, thanked the Academy for 'finally recognising' him as he was virtually reunited with …...Read More