BBC cuts staff numbers by just two per cent in last decade

The BBC has cut staff numbers by just two per cent in the last decade, despite spending more than £500 million on severance pay and restructuring. The difference in the number of people employed by the corporation compared to 10 years ago is fewer than 500, according to analysis by …...Read More

Bizarre moment huge German Shepherd sits in the front of a security car with two more in the back

A strange sight was spotted on a London street as a huge German Shepherd-type dog sat in the front of a private security car with two more in the back. The video, taken in Notting Hill, London, shows a car marked with 'dog section' stopped at traffic lights with three …...Read More

Sarah Ferguson gives a shout-out to her new son-in-law 'Edo' Mapelli Mozzi and his son Wolfie

Sarah Ferguson gave a shout-out to her new son-in-law Edoardo 'Edo' Mapelli Mozzi and his four-year-old Wolfie on Friday as she launched three new children's books. The Duchess of York, 60, was speaking on her Youtube channel to unveil the books - entitled Genie Gems, Arthur Fantastic and The Enchanted …...Read More

Woman forced to sleep rough in Amsterdam after travel agent 'cancelled hotel booking'

A woman says she was forced to sleep rough in Amsterdam for two nights last weekend after her travel agent allegedly cancelled a hotel booking without telling her. Zea Hudson, 26, turned up at her hotel in the city but was turned away after hotel clerks said the travel agent …...Read More

Now 4,200 people are catching Covid-19 each day in England: Cases have doubled in a fortnight

Father whose penis dropped off due to a blood infection became the first man to have a new one built on his arm - but delays mean it has been stuck there for four years...Read More

Ballet dancers perform a duet on London canalside to audience on the opposite bank

People passing by the Hoxton Docks on the Regent's Canal in London were treated to a stunning performance from two dancers from The Royal Ballet. The classical duet between a male and female dancer was performed on a purpose-built pontoon at the Potemkin Theatre in East London. The ballet dancers …...Read More

Thug jailed after sneaking into woman's home, strangling her until she passed out and molesting her

A thug has been jailed for eight years after he sneaked into a young mum's home and strangled her until she passed out - then sexually assaulted her while one of her children in the same room. Daniel Delooze, 30, entered his sleeping victim's house through an unlocked door in …...Read More

Deep-sea anglerfish 'fuse' bodies with their partners when they mate

Deep-sea anglerfish take sexual intimacy to the next level by 'fusing' bodies with their partners when they mate, a study reveals. In an amazing show of sexual submission, the smaller male anglerfish becomes permanently attached to the relatively gigantic female, resulting in their tissue fusing and the two animals establishing …...Read More

Accountant accused of defrauding firm out of £1m could be jailed for lying to court

A high-flying accountant accused of defrauding his firm out of £1 million to blow on prostitutes could face jail over claims he lied to a court. Mohammed Asif Khan looked after the books for Tyneside-based North of England Coachworks Ltd, the north east's largest vehicle bodyshop. But former bosses are …...Read More

Seven days that led to lockdown of 4.5m people in north of England

Reimposing lockdown measures on 4.5 million people in the north of England is the culmination of a week of warnings from the Government's top health experts about the risk of rising infection. Matt Hancock announced last night that people from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of east Lancashire and …...Read More