For Keith Weed, it really is the ideal job. Today Mr Weed – whose mother, incidentally, had the maiden name Hedges – becomes the new president of the Royal Horticultural Society. A keen gardener from a young age, he said it was a ‘privilege’ to become the prestigious charity’s head …...Read More

A 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. Malcolm MacDonald, underwent a £50,000 NHS-funded procedure to have the appendage attached to his …...Read More

Newly released body camera footage shows the moment a group of Arkansas police officers violently pinned a man to the floor and tased and punched him, moments before he died in police custody. Lionel Morris, 39, died on February 4, shortly after he was arrested for shoplifting at a Harps …...Read More

Lily James said Kristin Scott Thomas was 'so absolutely terrifying' as scary housekeeper Mrs Danvers when they were filming the new version of Daphne du Maurier's gothic thriller Rebecca she felt compelled to obey her every command. 'I almost jumped out of a window when she told me to!' James …...Read More

TV comic Eddie Large left just £44,100 in his will after passing away alone from coronavirus earlier this year. The comedian, who performed alongside Syd Little in the Little and Large show, died in April aged 78 at the Southmead Hospital in Bristol after contracting coronavirus. Eddie, who had a …...Read More

Prince William has whisked his family away to his childhood holiday spot for a quick staycation before George and Charlotte return to school, sources say. William and Kate, both 38, were spotted 'enjoying the weather' and stopping to greet their fellow holidaymakers as they cycled across Tresco, Isles of Scilly …...Read More

Bags for life should cost more to prevent shoppers from using them too few times, campaigners have warned. Sam Chetan-Welsh, of Greenpeace, said that while sales of plastic carrier bags are down, sales of bags for life rose to 1.5 billion in 2018. He said: ‘Bags for life contain more …...Read More

A small number of children of British jihadis in Syria will be brought back to the UK. The Foreign Office will bring the orphaned and abandoned children home and will work to stop them following in their parent's footsteps. There are believed to be 60 British children held by western-supported …...Read More

Talk about keeping cool under pressure. A bridegroom who was just moments away from exchanging vows with his beloved didn’t even turn around when another woman claiming to be the mother of his child crashed his wedding. ‘Anthony! You’re acting like you don’t know me...I got your baby here!’ a …...Read More

Baroness Harding promised the technology would be available in time for winter – despite an earlier version (seen above) being scrapped last month The NHS tracing app will alert users if someone tests positive for the virus at their local pub or restaurant, the programme’s chairman has revealed. Baroness Harding …...Read More