Purple lightning has been captured striking an area directly behind the Statue of Liberty as New York City was hit by a dramatic thunderstorm. The intense lightning rod was filmed from a dock on Ellis Island after the storm rolled over the city on Wednesday afternoon. In the 21-second clip, …...Read More

A devoted Palestinian man climbed up the side of a hospital building so he could sit on the window ledge of his mother's hospital room to be with her while she suffered from coronavirus. Jihad Al-Suwaiti, 30, was not allowed to visit his mother Rasma Salema in person after she …...Read More

Dominic Cummings has been warned not to interfere in the running of the Intelligence and Security Committee by its new chairman after it published a bombshell report into Russian meddling. Julian Lewis has demanded a 'categorical commitment' from Downing Street that Mr Cummings and other political special advisers will not …...Read More

Prince Harry 'is a much less intelligent character' than Meghan Markle and 'goes along with whatever she says' because he's 'desperate to please his wife', according to Lady Colin Campbell. The Jamaican-born British writer, 70, who penned the 1992 best-selling biography, Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows, made the …...Read More

A British holidaymaker broke her back plunging more than 60ft off a balcony in Ibiza while having a nightmare. College worker Coral Skipp, 47, from Powys in Wales, was on the last night of her sunshine break when she fell from the third floor of the building. Her fiancé John …...Read More

A man armed with a grenade has taken a senior policeman hostage in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava. The man pulled out a grenade and threatened to kill police as officers went to arrest him for allegedly hijacking a vehicle. It comes just two days after 13 bus passengers …...Read More

Advertisement A once derelict Victorian mansion which was once the site of a horrific murder has been put up for sale for £3.25m after a restoration project spanning up to ten years. Oakleigh had been left to rot after it became infamous as the luxury home of a top lawyer …...Read More

Apprentice contenstant and businesswoman Michaela Wain has insisted that companies should introduce a dress code while employees are working from home. The Bolton entrepreneur who owns three businesses in constructionm, infrastructure and communications, and Anju Solanki, from Chigwell appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss a survey which revealed that …...Read More

A woman who fractured her skull falling off a prop rickshaw during a boozy charity ball at a prestigious royal military college has lost her fight for £50,000 compensation after lawyers argued 'she's a big girl now' and should take responsibility for her own safety. Sophie Ashraf, 28, of Staines, …...Read More

Hopes for a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas have been dashed by a World Health Organization expert. Mike Ryan, head of WHO's emergencies programme, said the first use of a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be expected until early 2021. He noted that several vaccines are now in phase three trials and none …...Read More