Retired vicar, 85, 'pawed at married curate', court hears

A RETIRED 85-year-old vicar sexually assaulted a female curate after leaping at her 'like a rabbit out of rabbit hole', a court heard. Jurors heard Reverend Geraint Hughes told the trainee vicar: 'I really miss having cuddles.' The shocked married woman tried to fend off the elderly clergyman and, in …...Read More

New Mexico Mystery: Why Are So Many Birds Dropping Dead?

ALBUQUERQUE — Huge numbers of migratory birds are dropping dead around New Mexico as scientists scramble to determine what is triggering one of the Southwest’s largest bird die-offs in recent memory. After people began finding the dead birds in recent days in locations ranging from hiking trails to suburban driveways …...Read More

Women who drink a single glass of wine when pregnant could have it recorded on their baby's records

Drinking just one glass of wine while pregnant, even before women know for sure they are expecting, will be recorded on their baby's medical records under controversial new proposals. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) wants to see all alcohol consumption noted regardless of the expectant mother's …...Read More

Russell Brand flouts social distancing rules by hugging fan

Russell Brand was seen flouting social distancing rules following a performance of his new comedy show Brand-emic as he posed for pictures and hugged a fan. The stand up star, 45, was pictured taking selfies with audience members, despite claiming in a social media post that they had some 'socially-distanced' …...Read More

SUE REID: Britain's first migrant camp shows the Government is determined to end its 'soft touch'

Day after day, they arrive on Britain's south coast. This year, almost 6,500 migrants have made the dangerous journey in small boats across the English Channel. On Monday, an overloaded dinghy carrying ten such migrants landed in Kent. The occupants, none of whom was wearing a life jacket, leaped out, …...Read More

GB track legend Akabusi reveals the private and uncomfortable details of his colon cancer scare

Kriss Akabusi has never been accused of lacking an appetite for life, yet it was only through grim recent experience that he truly appreciated what he might be losing. That was the natural conclusion of the discovery late in 2018 that he had growths in his bowel and the fear …...Read More

How 'healthy' fruit snacks for children can contain the equivalent of up to FIVE teaspoons of sugar

Urban Fruits Gently Baked Strawberries contain 20g of sugar in a small 35g bag It's the same as five teaspoons - twice as many as an iced, sprinkled doughnut 'Healthy' fruit snacks for children can contain up to five teaspoons of sugar – the equivalent of two iced and sprinkled …...Read More

Thomas Cook relaunches as an online travel company

The Thomas Cook brand has been 'reinvented' as an online travel company. Chinese firm Fosun Tourism Group acquired the brand for £11million after the 178-year-old travel company collapsed in September 2019. The new version began selling holidays online and over the phone on Wednesday just after midnight but does not …...Read More

Two in three tower blocks don't have safer cladding... more than three years after Grenfell inferno

Thousands of flat-dwellers have been ‘condemned to lives of stress and fear’ over ministers’ failure to replace flammable cladding on high-rises, a damning report says. After the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy in which 72 people died, the Government pledged safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all multi-storey …...Read More

New breath test can help you get pregnant by tracking CO2 levels

An innovative new breath test claims to help women struggling to conceive get pregnant by analysing their CO2 levels to detect ovulation patterns. The clever handheld device called breathe ilo, which launches in the UK on September 16 and costs £259 to buy or £29.90 per month to rent, is …...Read More