A Chinese man with a long-term intestinal illness has nearly died after his blocked bowel burst following a hearty dinner. The 63-year-old patient, known as Mr Wang, said he heard a bang coming from inside his body before realising something 'had exploded'. He told local reporters that he felt sharp …...Read More

If you've ever flipped through the Argos catalogue in search of home furnishings, gadgets or toys, you might have spotted some familiar faces. After printing its last physical edition of the much-loved catalogue this month, throwback images reveal how some of today's best-known stars have featured in its pages over …...Read More

Ten tourists have been quarantined in a Majorcan hotel set aside for coronavirus patients who do not require hospital treatment. The holidaymakers will be made to self-isolate for 14 days after testing positive for Covid-19. The hotel has been identified locally as the three-star Morlans Gardens in Peguera, a small …...Read More

TikTok, the popular short-form video app, has been sued by rival Triller , which accused it of infringing its patent for stitching together multiple music videos with a single audio track.Triller said in a complaint filed on Wednesday that TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent ByteDance Ltd willfully infringed the June …...Read More

If you’re looking for a pick-me-up — to be inspired by human ingenuity in the midst of a whole lot of bad news — today’s newsletter is for you. I recently asked readers to tell us about innovative ways that people were moving activities outdoors, where the coronavirus spreads less …...Read More

Advertisement Aviation giant Rolls-Royce has thrown its significant expertise behind a project hoping to build the world's fastest civil aircraft. Boom Supersonic is building a plane called Overture which, when completed, may be capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, with a range of 5,180 miles. …...Read More

This is the shocking scene where suspected drug users were filmed passed out near a busy Tesco in scenes compared to zombie TV show The Walking Dead. The video shows five people slumped, with some on the ground, near a store in broad daylight at Burngreave, Sheffield, south Yorkshire. One …...Read More

A British Airways pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow after he was overcome by fumes described as smelling like 'sweaty socks' and 'manure'. The Airbus A320 from Zurich had to make the emergency landing from 4,000ft when the stench made its way into the cockpit on …...Read More

Prime suspect Andrew Ndlovu (pictured) was arrested yesterday The prime suspect in the horrific rape and brutal murder of a British safari lodge owner was dramatically arrested yesterday after six years of detective work... by her niece. Retired teacher Christine Robinson, 59, was allegedly attacked by a trusted gardener at …...Read More

Hero PC Andrew Harper's family have arrived at the Old Bailey for today's sentencing of his three teenager killers after they were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. His widow, Lissie Harper, who had only been married to the 28-year-old for four weeks before his death on August 15 …...Read More