A couple were left mortified on their first date after their prankster friends sent a bottle of prosecco along with a sparkler to their restaurant table so it looked like the pair were celebrating their engagement. Neil Harkin, 31, from Derry, Northern Ireland, and Jean McAuley, 31, were left squirming …...Read More

amden Council planning officers are due to make a decision on the roof terrace application next month Advertisement Boris Johnson's brother Jo is locked in a planning row with a neighbour who is trying to build a roof terrace that the ex-MP says will invade his privacy at his £3million …...Read More

An ancient clay pig figurine has caused an internet sensation for its striking resemblance to a main character of the Angry Birds. The fist-size artwork was discovered under the ruins of a tribe dating back nearly 5,000 years in south-western China. It has sparked a trending topic in the country …...Read More

Sweden is seeing a 'very positive' downward trend in coronavirus cases after its much-debated decision not to go into lockdown, its top epidemiologist says. Anders Tegnell said the number of seriously sick patients was 'close to zero' with the curve of new virus cases also bending downwards. Tegnell is also …...Read More

Exeter Chiefs is facing calls to drop its name, badge and mascot as 'snowflakes' claim the theme is 'offensive'. Activists set up a petition calling for the 150-year-old rugby union side to change over its 'harmful' impact on Native Americans. Their claims were echoed by modern American history professor Rachel …...Read More

Patients will be asked to book an A&E appointment by calling 111 this winter, NHS bosses have been told. The plans, revealed in a board meeting for NHS England and NHS Improvement yesterday, are set to be put in place before December. But hospitals will not turn away patients who …...Read More

With Mr. Biden building a steady advantage in the polls, a state that Mr. Trump won narrowly in 2016 threatens to move more firmly back into the Democratic column in 2020. Since the end of June, Mr. Trump has spent more money on ads in 10 other states — with …...Read More

Advertisement Britain's beauty spots are being inundated with campervans and campsites filled to bursting - provoking angry locals to call for action to stop the 'tidal wave' of holidaymakers destroying their areas. Fed-up residents in Scotland have called for a 'congestion charge' on campervans as beauty spots across the UK …...Read More

Human civilization stands a 90 per cent chance of an 'irreversible collapse' within decades as a result of deforestation, physicists claim. It is thought that within the next two to four decades Earth may no longer be able to sustain a large human population due to the destruction of forests, …...Read More

A woman who refuses have to children to help the environment says those who choose to have a large family 'haven't considered' the impact on the planet, and how they're using up school and hospital places. Anna Hughes, 37, from London, decided in her early 20s never to have children …...Read More