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Alex Batty's mother Melanie is a conspiracy theorist, friend says

Alex Batty’s mother Melanie is a conspiracy theorist who wanted to set up a ‘spiritual community’ and thought Covid-19 ‘was created by the state to control people’, friend says as Interpol join search for her Melanie Batty is said to have lived in a caravan in a campsite in France’s remote Ariege department, known for its alternative […]

Israel's 'killing rage' undermining legal basis for Gaza action

Israel’s ‘killing rage’ is undermining legal basis for Gaza action, warns Ben Wallace Former defence secretary Ben Wallace has warned Israel that it risks undermining the legal basis for its action in the Gaza Strip, adding to growing international pressure over the escalating conflict. Writing in the Telegraph, the senior Tory warned against a ‘killing […]

Prison officers are being asked to use 'gender neutral language'

Prison officers are being asked to use ‘gender neutral language’ and consider the needs of ‘breast feeding people’ under new Ministry of Justice framework The guidelines set out ways to avoid discrimination for prison staff and inmates  Prison officers are being asked to use gender neutral language and take the needs of ‘breast feeding people’ […]

‘Toxic’ XL bully dragging contest slammed as ‘men use dogs to project strength’

Blokes running odd XL bully weight-pulling competitions are using the beasts to imply their own masculinity, according to a leading charity. PETA has slammed the odd events, which see massive XL bullies and other bully-type dogs drag massive weights along a track. The organisation dubbed the events “toxic” and slammed them for reducing the dogs […]

Dead gangster Dave Courtney’s family call in ghost hunters after spooky signs

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Rishi Sunak diverted RAF jet to fly him to Rome – and we paid for it

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a taxpayer-funded RAF jet to fly to a political festival, sources have claimed. Downing Street confirmed that the jet was flown empty from London to Teeside, while the Prime Minister took a train to campaign in a marginal seat near his home. Sunak visited Yarm in Stockton South, trying to […]

Europe’s most beautiful train station which looks too pretty to be real

Railway stations are magical. While their purpose has been to serve as facilitators of travel for hundreds of years, they have done much more than that. They have inspired millions of people to set off on long and arduous journeys to far-flung corners of the world, and have even inspired the arts, with countless authors […]

The giant ancient underground city now a ghost town where 20,000 people lived

Cappadocia is one of Turkey’s most beautiful regions, known for its distinctive “fairy chimneys”. Tall, cone-shaped rocks formed over millions of years of natural processes are clustered together in Monks Valley, Göreme and elsewhere. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there’s no denying the charm of Cappadocia’s landscape. But beauty isn’t only […]