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More Venezuelans will have to die before there is real change

They’ve taken to the streets for months, they’ve been galvanised by a new leader and widespread international support and then they saw the makings of a coup. Finally, they thought, this is it. It doesn’t feel like that just a day or so later on. On the streets of Caracas protesters fought running battles with […]

Teen murdered uni lecturer with hammer and DRILL in brutal attack

“A vicious and ferocious attack.” Justice Neil Garnham Sentencing him to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act, Mr Justice Neil Garnham said: “You killed him in the course of a vicious and ferocious attack. “The evidence suggests you are riven with remorse for what you have done. “I have no doubt that you […]

Hitmen training themselves in PRISON by attacking other lags

The skills they learn inside are then used on British streets.  One spoke out about “teabagging” – where a stab victim has “as many holes as a teabag”.  The killer, who cannot be named, said: “You can get hired to do hits in prison. People do them very cheap, not necessarily killing but serious damage. […]

Third man arrested after cannabis, magic mushrooms seized at Peterborough home

A third person has been arrested following the raid of a house in Peterborough last week. On April 25, Peterborough Police Service’s ICAD (Intelligence, Crime Analyst, Asset Forfeiture and Drug) Unit and its Emergency Response Team executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a Weller Street residence. Police said they seized […]

US-Taliban talks: Who is Mullah Baradar?

Taliban cofounder turned political chief, Abdul Ghani Baradar has worked in the shadows his entire life. The man leading the Taliban delegation in Qatar is Abdul Ghani Baradar. He was the right-hand man of leader Mullah Omar and led many operations for the Taliban until he was captured in 2010. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports […]

UK weather: Will the weather get warm? When will Britain heat up? When will summer begin?

Britons who basked in gorgeous sunny weather and highs of 25C over Easter could be forgiven for thinking spring had deserted us with gloomy skies and showers prevailing once again. But despite predictions of a bitterly cold weekend ahead, weather forecasters are remaining beat about another heatwave. Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze, has said highs […]

Enormous tornado launches packed BUS across field during four-hour rampage

Terrifying footage shows the twister churning through the countryside yesterday, just 51 miles from the capital Bucharest. It begins with a huge twister picking up dust from the ground connecting with a whirling cloud above. Another clip shows how terrifyingly close the huge vortex was to civilisation. Music teacher Mircea Surcel captured the incredible moment […]

Seagull becomes internet sensation after PHOTOBOMBING London traffic camera

Transport for London’s official Twitter account posted the side-splitting clip yesterday. The video shows a line of traffic queuing to enter the Blackwall Tunnel on the A102 in east London. But, slap-bang in the middle of the footage stands a seagull. The bird casually looks around at his surroundings – completely oblivious to where it […]

BREAKING: John Worboys charged with ‘drugging four victims in London’

Worboys, now known as Radford, has been charged with four sexual offences which were allegedly committed between 2000 and 2008 in London, Scotland Yard said. He faces two counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug with intent to commit rape or indecent assault. And he faces a further two counts of administering a substance […]