For decades, rumours have swirled about a population of big cats – possibly pumas or panthers – roaming around southern England. Now it seems we have hard evidence, in the form of an authenticated big cat attack on a Cornwall man’s dog. James Stephenson, of Harrowbarrow, east Cornwall, was exercising Labrador Marley in his garden when the dog was […]

Horrified neighbours claimed they head a loud explosion. The roof and an upstairs window of the two-bedroom are completely destroyed, dramatic images show.  The blaze broke out at around 3.50am and one man and a woman were declared dead at the scene in Kirby Muxloe. Emergency crews battled the flames for seven hours and continue […]

The US accounts for more than two-thirds of NATO’s spending and although Germany has increased it defence budget it looks likely to fall short of the 1.5 percent target that Angela Merkel committed to last year. Speaking ahead of the alliance’s 70th anniversary celebrations in Washington, Mr Trump said: “I’ll be talking about Germany, I […]

Like her equally ill-fated sister ship, the Britannic was also supposed to be “unsinkable”. The ship’s design was allegedly improved for possible defects after the sinking of the Titanic four years earlier. However, the luxury liner, which was requisitioned before its maiden voyage by the UK Government, went down in just 57 minutes in 1916, […]

Saudi Arabia arrests eight women’s rights activists including two US citizens in fresh crackdown Eight were arrested including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens percieved as activists Those arrested have supported women’s right to drive or have links to them They are the first round of arrests of MbS critics since the death of Khashoggi The outspoken […]

Snow escape! Laughing women slip and slide as they try to get out of ‘ice prison’ at Russian winter sports park Oktem Park in Yakutia, Russia, features shallow pits dug out of a frozen lake Visitors slide in to the icy crater and are left to escape until they grow tired Most people fail to […]

EXCLUSIVE – Revealed: Charismatic pastor at Justin Bieber’s weird Hillsong church who claims he has the power to heal polio, blindness and deafness lives in luxury £2.5m London pad with private pool by the Thames Famous faces seen at the London church include Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Chris Pratt, Sinitta and Chelsea footballer David Luiz […]

High-speed passenger train smashes into ambulance trapped between the barriers of a level crossing, killing doctor and paramedic instantly Ambulance becomes trapped on tracks in Puszczykowo in Poland on Wednesday High-speed train smashes head-on into the vehicle, killing two people on impact Footage of the aftermath shows the crumpled wreckage of the ambulance e-mail 3 View comments A […]

BBC warns journalists not to tweet their ‘private’ political views after Breakfast presenter hit out at Question Time debate on teaching children about sexuality The controversial question was posed during a debate in Sheffield last Thursday  Asked whether it is ‘morally right’ for children to be taught about LGBT issues  Ben Thompson, seen on BBC […]

TUGACH, Russia (Reuters) – More than half a century after Josef Stalin’s prison camps closed, descendants of inmates and guards of one have found peace with each other by confronting their village’s dark past. Founded as a labor camp in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Terror, in which hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens were executed […]