But the fire brigade confirmed it was highly corrosive for the skin and was a powerful, unknown type of acid. Police have appealed to anyone who was at the playground earlier as they might be able to help track down the perpetrator. Authorities believe the attack was deliberate, but don’t yet have any leads. Elwira […]

Parents who homeschool their children will be forced to sign a register to protect them from extremist indoctrination Department for Education say register will protect from ‘dangerous influences’  Move will crack down on fundamentalists sending children to secret schools Should also deter headteachers from illegally pushing disruptive pupils off their books by persuading parents to […]

Still oarsome! 18 years on from his Olympic heyday, James Cracknell’s in cracking shape for Sunday’s Boat Race (which he hopes to win just days after announcing his divorce) Ex-Olympic rower James Cracknell will be in Sunday’s boat race for Cambridge  Cracknell, 46, will be by a decade the oldest competitor to take part in its […]

A trial is underway for a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre in 2016. Marlon Ledesma is charged with the first-degree murder of Alvin Chiniquay. He is representing himself in the trial before a Queen’s Bench Justice. Chiniquay, 40, was attacked in a cell he was sharing with Ledesma […]

The children of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received million-dollar houses in the kingdom and monthly five-figure payments as compensation for the killing of their father, according to current and former Saudi officials as well as people close to the family. Khashoggi's two sons and two daughters may also receive much larger payouts – […]

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: A Cabinet of all the talents to heal our divisions?… Call Mary Berry e-mail View comments The latest wizard wheeze for breaking the Brexit deadlock is the formation of a new government of national unity. Supporters of the idea include former PM John Major and Labour’s Nonce Finder General Tom Watson.  Major said […]

Discovery and the BBC are chucking out the script in a new global streaming venture that will combine its extensive real-life entertainment library with the UK media giant’s natural-history catalog. The video service, which is expected to cost less than $5 per month, will be 100-percent owned by Discovery, which has reached an exclusive 10-year […]

Graphic content: Speeding car hits young girl playing in her front yard. A 9-year-old girl from Georgia was hit by a speeding car while playing in her own front yard on Friday, and now her parents are looking for help identifying the driver. LaDerihanna Holmes was captured on surveillance footage playing with her friend in the […]

Elizabeth Warren calls Trump administration ‘walking, talking, living, breathing threat to national security’ as she swings at the White House while Dem 2020 hopefuls woo union workers Elizabeth Warren came out swinging against President Donald Trump at a forum for Democratic presidential hopefuls in Washington D.C.  ‘The Trump administration is a walking, talking, living, breathing […]

A Georgia woman is accused of fatally shooting her roommate while cleaning a gun. Keely Kilpatrick 26, was still at the Wynhall Drive home in Gwinnett County — about 20 miles northeast of Atlanta — when police responded at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday and found her roommate, Dixie Cowe, 43, with a gunshot wound to […]