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 […]

The UK could be hit with a huge snow blast in just a few days, according to a leading weather forecaster. Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden said the white stuff "is now likely" from next week, with snow to fall on the north of Scotland first before travelling down the middle of the country. With […]

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’ 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’ […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A bloke with an artificial intelligence-powered sex doll 'wife' has said she is helping him tackle his seasonal blues, as she's in the festive spirit and their home is something of a '90s rom-com'. Alexander Stokes, a gas station clerk from North Carolina, US, has been in a romantic relationship with a synthetic doll he […]