Washington: The real-life sport of quidditch will be known as something to be determined once it changes its name and distances itself from author JK Rowling, who created the game in her best-selling Harry Potter book series. US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch have announced that they have started the process of changing their names […]

ROME — Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conservatives and traditionalists. The Vatican’s liturgy office issued a document that clarified some questions that arose after Francis in July reimposed restrictions on celebrating the […]

A MAN who went to the doctors with agonising stomach pains had a "record" 156 kidney stones removed during a lengthy surgery. Medics made the shock discovery after the patient, a 50-year-old schoolteacher, visited a hospital in Hyderabad, India. It's the highest number of kidney stones ever removed from a single patient in the country, […]

London could run out of police officers, firefighters and NHS workers to cover shifts because of rapid rise of Omicron Covid cases, warns Sadiq Khan as he declares a ‘major incident’ in capital Sadiq Khan declared major incident as he urged people to get their booster jab He made decision in light of mounting hospital […]

A WOMAN who was arrested after a house fire killed two sets of twins has been bailed. Kyson and Bryson, four, and Leyton and Logan, three, died in Sutton, South London on Thursday after the inferno ripped through the entire ground floor just before 7pm. It is understood the home's PVC-covered front door caught fire – possibly […]

SILENT NIGHT is the most magical Christmas carol, a poll has shown. The 1818 festive song — composed by Austrian teacher Franz Xaver Gruber — got a quarter of the vote. Research also found 81 per cent of people still love to sing carols. Perspectus Global, which did the poll, said: “It’s no surprise many […]

DENISE Robertson was heartbroken when her partner left – but that turned to fury when she found out he walked out after a huge lottery win. She launched a legal battle to in a bid to wrestle away half of Maurice Thibeault's £3.5 million jackpot, as well as £286,000 in punitive damages. Denise claimed the […]

Lecturer, 54, is found guilty of killing grandmother, 65, and seriously injuring her husband in head-on car crash after he ‘fiddled with his car radio’ Iestyn Jones, 54, of Tredegar, lost control driving near Ebbw Vale on July 6, 2020 Shirley Culleton, 65, of Cwmbran, was a passenger in the car Jones hit, and died […]

EVIL Wayne Couzens is to challenge the whole-life sentence he was given for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. The ex-cop abducted Sarah as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. The officer had been "hunting" for a victim and used his warrant […]

IRAN is secretly buying parts for killer drones from China and selling them on to Tehran-backed militias to carry out terror strikes on Western targets, a bombshell report reveals. The drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are controlled remotely by pilots who can wreak havoc from miles away. According to a report by […]