THAILAND is where you go to find yourself. But if you already know who you are (a spice-loving boozehound), then you’ll want to find top-notch beer and curry instead. These two staples of modern British life are everywhere in Thailand — so a beer and spice tour was right up my street. The journey begins […]
A MAN accused of persuading his girlfriends to sexually abuse their own children will be behind bars for the next three decades. Joshua Douglas Martorelli was sentenced to 28 years in prison in North Carolina after pleading guilty to production of child pornography charges in August, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press […]
WHAT’S it like? A stylish twist on the budget brand right on the doorstep of some of the world’s most famous sights and attractions. Rooms any good? A great base from which to explore the capital, the ibis Blackfriars has small but well-designed rooms with all the essentials, including decent, comfy beds, desk and built-in […]
THANKS to the double whammy of the General Election and Brexit, far too many important issues have been kicked into the long grass. One of the most heartbreaking is the death of Harry Dunn, killed when a car on the wrong side of the road hit his motorbike outside an RAF base in Northamptonshire in […]
THREE weeks ago I made a £50 bet with former leader David Cameron that the Tories would not win the election. I’m Mystic Meg, me. However, the fact is that every single person under 30 was saying they could not vote Conservative and Twitter was a complete Tory-free zone as well. If you so much […]
DID they think we didn’t mean it? That 17.4million of us voted Leave as a bit of banter? That we weren’t fussed and would back down when corrected by our betters? Well, they know better now. The British people stuck to their guns, politely but stubbornly. A lot of MPs had tried to make the […]
THIS is Boris Johnson’s victory. He ran the most personal election campaign in recent history. On the campaign trail, it was him hammering home the Tory message every day. In his determination to make this election about whether he should be Prime Minister, he even took the unprecedented step of agreeing to two head-to-head debates […]
A £15 MILLION stately home is on sale for a cut-price £2.5 million after it was gutted in a suspected arson attack. Parnham House, built in 1551 near Beaminster, Dorset, was left a shell in the April 2017 blaze. Its owner, hedge fund manager Michael Treichl, was arrested on suspicion of arson but drowned in […]
A BLOCKED sewer under the HQ of the SAS regularly floods neighbours’ gardens with poo. And repairs are delayed because civilian engineers need special access to the Who Dares Wins base. The stinky problem was uncovered after a housing developer pitched plans for 100 homes south of the A480 near Hereford. The Ministry of Defence […]
I CAN’T wait for tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final. Seeing Emma Barton, Anton Du Beke and the rest strut their stuff on the dance floor always gets me in the mood for a boogie. With this in mind, I have hunted for deals on classes, kit and shows. I might not be the Dancing Queen […]
THE number of students punished for cheating in exams has risen by 11 per cent — with mobile phone usage the most common trick. Some 3,040 penalties were issued to teenagers flouting the rules in GCSE, AS and A-level exams this summer — up from 2,735 last year. Of those, 1,560 lost marks, 870 received […]
A CHILDREN’S home where one youngster was allowed to eat 122 chicken nuggets a week has been closed. Orbis Abbey Rose was found to be inadequate in all areas by inspectors. It was said to have put its ten children with autism at “significant risk of harm”, including by allowing them to eat too much […]
A Christmas-mad mum left hating her bare plasterboard lounge walls covered the front room in seven rolls of festive wrapping paper instead. Joanne Reynolds Winning, 43, was fed up with the drab walls of her home in Chelmsford, Essex, ruining the festive pictures of her 19-strong clan around the tree every December 25. So while […]
A FIFTH of workers have romped in the office during a Christmas party, a survey has found. And 41 per cent of younger staff get jiggy on a desk, the floor or the photocopier. A poll of 2,000 Brits by luxury sex toy company Lelo also found that Brits expect to have 25 per cent […]
RYANAIR was slammed after it gave passengers stranded overnight just a measly £3 meal voucher. Dozens spent the night on the airport floor after their Boeing 737 was struck by lightning. Civil aviation guidelines say a hotel should be offered to travellers who are stranded overnight due to the airline. One furious passenger on the […]
A LAD aged just 13 was among three people arrested over the rape of a woman in her 30s. The victim said she was attacked by a youngster in Folkestone town centre, Kent, in October with a second male also present. Kent Police held a 29-year-old man and the boy on suspicion of rape. A […]
JENNIFER Aniston may have only recently joined Instagram, but she is an old pro when it comes to setting it alight. The 50-year-old actress upped the ahhh-factor with a cute-as-a-button Throwback Thursday image showing her as a child waiting for Santa. “California beanie baby ( I’m sure I was wishing for snow ????????☃️❄️) #TBT” she captioned […]
HAGGLING can save you £120 a year on your broadband contract, says a consumer watchdog. But almost half of internet customers believe it is too much hassle or think they will not get a bargain, research by Which? reveals. Of the 51 per cent who did negotiate, three-quarters were offered an incentive, discount or better […]
SOME forms of hormone replacement therapy lower the risk of breast cancer while others increase it, a study found. Women who were taking or had taken oestrogen-only menopause drugs were 23 per cent less likely to develop the disease. And their odds of dying from breast tumours were 44 per cent lower than those given […]
IT was a night of big exits, huge swings and record breaking results after Britain went to the polls. In the first December general election since 1923 lifelong Labour seats fell to the Conservatives, pro EU defectors were humiliated and female power triumphed. Here we look at some of the most remarkable results in a […]
NEW figures from PAMCo, the industry’s data bible, prove what we knew all along: The Sun keeps rising. The Sun remains the UK’s number one newsbrand across both print and digital, reaching an eye-watering 33.9million people a month — or 8.6million every single day. They are the highest digital PAMCo numbers The Sun has ever […]
MADONNA’S daughter Lourdes Leon gets close to a mystery man in Miami days after her art show “orgy”. The 23-year-old model was spotted kissing her older companion during a day out fetching food on Friday. Carrying a pink book and a bottle of water, Lourdes and her unknown beau were seen getting handsy as they […]
FOR a life-long Labour supporter, voting for Boris was like wanting a favourite football or rugby team to lose. But when I got in the polling booth on Thursday, I did not hesitate for a moment to give him my vote. Because there was no way whatsoever that I was going to vote for Jeremy […]
SHOCKING footage shows a car slamming into a pedestrian at a crossing near a school in South London. In the clip, the silver Mercedes is shown ploughing into a man carrying shopping bags in Streatham Hill – moments before a little girl crossed with a woman. The footage was filmed by another driver travelling on […]
A MAN has come forward claiming he may have been a toddler who vanished without a trace 25 years ago. Four-year-old D’Wan Sims was last seen when he was Christmas shopping with his mum in December 1994. Dwanna Harris said D’Wan suddenly disappeared from the Wonderland Mall in Livonia, Detroit, and was never heard from […]