Blue Peter will soon be bidding adieu to London’s Television Centre after 50 years – the longest running children’s programme is moving to Manchester. The
Month: June 2011
Four year old dies in school playground
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy is believed to have died in the school playground in front of horrified classmates after choking on a grape. The tragic youngster
Mice make home in Wimbledon tennis balls
STAFF at an aquarium have found a novel way to encourage their mice to breed – by putting them in used Wimbledon tennis balls. The
Police car crashes into shop front
A STORE owner had a miracle escape when a police car crashed into his shop window after colliding with a learner driver on blue lights.
Dear photograph… creative photo’s combining past and present
WE’VE all had a look at an old photograph to see how landscapes have changed, but one artist has taken the concept to a whole
Dale Roberts memorial fund fraud
POLICE have launched a fraud inquiry into a memorial fund set up by a football club for tragic goalkeeper Dale Roberts – who hanged himself
Murder in affluent Birmingham suburb
A MURDER inquiry has been launched after a man was brutally gunned down in a leafy suburb of Birmingham. The unknown male was found with
Twenty held hostage in charity raid
A GANG of thugs armed with a Taser gun took 20 terrified staff hostage during a robbery of an air ambulance charity yesterday. Thousand of
Top 10 pregnancy craving sandwiches
ALL mothers will remember the period during their pregnancy when food that always seemed revolting was suddenly the one thing you wanted. And now a
100 year old has 118 offspring
AT 100-years-old Beaty Bullock’s age is only beaten by her remarkable impact on the world – as she has produced an astonishing lineage of 118
Bury horse kills woman
THIS is the first picture of a horse which killed a woman when it bolted free at a country fair over the weekend. Lucas, a
Jackass star killed in car accident
Daredevil Ryan Dunn, was sadly killed in the early hours of this morning. The reality TV and Jackass star died in a car accident at
Magician thrown out of bar for bending a fork
A MAGICIAN was thrown out of a bar and quizzed by police – for bending a fork! Paul Fisher, who goes by the stage name
Bordie Collie mauls 8-year-old boy
AN eight-year-old boy is ‘lucky to be alive’ following an horrific mauling by a dog considered to be one of the most intelligent and loyal
Mum’s summer essentials kit
The summer holidays are approaching and whether you going on a day trip to the countryside or a beach holiday abroad, mums handbags always end
Glastonbury Revellers Urged ‘Don’t Take Loo Roll’
REVELLERS getting ready to pack their rucksacks for Glastonbury are being urged NOT to take their own LOO ROLL – as they will be handed out free
PE teacher accused of lesbian relationship with pupil
A PE TEACHER had an ‘inappropriate’ lesbian relationship with one of her pupils, a conduct hearing was told yesterday. Nicola Webster, who taught The Abbey
Vet puts wrong kitten to sleep
A DEVASTATED woman has claimed blundering vets accidentally put down her pet kitten by mistake. Mandy Raab said she was told by vets that one
Will.I.Am made out of black eyed peas
AN artist has created a portrait of hip hop star will.i.am using nothing but thousands of black eyed peas. Dubbed ‘Peacasso’, university student Lee Merricks
Woman died after falling in high heels
A POPULAR pub landlady died just days after falling over in high heels during a night out. Tragic Sian Thomas even wrote on her Facebook