A stand at the Twente Stadium has collapsed, trapping an unknown number of people under the structure. “Part of the roof has collapsed. There are
Year: 2011
Rememberance of Princess Diana on her birthday
ON the day Diana would have turned 50 it was business as usual at her family home of Althorp. Despite expectations of long queues and
Deaf man taken to court for playing music too loudly
A COUNCIL has been forced to defend its decision to take a man to court for talking and playing music too loudly – even though
Speakers wife refused entry
THE wife of House of Commons Speaker John Bercow was today left red-faced after being refused entry to a day centre faced with the axe.
Jay Leno visits Jaguar Land Rover
AMERICAN talk show host Jay Leno has sensationally backed Piers Morgan’s calls for a celebrity boxing match to settle his famous feud with motormouth Jeremy
Bored at work… one man went further than making an eleastic band ball
WE’VE all made bouncy balls out of rubber bands on a slow work day, but one man has taken things further and made an entire
Blue Peter to make new home in Manchester
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
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