A pensioner who had his left leg, right arm and left middle finger ripped off in a savage dog attack has spoken out. Vic Franklin was mauled outside his home in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, on August 18 of this year. The 77-year-old was airlifted to hospital, where he underwent several surgeries after losing the limbs. Mr Franklin was brutalised […]

Hundreds of animals – mostly cats and dogs – have been rescued from a human animal trafficking network in Spain. Four police forces in Spain began an investigation into an illegal animal trade ring after a complaint about a centre in Barcelona in 2020. Officers said the network spanned Madrid, Andorra, Eastern European countries, and the Catalan city, selling animals […]

A comet believed to be three times the size of Mount Everest has exploded in space and is now hurtling towards Earth. Luckily for us, the pieces won’t actually strike Earth, but pieces of the meteoroids may be visible to the naked eye as they pass. Especially on April 21, 2024, when it approaches its closest point to Earth. The […]

A mystery ship that vanished with its crew on board 130 years ago has been found in near-perfect condition – entombed in alien species. The Africa was towing another vessel, the Severn, through Lake Huron, on the US-Canada border, when she disappeared in a snowstorm in October 1895. With the towline broken, the Severn ran aground on Canada’s Bruce Peninsula, […]

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A cheeky fugitive has been teasing the police on their own Facebook page, daring police to 'catch me if you can'. Luke McInerney, who is wanted in connection with an assault, has been evading Wiltshire Police force in Swindon. After the police posted an appeal for him on the Swindon Police Facebook account, he cheekily appeared in the comments. An […]

Black Lives Matter has been criticised by former Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw after the organization’s response to the Hamas terror attack. Speaking on Instagram, Ms Aynaw said: “I am so shocked by the response of Black Lives Matter regarding the terror attacks here in Israel. “I remember you screaming in the streets, ‘I can’t breathe’. I want to inform you […]

BBC Breakfast hosts discuss Bryan Johnson’s de-ageing regime It might sound like science fiction but the latest Silicon Valley buzzword is immortality. Experts estimate the business of defying death, cheating the Grim Reaper if you like, will be worth a staggering £486billion by 2025 and many artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups have an interest in the issue. But this is not […]

A red-faced man landed himself in hospital following a three-day erection. The 46-year-old man swallowed several erectile dysfunction tablets in one go. After failing to go soft, he finally sought medical help three days later. He was admitted to an urgent care center in João Pessoa, north-eastern Brazil, with “intense pain” in his genital region. Due to the severity of […]