A man out for a run has claimed he spotted former fugitive Daniel Khalife twice just 24 hours before he was caught, but was unable to get through to police because nobody would answer the phone. Khalife is accused of escaping HMP Wandsworth by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery vehicle using a material “which may have […]

A mum-of-two has died just weeks after being bitten by a puppy. Tracy Ridout, 53, from Perth, Australia, suffered the ‘tiny’ injury while looking a young German Shepherd for her friend last month.  At first she “didn’t think anything of it”, but after a few days began to feel agonising pain.  She headed to Rockingham General Hospital early on August 18, where doctors found […]

UK weather: Showers and sunny spells Cooler temperatures, heavy rain and even frost could hit parts of the UK this week after last week’s “Indian summer” heatwave. British beaches were packed over the weekend, in what forecasters believe was the last in a run of 30C days. While some regions will see temperatures will hit highs of 27C today (September […]

US army chief says Ukraine has ’30 days’ of fighting weather left Ukraine has about 30 to 45 days before the weather will start to spoil its counter-offensive against Russia, the highest ranking US military chief has said. General Mark Milley told the BBC colder and wetter weather conditions will make it harder for Ukrainian forces to manouevre. Noting the […]

A tiny snake blows huge pythons out of the water with its ability to eat enormous things relative to its size. The size of what the Gans' egg-eater can consume is mind-blowing, even compared to the man-eating pythons. The non-venomous African snake can open its gob to such an extent that it can swallow birds' eggs, amphibians and rodents whole […]

A Mexican town was plunged into a four-day cartel hell as rival gangs hunted for the brother of infamous drug lord El Chapo. Residents of the north-western town of Tamazula de Victoria, Durango, were trapped in a nightmare as a war between cartels waged with continuous gunfire, grenades detonating and even custom-made tanks rumbling through the sleepy settlement, located at […]

By BABA AHMED (Associated Press) BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A military camp in Mali’s restive north was attacked Friday, a day after two separate assaults by al-Qaida-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, the military said. “Response and evaluation in progress,” the armed forces said in a brief statement about Friday’s attack on a Malian military camp in […]

England footie legend Paul Gascoigne planted a kiss on Prince William after the pair met in a Pret A Manger restaurant on the south coast. The Prince of Wales was in Bournemouth as part of his Homewards campaign, visiting various businesses and also Premier League football team AFC Bournemouth. While at Pret William got stuck in making sandwiches and greeted […]

Western political leaders were unified in condemning Vladimir Putin’s regime for illegally invading its neighbour in February, 2022. Since then, Kyiv has received unprecedented military support to help it repel the Russian invaders – even though Ukraine is not a member of Nato. And, earlier in the summer, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden stressed their “unwavering support” for Ukraine, with […]

Walkers has created the world's biggest-ever 'billboard' – a 73,532 square foot 'cropvert' – created in a British potato field. Yorkshire-based potato farmer Tim Rodwell helped the crisp brand turn roughly 30,000 potato crops into its biggest and most unusual campaign to date. The artwork is so big it's visible from space, and outsizes the biggest standing billboard in the […]