Strictly Come Dancing fans were over the moon as they celebrated the latest update from Dianne Buswell following her show-stopping win. The professional dancer and her celebrity partner Chris McCausland were crowned the latest champions of the BBC One dance contest on Saturday night (December 14) after a dazzling grand final live show. They edged … Read more
A pensioner died in a freak accident when a man plunged through a skylight and landed on him in the middle of a London café. Fehim Ahmet, 81, suffered brain and spinal injuries in the incident on July 7, when he was sat enjoying an evening with friends. An inquest heard the man who fell … Read more
Cardiff University plans to open its “first overseas branch” in Kazakhstan next year amid falling numbers of higher paying international students coming here. The university, like others, has been affected by a drop in lucrative international students and other financial pressures impacting higher education. The “new branch” in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, will offer … Read more
Euston should be abandoned as the London terminus of the HS2 high-speed line, according to a Labour peer. Lord Berkeley, a civil engineer who helped to build the Channel Tunnel, said many HS2 passengers would have quicker journeys if they switched onto the Elizabeth line at Old Oak Common station. It is the latest twist … Read more
A 19-year-old driver who killed three teenage passengers after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at more than 100mph has been jailed for nine years and four months. Thomas Johnson crashed into a tree moments after he was videoed using a balloon to inhale the gas. He was driving a BMW 3 Series when the vehicle … Read more
A SINKHOLE which suddenly opened up on a street in South Wales has been filled in almost three weeks after it appeared. The massive sinkhole opened up on a residential street in Merthyr Tydfil earlier this month. The sinkhole was several metres deep and spanned the entire pavement and some of the road on a residential street … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn has warned pupils at a beloved community school will have nowhere to go as London’s housing crisis has left it half empty. Highbury Quadrant Primary School near Newington Green has been earmarked for closure and may shut at the end of the school year as pupil numbers continue to plummet. The half-empty Islington … Read more
default Incarcerated women who spoke out about pervasive sexual abuse they endured at the hands of guards in a federal prison located in California are pleading with the Biden administration to grant them clemency. Their calls come after Joe Biden last week carried out the largest act of presidential clemency on a single day in … Read more
An man who claimed to have worked as a movie stand-in for Brad Pitt has been jailed for rape after he deceived his then-partner into believing he had used a condom while having sex. Luke Ford, 35, was sentenced to 16 years in custody for a sustained campaign of abuse against multiple women, including Scotland’s … Read more
Illustrator Axel Scheffler has shared his delight as his and writing partner Julia Donaldson’s picture book Tiddler has become their latest picture book to be adapted into a new animation coming this Christmas. Tiddler follows the titular little grey fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the deep, wide ocean until he’s saved … Read more