Some residents living near a giant sinkhole near Merthyr could return home within the week. The massive 50ft cavity, which increased in size last week, first appeared right outside homes in Nant Morlais on Sunday, December 1. The local authority previously said the sinkhole was likely caused by the collapse of a culvert after Storm … Read more
A man has reportedly been apprehended in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The insurance executive was gunned down on Wednesday in New York by a masked man who escaped on foot before mounting a bike and disappearing into Central Park. With the manhunt now in its sixth day, a man in … Read more
If the current official chart is to be believed, what is played at Christmas can get a wee bit… repetitive. No disrespect to Mariah Carey, Jona Lewie, Chris Rea, and co but, when people are holding Whamageddon-style competitions to try to avoid some of these songs, it’s maybe a sign that something new is needed. … Read more
Tom Webber is one of the lucky ones. The talented 24-year-old singer-songwriter has a record deal, a management team and a publishing contract. He has played at Glastonbury, has supported Suzanne Vega and his tracks have been streamed hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify. But Webber still lives at home with his parents in … Read more
Since he emerged onto the music scene in the early Nineties, Jay-Z has achieved a rare kind of cultural status within the entertainment industry. Once the bad boy from the hood, he has cultivated the persona of the measured, phlegmatic genius, the Brooklyn drug dealer turned billionaire tycoon so esteemed that he became the subject … Read more
On May 1, 2023, a “crazed” homeless man high on synthetic marijuana entered a subway carriage and began to scream, shout and threaten passengers. A former serviceman stepped in to restrain him. Six minutes later, the homeless man was dead. The case led to a seven-weeks long trial in which Daniel Penny, a former serviceman, … Read more
A respected former BBC correspondent has been jailed for eight years after he was caught paying to watch live online shows of child sexual exploitation. Duncan Bartlett, 52, made a series of payments to the Philippines over the course of seven years, so that he could watch sickening livestreams featuring girls as young as nine … Read more
A New York City jury has acquitted 26-year-old Daniel Penny for the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental health issues who Penny put into a chokehold for nearly six minutes during a tense encounter on the subway. The jury cleared Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Neely’s death. A more serious … Read more
A man in Pennsylvania is being held for questioning in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News. The man, who has not been identified, was found with a gun that is similar to the one used in the assassination-style killing that took place outside … Read more
It’s not every day you discover one of the world’s best stargazing spots practically on your doorstep, but that’s exactly what the Elan Valley in Mid Wales offers. You don’t have to journey to a far-flung desert or trek into remote wilderness to experience skies this dark and spectacular. Just a few hours’ drive from … Read more