Britain sends investors fleeing with historic tax cuts and borrowing

By David Milliken, Andy Bruce and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unleashed historic tax cuts and huge increases in borrowing on Friday in an economic agenda that floored financial markets, with sterling and British government bonds in freefall. Kwarteng scrapped the country's top rate of income tax, cancelled a planned […]

Families mourn as at least 76 die on Lebanon migrant boat

By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday. It marks the deadliest such voyage yet from Lebanon, where mounting […]

Bargain hunter scores 700-year-old medieval times document

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with […]

Picture of 1963 bus boycott will replace Edward Colston tribute

Picture of 1963 bus boycott will replace stained glass tribute to slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol church St Mary Redcliff church agreed to remove Colston’s tribute two years ago A picture of a 1963 civil rights bus boycott in Bristol will replace the old panel  Paul Stephenson and the West Indian Development Council led […]

Cat's Amore! Drunk father-to-be is caught cuddling his cat after pub

Cat’s Amore! Drunk father-to-be is caught on doorbell cam bowling home from the pub before cuddling his cat as he tells her, ‘I missed you so much’ A drunk father-to-be returned home to declare his love for his pet pussycat Refreshed Ethan George bewildered the newly in-demand moggie in Chester Cat Aura and Ethan were […]

Are bearskin hats really made of bear skin? | The Sun

THE King's Guards are famous for the striking, furry hats that they wear, known as bearskin hats. We are all familiar with what they look like but many Brits are wondering whether the hats are actually made of real bear skin. Are bearskin hats really made of bear skin? The bearskin cap is a type […]

Two creepy conmen jailed after setting up fake modelling agency

Creepy conmen are jailed for setting up fake modelling agency to trick women into sending them intimate pictures Oliver Pendleton and Jason Maguire traded under bogus agency Shining Star They both collected a series of sensitive photos from women over six years They got hackers to take snaps of their targets from private Facebook accounts Two […]