MYSTERY surrounding the chopping down of a famous tree at Hadrian's Wall has deepened as clues suggest the felling was deliberate. The Sycamore Gap tree, which featured in blockbuster Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves, was destroyed yesterday. A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage has now been released on bail pending […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For someone who has been heralded as a star of Spring Street since she arrived as a 26-year-old in 1999 and became Victoria’s youngest minister at 29, the state’s new premier Jacinta Allan is hardly a household name. […]

Sweden considers deploying troops to stamp out gangland violence as PM holds crisis meeting after night of bloodshed in Stockholm and wave of 12 killings in a month including boy, 13 Swedish PM will meet head of armed forces today amid surge in gang violence Sweden is considering deploying troops to stamp out gangland violence that […]

AN LION has savagely killed an experienced zookeeper after dragging the worker into a cage at a Japanese safari park. The veteran employee, Kenichi Kato, had been transferring the lion when it slipped through an open cage door. Emergency services rushed to the scene after it was reported a worker had "collapsed" in an enclosure […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Maggots do not pose a “major problem” in patients post surgery despite their portrayal, prominent surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has told the Federal Court. Al Muderis said after Nine broadcast a “sneak peek” of its 60 Minutes episode […]

Estate agents are still advertising viewings at ‘mutant’ flats – even after council ordered developers to raze South London tower blocks to the ground over planning law breach Greenwich council issued an enforcement notice against Comer Homes Group Developer was told to completely tear down the tower blocks due to breaches  Estate agents are still […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: A contingent of far-right House Republicans are plotting an attempt to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker as early as next week, a move that would throw the chamber into further disarray in the middle of a […]

An insect expert first suggested daylight saving in 1895. Since then, it has caught on across the world but remains contentious. What effect does it have on us? Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Attention body clock: it’s time to lose an hour for […]

Horror moment Grammy Award-winning guitarist Al Di Meola, 69, clasps his chest as he suffers a heart attack while performing in Romania Guitarist Al Di Meola has cancelled his remaining tour dates for this year after suffering a heart attack on stage   The 69-year-old had been playing in Bucharest, Romania, on Wednesday when he was […]

Shocking moment five Border Patrol agents CUT through razor wire at Eagle Pass and allow migrants to enter the US – after Texas Governor Abbott re-installed it along Rio Grande Border Patrol agents have been videoed cutting through razor wire at the southern border and allowing migrants to enter the US  Texas Governor Greg Abbott […]