Fresh warnings over latest 'hi mum' text scams

Fresh warnings over latest ‘hi mum’ text scams where fraudsters trick parents into thinking their children are in trouble Have you been targeted by this scam? Email [email protected]  Fraud experts have issued fresh warnings over the latest ‘hi mum’ texts where scammers are ‘tugging at the heart strings’ of parents who are conned into thinking […]

Chardonnay supplies hit by Panama Canal drought

Panama Canal traffic jam means we could all be facing a Dry January with Chilean and Californian wine in short supply Low water levels in the 50-mile canal are restricting the vessels using the canal Already, goods worth in the region of £22m have been delayed by the drought  Britons could miss out on some […]

Jon Venables' bid for freedom is rejected by Parole Board

Jon Venables’ bid for freedom is rejected by Parole Board just days after he said he was ‘completely rehabilitated’ following murder of toddler James Bulger A bid by Jon Venables to be released from prison has been rejected by the Parole Board just days after he claimed he was ‘completely rehabilitated’. The murderer, who was one […]

Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who died in suspected suicide on barge

Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who died in suspected suicide on migrant barge was a doctor from Cameroon For help, call Samaritans for free on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org  The asylum seeker who died in a suspected suicide on the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge was today named as a doctor from Cameroon. Mickael Essouma, known […]

Electrician who punched millionaire to death released from prison

EXCLUSIVE Electrician who punched millionaire British banking boss to death in unprovoked attack will be released from prison today after spending just eight months behind bars – as victim’s family slam ‘unduly lenient sentence’ Steven Allan knocked Paul Mason to the ground in sickening attack    35-year-old admitted manslaughter and jailed for three-years and nine months […]

Deputy editor-in-chief of Putin's 'favourite propagandist paper' dead

Deputy editor-in-chief, 35, of Putin’s ‘favourite propagandist newspaper’ is found dead at her home in Moscow Anna Tsareva, the deputy editor of pro-Putin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was found dead by her father at her home in Moscow The 35-year-old deputy editor-in-chief of Vladimir Putin’s ‘favourite propagandist newspaper’ has been found dead at her home in […]

Moment thieves brazenly steal restaurant's £400 Nutcracker display

Shocking moment thieves brazenly steal restaurant’s £400 Nutcracker display while diners tuck into their Christmas lunches before fleeing with the statue on a motorbike This is the shocking moment that two thieves were caught stealing a £400 Christmas Nutcracker from outside a town centre restaurant in broad daylight. Footage shows the brazen pair driving up to Cafe […]