Ex-rugby league star Andy Gregory whose dangerously out-of-control Border Collie mauled a dog walker while player ‘stood by and did nothing to help’ is fined £1K and avoids jail Andy Gregory, who won 26 caps for GB, was handed suspended prison sentence The victim was left with substantial wounds following incident near Wigan A former […]

‘We knew the story between ourselves, but no one talked about it outside the family’: SUE REID meets the proudly British descendants of slaves liberated by the Royal Navy in St Helena thanks to Queen Victoria St Helena acted as a base for Royal Navy ships fighting slavery in the Atlantic  Elsie Reid, 64, is […]

Iconic Flying Scotsman could be forced off mainstream rail lines for the first time in 100 years over new health and safety regulations New regulations require historic locomotives to have central locking It is understood the carriage door locks upgrade could cost more than £1million  The Flying Scotsman is reportedly at risk of being forced off mainstream rail […]

A NURSE has appeared in court charged with killing a seven-year-old boy whose vital equipment was allegedly switched off overnight. James Dwerryhouse suffered brain damage as a result of cardiac arrest after the breathing device was turned off for almost three hours. The youngster was found unresponsive in his bed at the private Portland Hospital […]

Major incident is declared at Bournemouth beach after three young people are dragged out to sea: Section closed as emergency crews rush to popular Dorset spot Eye-witnesses reported seeing three young men being dragged out to sea  Air ambulances were seen landing on Bournemouth beach after a major incident this afternoon which saw three young […]

A FOOTBALL-loving union leader yesterday insisted it was a coincidence that a train strike would hit the FA Cup Final. Aslef’s Mick Whelan was grilled on why he was targeting sports events and specific popular days. He told the BBC: “We don’t do it on that basis, as you know. I don’t think there’s a […]

A MAN has been killed in a horror hit and run as cops are urgently seeking the driver involved. Investigators confirmed that the victim was fatally struck in Birmingham, West Midlands, at around 5.30pm yesterday evening. The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts to revive him. The vehicle is believed to have […]

More than 50 Tory MPs including former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi urge Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt to scrap ‘morally wrong’ inheritance tax Nadhim Zahawi said it was ‘morally wrong’ to take a person’s wealth after death Former Tory ministers Priti Patel and Jacob Rees-Mogg also criticised the tax More than 50 Tory MPs including former Chancellor […]

VAPE sellers will be banned from giving kids free samples under a crackdown on addictive e-cigs. The PM will today announce that fruit and candy-flavoured nicotine-free “gateway” vapes aimed at teens will face a total ban, as previously revealed by The Sun. Anti-vape squads will be able to issue on the spot fines to shops […]

Brit, 26, who was killed by lightning while stand-up paddleboarding in Rhodes is named Scott Aaron Seddon, 26, died yesterday afternoon on a beach in Rhodes, Greece Mr Seddon was paddleboarding in the sea when he was struck by lightning A British tourist who died after being struck by lightning while his girlfriend filmed him […]