‘I’m not doing chores on vacation!’ Airbnb guests rage as hosts demand they do the laundry and mow the lawn despite charging hundreds of dollars in cleaning fees – but owners hit back by shaming messy guests Row over Airbnb cleaning fees has divided the internet, as guests claim they are made to do chores […]

Extinction Rebellion founder Roger Hallam is in hospital after ‘crushing’ his leg in a cycling accident ahead of eco-zealots descending on central London for ‘The Big One’ Roger Hallam founded XR and helped form Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain He shared a photograph of himself in a hospital bed after a bike accident Came […]

Afghanistan veteran and father of three took his own life after his repeated cries for help were ignored by MoD and mental health services, coroner says Jonathan Cole was unrecognizable to his wife after his tour of Afghanistan  Despite suicide attempts, army doctor would not class him as having PTSD A coroner has described it […]

HOUSEHOLDS were hit by stealth tax rises last year, as the tax burden reached a record high of £786billion, up by 9.9 per cent in just 12 months. Income tax and national insurance revenues alone rose by £40billion to £378billion, as inflation saw millions more dragged into higher tax bands. Experts say Chancellor Jeremy Hunt […]

A MINISTER has accused MPs of acting like “humanitarian nimbys” by opposing a blitz on small boat arrivals. Robert Jenrick said “grandstanding” politicians who call for Britain to welcome everyone “fail to take their fair share” in their own constituencies. The Immigration Minister said MPs must heed the warnings of protests over migrant hotels, or […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. First published in The Age on April 28, 1993 The bandicoot leaps back from the brink Science and a year of record rains have led to Victoria’s rarest mammal, the eastern barred bandicoot, making a dramatic leap back […]

‘They will meet the same fate’: Haitian mob threatens MORE violence after stoning and setting gang members on fire in gruesome attack Residents in Canapé Vert, a neighborhood in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince have warned gang members to stay away The notice was issued Monday afternoon after the deaths of 13 alleged members of the Kraze […]

Red faces as road workers spell ‘school’ incorrectly in BOTH English and Welsh outside a Swansea primary Workers employed by Wales & West Utilities painted ‘shcool’ outside a primary Welsh word for school has also been spelled wrong in past but unclear who by Company joked they were confident of getting full marks when fixed tomorrow […]

As Putin finally sends his feared T-14 Armata tanks into battle in Ukraine, how do the fighting vehicles measure up against America’s Abrams, Britain’s Challengers and Germany’s Leopards Russia said it has begun to use T-14 battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions  Ukraine has received Challengers from Britain and Leopards from Germany Russia’s T-14 Armata […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: Britain’s Prince William settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm for a “huge sum” after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace, the heir’s younger brother Prince Harry said in court documents. Harry, the […]