A 2000-year-old skeleton, previously thought to have been decapitated by a flying boulder at Pompeii and dubbed by the internet as "the world's unluckiest man",…
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Dachshund Jeffrey is viciously mauled to death on beach by other dogs
Dog walker’s horror after her nine-year-old dachshund Jeffrey is viciously mauled to death on the beach by three other dogs ‘as their owner did nothing’…
Read More Dachshund Jeffrey is viciously mauled to death on beach by other dogsTemperatures soar to 32C (90F) during Day 1 of hottest-ever Wimbledon
Game, sweat and match! Spectators swelter as temperatures soar to 32C (90F) during Day 1 of ‘hottest-ever Wimbledon’ It was the hottest in Wimbledon’s 141-year…
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This could be the dirtiest part of New York City to take a dip. The waters at three beaches in southeast Brooklyn were festering with…
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Britain’s biggest EVER ‘crash for cash’ racket: Car insurance scam which netted £2million for family-run garage ringleaders sees more than 150 people convicted for submitting…
Read More Britain’s biggest EVER ‘crash for cash’ racketLondon plumber found guilty of plotting knife attack in Westminster after his mum reported him to cops
North London gas fitter Khalid Ali, 28, who had recently returned from a five-year stint making bombs in Afghanistan, was caught by hero gun cops…
Read More London plumber found guilty of plotting knife attack in Westminster after his mum reported him to copsMoped rider sent flying as BMW driver crashes into him in row over ex-girlfriend
A BMW driver deliberately smashed his car into an oncoming moped rider – leaving him with horrific injuries – in a row over an ex-girlfriend.…
Read More Moped rider sent flying as BMW driver crashes into him in row over ex-girlfriendMan found ‘swinging’ from top of 32ft lamp post after ‘taking illegal high’
A man has been found ‘swinging’ from the top of a 32ft lamp post after reportedly taking an ‘illegal high’. Fire crews "got there just…
Read More Man found ‘swinging’ from top of 32ft lamp post after ‘taking illegal high’Dancer doesn’t know yet she lost legs in Bahamas boat explosion
A dancer had to have both her legs amputated after her tour boat exploded in the Bahamas, family members said. Stefanie Schaffer, 22, had been…
Read More Dancer doesn’t know yet she lost legs in Bahamas boat explosionMeet and greet service lose family’s car before deny ever having it
Airport meet and greet parking firm DENIED ever having family’s car when they returned from holiday… until police found it parked in nearby road 35…
Read More Meet and greet service lose family’s car before deny ever having itMan confesses to murdering pregnant wife, father-in-law
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man charged with fatally shooting his pregnant wife texted from her cellphone to make it seem like…
Read More Man confesses to murdering pregnant wife, father-in-lawBroke vicar, 79, who bought 25-year-old a flat says they are in love
‘I’m not a dirty old man… we’re in LOVE!’: Retired vicar, 79, left homeless after selling home to buy 25-year-old Romanian model husband a Bucharest…
Read More Broke vicar, 79, who bought 25-year-old a flat says they are in loveDevastated shop owner makes just £12 in day – until something ‘amazing’ happens
It’s a tough climate for retailers right now. It’s an even tougher climate for independent retailers. With people unable to go out and splash the…
Read More Devastated shop owner makes just £12 in day – until something ‘amazing’ happensMaryland shooting – Annapolis gunman Jarrod Ramos kills five in Capital Gazette newsroom seven years after paper exposed him for Facebook stalking woman
Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, was arrested after a revenge attack in Annapolis, Maryland, at about 2.40pm yesterday afternoon. Reporters sent desperate pleas for help on…
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While the race to buy most of the assets of Twenty-First Century Fox, including Sky, seems like a winner-take-all proposition, one prominent analyst believes a…
Read More How Disney and Comcast could both own a piece of Fox'Deadbeat dads' could have their passports taken away as government plans crackdown on absent parents
Ministers are expected to press ahead with plans to remove passports from parents who fail to contribute to their children’s care. It’s hoped the thought…
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Heartwarming moment teacher is overcome with emotion when pupils surprise him with cash donation because he’d been sleeping in the school after paycheck didn’t go…
Read More Teacher overcome with emotion when pupils surprise him with donationMother mowed down cyclist with kids in car while six times limit
Mother, 32, who mowed down a cyclist as she drove her two children home from a family meal while high on cocaine and six times…
Read More Mother mowed down cyclist with kids in car while six times limitRelentless heatwave transforms reservoir banks into arid deserts
All dried out: Relentless heatwave transforms reservoir banks into arid deserts after hottest and driest June on record as heat climbs towards 95F Britain’s longest…
Read More Relentless heatwave transforms reservoir banks into arid desertsHorrifying moment a shark pulls a woman, 34, into the water by her finger
Horrifying video shows Melissa Brunning screaming as the beast lunges out of the water and "shredded her flesh off the bone." The 34-year-old from Perth,…
Read More Horrifying moment a shark pulls a woman, 34, into the water by her fingerUtah Men Married Each Other's 7- and 8-Year-Old Daughters — as One Is Sentenced to Prison
Utah man Samuel Shaffer dreamed of growing old with the 8-year-old he took as his child bride — but the leader of a doomsday cult…
Read More Utah Men Married Each Other's 7- and 8-Year-Old Daughters — as One Is Sentenced to PrisonModel under fire for taking pictures in Taiwanese military uniform
Glamour model faces being fined after sparking fury with photos of her illegally wearing Taiwanese military uniform Illicit photos show woman in army uniform and…
Read More Model under fire for taking pictures in Taiwanese military uniformFrench gangster makes dramatic helicopter escape from prison
A notorious French gangster broke out of prison Sunday morning, when three heavily armed accomplices landed a helicopter in the jail courtyard and flew off…
Read More French gangster makes dramatic helicopter escape from prisonBillionaire Spurs owner brings his ‘Bond villain’ style superyacht to London
Billionaire Joe Lewis has brought his ‘Bond villain’ style superyacht to London leaving onlookers open-mouthed as it sailed up the Thames. The Tottenham Hotspur owner…
Read More Billionaire Spurs owner brings his ‘Bond villain’ style superyacht to LondonHandwritten notes suggest dark theory behind deaths of 11 family members
The deaths of 11 family members who were found blindfolded, gagged and hanged may be part of an occult ritual, police suspect. Fresh details are…
Read More Handwritten notes suggest dark theory behind deaths of 11 family membersCredit card con link to murder of retired Brits Charlie and Gayle Anderson
But British couple Charlie and Gayle Anderson last week became the latest victims of a deadly trend sweeping the island, and their tortured remains were…
Read More Credit card con link to murder of retired Brits Charlie and Gayle AndersonThree suspected gang members wanted for slashing teen in the head
Police on Sunday released photos and video footage of three suspected Trinitarios gang members who punched and sliced a teen in the head with a…
Read More Three suspected gang members wanted for slashing teen in the headHow to cool your car down as quickly as possible during Britain’s heatwave
The amazing weather the UK is enjoying brings many benefits – but when you factor a car into the equation, it can all get pretty…
Read More How to cool your car down as quickly as possible during Britain’s heatwaveBoy, three, killed in M62 horror crash when car hit a tree
The youngster was one of four passengers in the black Honda Civic that smashed into a tree after leaving the motorway yesterday. An eight-year-old boy…
Read More Boy, three, killed in M62 horror crash when car hit a treeFurious single mum can’t afford daughter’s £1,850 school trip to South Africa
Children are missing out on school trips because families are unable to afford the soaring costs to exotic far-flung locations. And parents are angry that…
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