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A man accused of driving his family off a cliff in a Tesla may have been experiencing a psychotic break, according to doctors who testified at his trial this week. Dharmesh Patel, a radiologist from Pasadena, California, is facing three attempted murder charges after his vehicle went over Devil’s Slide, near San Francisco, with his […]

The BBC has removed an edition of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg from iPlayer following a complaint about comments made by Chris Packham. Toby Young, the journalist, claimed that Packham made “false and defamatory” allegations about him. In a panel discussion about carbon emissions on last Sunday’s episode, Packham referred to Young’s Daily Sceptic blog as […]

French police have used a knife to puncture an inflatable boat as it prepared to leave Dunkirk with dozens of migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain. One officer was photographed brandishing a knife after slicing the boat to prevent the group from leaving. The attempted crossing was thwarted at the beach of Gravelines, […]

Channel 4 has announced Gogglebox will undergo a bold new change for the first time since it hit our screens in 2013. An interesting but simple premise, the series introduced viewers to a range of friends and families who offer their opinions on the week’s best TV programmes. It has proved an incredible hit for […]

Amid 40C heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what many expect to be a traumatic and bloody few  months in southern Gaza. “We can’t predict but we can prepare,” Gilles Michaud, UN Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, […]

A female police officer was taken to hospital on Friday after she was bitten by a dog while detaining a man near Wembley Stadium. The shocking moment the dog was Tasered by Metropolitan Police officers was captured on camera. The dog became aggressive towards other officers after biting the woman, the Met said. The dog’s […]

‘Scorching hot temperatures‘ are heading for Britain with the mercury expected to climb in weeks. Brits could be basking in the sunshine soon as the mercury starts to rise as we approach the summer months. Highs of 20C and more are already predicted for the UK during the first weeks of May. According to one […]

The Conservatives are doomed to lose the election because voters will not forgive the behaviour of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, according to Britain’s top pollster. Professor Sir John Curtice said Mr Johnson’s No 10 lockdown parties and Ms Truss’s economic catastrophe have made it impossible for Rishi Sunak to cling on to power. The […]

Britain is bracing for a record invasion of the toxic Giant Hogweed due to mild and wet weather conditions, experts have warned. The invasive species, known as the UK’s ‘most dangerous’ plant, has seen an early boom this year. The sap of the Giant Hogweed can cause severe burns that blister within 48 hours, often […]

The New York Times How a Pirate-Clad Pastor Helped Ignite Trump Media’s Market Frenzy One afternoon last month, Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor and die-hard supporter of Donald Trump, put on a pirate costume, set up his microphone and recited a prayer. Nedohin was opening his latest livestream on the right-wing video site Rumble, where […]

Rafael Nadal‘s Madrid Open farewell has kicked off to a brilliant start after his straight-set win over American teenager Darwin Blanch on Thursday. Despite his victory, there were some very important guests in the audience which will have no doubt been appreciated by the 22 Grand Slam winner. His beautiful wife Maria Francisca Perello was […]

A man gave his dying dog a chocolate bar – a treat dogs love but that is toxic to them – as a final gesture of love before she was put to sleep on April 23. Footage recorded by Miller Hurtado Toro shows his dog Sharon enjoying the tasty sweet before she was injected with […]