Three more London schools could close as pupil numbers plummet
The local Conservative council have proposed closing Bishop Stopford’s School , Starks Field Primary School and Suffolks Primary School in north London, claiming reduced pupil numbers are making them financially…
Read more
Asylum protester who threw bottle at police jailed
Up to 500 people gathered outside The Bell Hotel after a migrant living there, Hadush Kebatu, was charged with – and later jailed for – sex offences. Silk, of Torrington Drive, Loughton, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown…
Read more
Noah’s Ark ‘evidence’ may have been found where biblical vessel came to rest
Charred wood has been recovered at the Durupınar Formation in eastern Turkey – an approximately 515ft-long, boat-shaped formation near the Mountains of Ararat. The site has long been believed to be the final resting…
Read more
French wartime resistance heroine Solange Alexandre dies aged 104
After serving as a Resistance courier from 1941, three years later she founded the Pas-de-Boeuf network near the town of Ruillé-sur-Loir. With some 30 men under her orders, she organised sabotage operations, sheltered…
Read more
California police investigate after 27 fall ill at half-marathon running event
In a statement provided to the BBC's US partner CBS News, officers said they received a report from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital about race participants who sought medical treatment "for unusual symptoms" after the…
Read more
I worked with Trump’s new White House chief of staff. He’s paranoid and fanatical
The space is typically used for classified discussion of the highest national significance, but what was odd was that we weren’t discussing anything classified. Stephen just liked a room where he was sure no one could…
Read more
Why Super El Niño could be GOOD news this winter: Study reveals strong episodes are linked to 112,681 fewer cold-related deaths every year
That is because strong episodes are linked to 112,681 fewer cold-related deaths around the world. The increased warming does lead to 107,035 additional heat-related deaths , but that still leaves the world with 5,645…
Read more
Former hunt master convicted of illegal fox hunting
She had permission for the hunt from Nature Scot, but Paisley Sheriff Court heard she allowed the dogs to get the scent and then chase a fox through a field outwith the permitted areas of her licence. She also failed to…
Read more
Timeline of David Walliams' injunction bid over reporting of allegations
Join today Already a member? Log in The famous man who failed to get a High Court injunction against two media organisations to prevent them from reporting allegations against him can now be named as David Walliams . The…
Read more
US evacuates aircraft from RAF Mildenhall over reported Iran threat
It is the second time the US has undertaken a hasty redeployment in the UK with some of its bombers pulled from RAF Fairford in October. The latest incident was said to be in response to a threat from Iran , according to…
Read more