Forecasters have warned areas in the UK will be lashed with “persistent rain” as the weekend nears. More northern parts of the country may expect snow showers and icy conditions, the Met Office has predicted. Large swathes of Britain are covered by
Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who knocked down a teenage girl at a zebra crossing. The child, 14, suffered injuries as a result of the collision on Saturday evening in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The incident took place outside Aylesbury Hospital –
Sir David explained: “In the case of tsunamis, the shallower the waters are, the larger the wave will get. Once the tsunami passes through the English Channel and into the Thames Estuary, it will grow in size and cause all sorts of
A 19-year-old English teenager was beaten over the head with a stone before being raped near a nightclub in Barcelona, Spanish media reports have claimed. The shocked young woman was taken to hospital after being found on the street near the venue,
The death toll from several attacks this week by extremist rebels in eastern Congo has risen to at least 45 people, local officials said on Friday. Dozens of people were killed by rebels using machetes over two days when rebels from the
A thug who brutally beat a Staffordshire bull terrier with a metal lead has been spared jail. Mark Brown, 24, was snagged when RSPCA received a 37-second clip which showed him striking cowering Rocco several times. A court heard Rocco flinched every time
A baby who died in a tragic lorry accident on Wednesday has been identified. Frank Michael McIlduff, 1, was in a pram pushed by his grandmother when a truck hit them in Lurgan, Northern Ireland on Wednesday. The one-year-old was referred to as a
Domestic worker Annita Symon fears for her children’s health after seeing several friends fall seriously ill due to a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,600 people in Malawi over the last year. Like many low-income families, she and her two
The Met Office has updated its amber weather warnings for March 9 as it anticipates disruption to spread further across the UK. Forecasters have warned Britons to anticipate worsening conditions in Wales and the west Midlands, with snow and ice tipped to
A scary development occurred at the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers game when an errant fastball hit Justin Turner in the face. There was no intention by Tigers starter Matt Manning when he released his fastball on his ninth pitch of