The nation’s first 911 emergency call was placed by an Alabama state politician on this day in history, Feb. 16, 1968. The landmark moment came four years after the shocking unreported murder of a New York City woman proved to many Americans
The UK could be vulnerable to a horrifying “deep freeze” due to the abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents, experts warn. According to a study of a computer simulation, that was published in the Science Advances journal, the UK and Europe could
TikTok users have been left in fits of giggles over a hilarious video posted online of a tourist being pickpocketed by a cheeky Gibraltarian monkey. In the 17-second clip, a conniving barbary macaque – the chimp the Rock of Gibraltar is famous
Shocking pictures show the spa built by Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family being torn to the ground. Builders have now totally levelled the £200,000 unauthorised structure after the veteran’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband were ordered to tear it down. Planning
A 31-year-old woman and her three-year-old toddler have suffered potentially life-changing injuries after an acid attack in London. Statistics now show a rise in the horrific crime have shown a marked increase over the last 12 months in the capital. In the
On this day in history, Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger — scheduled for a routine launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida — exploded after just 73 seconds in flight, killing all seven Americans on board. The disaster shocked the nation
Police seized a staggering £144million worth of cocaine last year in the biggest run of drug busts for more than a decade, new figures show. In the year ending March 2023, police forces in England and Wales carried out nearly 18,500 drug
A speech by Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has erupted into chaos this afternoon after a pro-Palestine protestor jumped onto the stage at a Labour Party event in London. Speaking at Guildhall Yard at the FEPS-Fabian Society’s New Year Conference 2024: Plans
A fuming passenger slapped a pilot back into the cockpit as his flight was delayed for 13 hours over dense fog. The incident happened Sunday aboard an IndiGo flight from New Delhi to Goa, India. Footage shows fellow passengers watching in horror
The Tories’ chief election strategist told MPs today that it’s “time to get serious” after a YouGov poll showing they were on course for an election drubbing sparked shock and fear. At a meeting of the backbench 1922 Committee, Isaac Levido told