While the Eagles and the Chiefs are preparing to face off this Sunday in the Super Bowl, two football fans have already beat the odds. John Gladwell and Billy Welsh first crossed paths while serving together in the Marine Corps at Camp
On the 30th anniversary of the murder of two-year-old James today, Michael Fergus insisted he will never forgive Venables and accomplice Robert Thompson for the heinous attack on his sibling. He spoke of his anguish at never getting to meet his older
British organised crime boss Richard Wakeling has been arrested in Thailand after being on the run for five years. Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood in Essex, tried to import £8million of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016. He fled in 2018
An Algerian court has imposed a 12-year prison sentence on the younger brother of the country’s late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, after convicting him of corruption under his brother’s 20-year rule. ALGERIA’S ARMY CHIEF ON OFFICIAL DISCREET VISIT TO FRANCE Once seen as
Two died in the explosion at South Quay near Canary Wharf. Prime Minister John Major branded the attack “an appalling outrage” and said it threatened to derail the Northern Ireland peace process. The Republicans would agree to another ceasefire ahead of the
The final resting place of a ship “cursed” with such bad luck that it managed to sink three times has finally been found after more than 150 years at the bottom of Lake Superior. After years of misfortune, the 144 feet-long Nucleus
Ex-Labour MP Jared O’Mara has been jailed for four years for making fraudulent expenses claims to fund an “extensive” cocaine habit while in office. O’Mara, who represented Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, was convicted of six counts of fraud. The court
After the official ceremony at St James’s Palace the young Queen, 25, retreated to Sandringham to grieve in private with her mother and sister Princess Margaret. 40 years ago (1983) Police began searching for the missing race horse Shergar, which had been
A Belarusian court on Wednesday sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on critics of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Andrzej Poczobut, 49, was found guilty of harming
A reported 73 million people later tuned into watch them perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. The group were joint top of the US hit parade with She Loves You and I Wanna Hold Your Hand. 49 years ago (1974) The three-man