Pigeons use cable ties to build their nest in shocking photo showing the impact of rising plastic tide on the natural world Shocking image shows two birds nesting in their home made from plastic wires It was spotted inside a downpipe hopper in Poundbury near Dorchester, Dorset Poundbury is where Prince Charles has been building a model village since 1993  […]

RAMADAN is now well underway, and a London mosque has put together an informative schedule to help worshippers remember prayer times. Muslims must fast during daylight hours in Ramadan, so it is important they closely observe the hours of sunset and sunrise. We have all the dates and times you need to know. What is the Ramadan timetable for 2019? […]

Ukrainian boy, 10, suffers horrific burns after his grandfather’s coffin caught fire as mourners came to his house to light candles Ruslan Pyrch, 10, woke up in bed feeling that ‘his face was burning’ in Ukraine  His neighbours set the coffin with his grandpa inside on fire by accident The boy was rushed to hospital with horrific burns to his […]

New York City can continue to enforce its measles vaccination mandate, a court has ruled. The decision came just a day after city health officials ordered the closure of a Queens Yeshiva in continued attempts to combat the measles outbreak. A group of parents sued the city earlier this year, protesting the order from the Health Department requiring that people […]

MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry have called their new baby boy Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The Sussexes chose a name that few were expecting. So who did they pay tribute to when naming the baby? Why Archie Harrison? The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not officially said why they have given their son his name – Archie Harrison. But on […]

Ex-Celtic youth football coach, 73, is ‘likely to die behind bars’ after getting nearly seven years in jail for decades-long campaign of sex abuse against teenage boys Jim McCafferty was a coach and kit man for the Celtic youth team and boys club He carried out his abuse against 10 teenage boys between 1972 and 1996 The incidents took place […]

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday amid new friction over Iran, Venezuela and nuclear arms control. Here’s what’s on the agenda for the Pompeo-Putin tête-à-tête, which is taking place in Sochi, a Russian beach resort on the Black Sea.   Iran Kremlin officials have expressed frustration with the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric […]

A RARE Darth Vader costume is set to fetch up to £1.5million when it goes under the hammer today at an auction in Los Angeles. The 17-piece outfit donned by the evil Sith lord in the iconic 1980 Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back includes gloves, boots, capes and a battery pack. Bruce ‘Kermit’ Eller, who made a career […]

A powerful earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and for the nearby Solomon Islands. The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude 7.5 and was centred 45 kilometres northeast of Kokopo. It said it struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage on […]

A SMOKER has landed a massive £1,400 fine for dropping a cigarette butt. John Wilson, 56, was spotted flicking a cigarette on the ground at Ashford International Station in Ashford, Kent. He was caught smoking on camera by a council enforcement officer and slapped with a £75 fixed penalty notice. Mr Wilson, of Coventry, failed to pay the fine and […]