A transcript of the communications between air traffic controllers and the pilots of a Russian airliner that made a deadly crash landing at a Moscow airport has appeared in the Russian media. Interested in Russia? The transcript shows the pilot, Denis Yevdokimov, declaring an emergency and requesting to turn back, but does not indicate he considered the situation aboard to […]

Furious mother demands Aldi recall its £15 forehead-scanning thermometers after claiming hers gave an ‘inaccurate reading’ that put her baby’s life at risk Angela Cochrane-Dyer, 35, paid £15 for Aldi’s contactless thermometer  She used to it to measure baby Meredith’s temperature and it ‘read 36.7C-37.4C’  But she got worse and paramedics re-took her temperature, which read 39.1C  Aldi has withdrawn […]

BRITAIN would be out of the EU by now if the UK had a proper Brexiteer as PM, Andrea Leadsom insisted today. The Cabinet minister launched an extraordinary attack on Theresa May – who beat her to No10 three years ago. And she fired the starting pistol on her own leadership campaign, admitting she's planning to stand for Tory leader […]

A British bar worker was stabbed and had her hair hacked in a vicious "ritual shaming" by a crazed Roma gypsy in Portugal. Leighanne Rumney, 22, was abducted by Eliana Carvalho, 24, and taken to a remote rural area where she was tortured and stabbed after being wrongly accused for having an affair with Carvalho's partner. Carvalho was yesterday jailed […]

Johannesburg: Five southern African nations that host most of the world's elephants are demanding the right to sell ivory. They say communities that live alongside the pachyderms, which destroy crops and occasionally kill people, must be allowed to benefit from their trade. The Presidents of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia, as well as Angola's environment minister, met on Tuesday in […]

South Africans go to the polls Wednesday to vote in the sixth general election since the end of white-minority rule. Twenty-five years ago, the world watched as millions of South Africans cast their votes in a historic event that saw the African National Congress sweep into power, and its leader, Nelson Mandela, become the first democratically elected president. With a […]

In relative terms, the news from City Hall is encouraging. Mayor de Blasio might be having second thoughts about running for president. Plans to announce have come and gone, with no explanation. One reason could be a lack of enthusiasm from close aides and consultants, with some reportedly refusing to work on a campaign destined to be a laughingstock. Big […]

Change UK are left red-faced after switching to new Twitter name – only to find a Brexit supporter has hijacked their old one and renamed it ‘Cringe UK’ The Independent Group was formed by seven Labour MPs back in February  Party became ‘Change UK – The Independent Group’ for European elections They have rebranded once again, taking on Twitter handle @ForChange_Now […]

CHILD criminals should not be arrested until they are at least 14 — up from the current age of ten, Britain’s human rights watchdog says. The Equality and Human Rights Commission says prosecuting younger kids has “harmful effects on their well-being and development”. But it would mean letting off the likes of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables — who were […]

Highlands Ranch, Colorado: Authorities say at least seven people have been injured in a shooting at a suburban Denver school. Douglas County Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth said on Tuesday that two suspects have been taken into custody in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch. She says there's a possible eighth injury and doesn't believe there are any other shooters, but […]