Carry on Escaping! Comic film star Peter Butterworth was rejected for part playing himself in prisoner of war movie The Wooden Horse because he was too fat Petter Butterworth was involved in two escapes from Stalag Luft III PoW camp Actor was told he wasn’t ‘convincingly heroic or athletic enough’ to play himself Butterworth had vaulted over gymnastic vaulting horse as British officers […]

DONALD Trump is considering a pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden despite having previously said he should be executed. The President said he is looking at it “very strongly” after previously branding the ex-CIA worker a “spy who should be executed”. Mr Trump said: “Many people think he should be somehow treated differently. And other people think he did very bad […]

A FLORIDA man who was filmed screaming racial slurs and threatening a black woman from his car has been arrested. Jeffrey Rouse, 40, was caught on video screaming a racist tirade at a black woman at a stoplight and asking her to tell him "how much your life matters" and threatening to mace her. Rouse was arrested after leading police on […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 16 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A beachfront compound in Hawaii where former President Barack Obama reportedly plans to retire has used a planning loophole to retain a seawall that is likely causing beach erosion, according to ProPublica. State officials and community members told the outlet […]

No weigh! Restaurant in China apologises after asking diners stand on SCALES before recommending them dishes based on calorie content Chinese restaurant came under fire for asking customers to weigh themselves The beef restaurant in Changsa has since apologised for the controversial policy President Xi Jinping this week urged the nation to stop wasting food  A restaurant in China has […]

I won’t strip in front of you, pet: How a quarter of British cat and dog owners avoid getting their kit off in their animal’s line of vision Some 4.75 million animal lovers in Britain won’t let their pets see them naked The most reserved owners are in the South-West, according to new research Animal welfare charity Brooke finds the […]

Now the ARMY is under fire over exam chaos after clerical errors led to more than 100 junior soldiers getting the wrong results in their promotion tests The solders who received incorrect results are in the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)  Some soldiers were told they had failed when they had passed, and vice versa Error was only spotted after the RLC’s promotion […]

DEBENHAMS has "drawn up plans for liquidation" of the 242-year-old department store putting 14,000 jobs at risk. It is feared that the potential move could trigger the biggest jobs cull of the coronavirus pandemic so far, according to Sky News. The retailer employs around 14,000 members of staff who could be at risk of redundancy if the chain doesn't survive. […]

Columbia University will hold all classes for undergraduates online this fall, officials announced Friday. President Lee Bollinger had hoped that 60 percent of classes could have been in person, but reversed course due to coronavirus constraints, he wrote in a letter to the students and staff. The school will now only host a limited number of students who must live […]

A MASSIVE fire has broken out at the famous Cadbury social club ripping through a building in Birmingham. Thick plumes of smoke were seen being sent into the sky as homes in the area have been forced to evacuate. The social club is in Bournville, southwest of the city, and has been operating for more than 35 years for both […]