Fears missing pensioner, 87, may have fallen into swollen River Exe in Devon to become SIXTH person killed by Storm Dennis Jean Disney was last seen in the Devon town of Tiverton at 3am on Monday  Missing 87-year-old pensioner is thought to have fallen into the River Exe Emergency services carry out searches as well as members of the public […]

Liberal Democrats ‘to expel ex-leader David Steel’ over his failure to pass on suspicions about paedophile MP Cyril Smith Lord Steel set to be first politician expelled by national child sex abuse inquiry Friends of the peer fear he will be made a ‘scapegoat’ over his admission Friends of Lord Steel described Lib Dem moves to expel as ‘double jeopardy’ Former […]

George Soros calls for Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to be removed from Facebook because they are ‘helping Trump get re-elected’ by not banning political ads Soros wrote to The Financial Times in a letter that it published on Monday  He accused Zuckerberg and Trump of having a ‘mutual assistance agreement’  Zuckerberg has long argued that it is up to […]

A MAN allegedly held his girlfriend captive and threatened to kill her unless she watched Roots, a nine-hour mini-series about slavery, according to a criminal complaint. Robert Lee Noye, 52, was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, accused of holding his girlfriend, 37, and her 12-year-old daughter against their will and forcing them to watch the 1977 show “so […]

Boris Johnson FINALLY talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the deadly spread of coronavirus almost two weeks after China’s ambassador to the UK accused Britain of ‘over-reacting’ to the crisis Boris Johnson spoke to President Xi Jinping today about spread of coronavirus Thought to be first time the pair have spoken directly since outbreak started  Call comes two weeks […]

Jeff Bezos’ $10bn pledge to fight climate change is slammed as a ‘greenwash’ by critics who say Amazon pumps out massive amounts of carbon AND avoids hundreds of millions in tax Bezos on Monday said $10bn of his $130bn fortune would go to Bezos Earth Fund Amazon paid federal income tax for the first time this year since 2016 – […]

CPS ‘is under pressure to prosecute MORE domestic violence cases after two watchdogs said there was “room for improvement” in the way they are handled’ Presenter Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in London on Saturday  Last year a court heard she had hit her boyfriend Lewis Burton with a lamp CPS decided to prosecute even though Mr […]

Searchers recovered the bodies of two Colorado men who died in an avalanche near Vail, Colorado. Three men were caught in the slide Saturday afternoon while riding snowbikes. One man managed to dig himself out and call for help, but authorities said the others were fully buried by avalanche debris. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. VAIL, Colo. (AP) — […]

BRITS trapped onboard the Princess Diamond quarantined cruise ship with around 400 confirmed cases of coronavirus are set to be rescued by the UK government. The Foreign Office has issued a statement insisting they are “urgently considering all options” for the 74 Brits onboard. Follow our coronavirus live blog to keep up to date with the latest news and updates. […]

Pupils as young as three at Holly Willoughby’s former £10,000-a-year girls’ school are being encouraged to complete 50 fun activities at nursery to combat epidemic of child screen addiction Burgess Hill Girls School has drawn up a 50-item list of fun activities for kids It aims to help young girls ‘off iPads and up trees’, headteacher claims Schools are being […]