A COUPLE who have been married for decades have been forced to contemplate divorce to pay their sick daughter’s crippling medical bills.  Dan and Cathy Maccoux from Minneapolis have racked up $300,000 in crippling debt to pay for daughter Olivia’s constant need for operations to stop fluid damaging her brain.   "We've had people tell us you should get a divorce," […]

Huawei ‘is an arm of the Chinese state’: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatens to curb intelligence sharing with UK over 5G move as tensions rise ahead of crunch talks with Boris Johnson today Boris Johnson is due to hold talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later Transatlantic tensions over decision to let Huawei have role in […]

The longest-ever drug smuggling tunnel was discovered along the US Southwest border, officials said Wednesday The sophisticated underground pathway is over three-quarters of a mile long and features a rail system and an elevator, according to US Customs and Border Protection. The tunnel originated in an industrial area in Tijuana, Mexico, and stretched over 4,000 feet into San Diego, the […]

A REEL mistake: Fisherman smashes his face into a dinghy when he topples from his own boat while trying to catch live bait Codey Rice grew riled up as his attempts to catch herring during a day trip failed  He moved a fishing net through the water before climbing on to the railings  Seconds later, he lost his balance and […]

China’s richest man Jack Ma donates £11million to help scientists develop coronavirus vaccine Mr Ma, worth £32.9billion, made the donation through is foundation today The grant is set to be shared between experts in China and around the world His Alibaba had already given away £110million for buying medical supplies  Chinese tycoons have donated a total of £499million to tackle the outbreak […]

The helicopter that slammed into a suburban Los Angeles hillside, killing Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, lacked a terrain awareness system that could have warned the pilot he was too close to land, officials said. The Terrain Awareness and Warning System, or TAWS, would have sounded an alarm once the Sikorsky S-76B approached the ground, possibly giving pilot […]

SADIQ Khan has been forced to scrap a £10million eco-boiler scheme that flopped – with only 134 applications. The London Mayor's team set aside millions for a green programme to replace old polluting boilers which pump out carbon dioxide. But it failed to attract enough take up and is set to be shut down – with £8.95million of the original […]

Frightening moment cruise ship rocks violently and hits harbour wall as it docks in extreme weather conditions in Norway MS Nordnorge docked in strong winds at Bodo Harbour, Norway, on January 21 Footage shows the cruise ship being pushed towards the pier by onshore winds  Skipper Tormond Karlsen said crew used engines for ‘everything they are worth’ A cruise ship […]

Father’s fury as primary school serves his two young sons plain jacket potatoes for lunch because they have allergies to gluten and egg Jorj Braese, 56, complained about meals for his sons Alvin, 5, and Victor, 4 Boys received different meals towards the end of the winter term only They are being educated at St Peter’s Primary School in Aylesford, […]

Ministry of Sound DJ, 38, took cocktail of alcohol and cocaine then leapt to her death from 14th-floor balcony in Hampstead – just days after returning from Dubai following split with ex Lucy Stone was a talented DJ who played at Ministry of Sound and HedKandi  She died by suicide days after returning to the UK from Dubai, inquest heard  […]