SAJID Javid today announces the minimum wage will rise by a record 51p so struggling Brits begin the new year with an imminent pay rise. The National Living Wage will increase from £8.21 to £8.72 an hour in April, the Chancellor reveals. The 6.2% hike is double the rate of average annual wage growth and also twice the current rate […]

A pagan soldier has become the first ever to be allowed to serve with a beard because of his Norse religious beliefs. Sgt 1st Class Benjamin Hopper of the Nevada Army Guard is the first pagan guard soldier to receive a religious accommodation allowing him to sport facial hair. The 34 year-old Alabama native says he has been a Norse […]

Schizophrenic killer is sentenced to death in China for killing two pupils with a meat cleaver in broad daylight to ‘release his anger towards society’ Huang slashed three pupils and a parent near a primary school in Shanghai  He believed he had been bullied by others and plotted the attack as revenge The court said his mental illness did not […]

THE ex-fiance of Amanda Knox has got engaged to his girlfriend. Pals were quick to congratulate Raffaele Sollecito after he announced the news on Instagram. Sollecito was arrested along with Amanda "Foxy Knoxy" Knox for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007. After twice being convicted, Italy's highest court found him not guilty. At the time, Sollecito said […]

POLICE have issued a desperate plea for help in locating a missing, high-risk American teenager. Malachi Murray, 16, who attends Davis Senior High School, was last seen on Sunday morning around 9.00am. Mr Murray was riding his white Schwinn bike leaving south Davis toward the Yolo Causeway. He is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall with brown curly hair and […]

TWO teens were shot and stabbed in a horrific attack in Lawless London overnight. An 18-year-old boy was shot while a 17-year-old was found shot and stabbed nearby in a street attack in Walthamstow about 10.30pm. Police have now launched an investigation after they were found on St James Street. The 17-year-old man remains in a critical condition at an […]

NFL star Marvin Jones sobbed on the sidelines during his team’s game after the “sudden death” of his six-month-old baby son. The Detroit Lions wide receiver paid tribute to his youngest, Marlo, by dressing his four other kids in jerseys emblazoned with the boy’s name. Jones had tears in his eyes as a sweet picture of smiling baby Marlo flashed […]

O2 customers struggle to make outgoing calls as network goes down across the UK The most hit areas in the UK included London, Bristol, Bradford and Preston  Issues started on the network at about 11am and have continued this afternoon O2 said its engineers are looking into the problem but have no time frame   O2 customers up and down the […]

Happy seal pup waves to the camera in an adorable photograph taken at a Norfolk beach Photographer Johan Siggeson snapped a Common Seal waving on the dunes at Horsey beach in Norfolk Spectacular images show the fluffy sea mammal lying on its back and scratching its head looking perplexed This comes just months after three seals were found with their […]

EX-Tory leader Michael Howard accuses judges of twisting the law to reach their desired outcome. He said the power of the courts had grown at the expense of democratically elected governments. Lord Howard, who became a QC in 1982, warned that judges were now “substituting their own views” in place of those of ­Parliament and ministers. He declared: “Sometimes, in […]