A DEDICATED Tesco worker who had worked for the supermarket for 17 years killed himself after he was sacked for chasing a shoplifter, an inquest heard. Shaun Winstanley, 49, had been awarded for his Years of Outstanding Service but was fired for "unreasonable behaviour" after running after the thief. An inquest at Blackpool Town Hall heard the customer assistant had first […]

Could this help solve Britain’s housing crisis? Ready-made homes with kitchen, bathroom and bedroom are lowered into shell of building left empty for years In what is believed to be a first for the UK building industry a modular home was lowered into an existing shell The Bristol building project was undertaken at night and a crane lifted a pre-fab […]

Almost FIFTY reservoirs across Britain have dams in need of safety work, experts reveal in wake of Whaley Bridge scare Forty-eight reservoirs need repairs or construction to meet safety standards  Fifteen Category A reservoirs have repairs outstanding, it emerged yesterday  Category A represents the most danger to life in case of reservoir collapse  Dozens of dams present a potential risk […]

RBS is set to appoint Alison Rose as first-ever female boss ‘in bid to move on from macho, high-risk culture’ Royal Bank of Scotland to appoint first-ever woman boss as soon as next week Alison Rose was once the only woman inside the RBS executive boardroom The banking boss led a report into female entrepreneurship just months ago A banking […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 93 people have been killed and more than 400,000 displaced in floods and mudslides following days of torrential rains in southern India. The worst-hit has been the state of Kerala where the death toll rose to 57 by late Saturday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted. 25 PHOTOSFloods, mudslides in south IndiaSee GalleryFloods, mudslides in […]

Not so long ago, The New York Times was the most trusted newspaper in America, maybe even the world. People bought it and read it because they believed it was a straight shooter. The quaint Page 1 motto, “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” promised superior judgment and taste. The paper was often boring because it presented the news […]

Trump retweets conspiracy theory saying the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death – and that Bill visited the pedophile’s Caribbean island – but does not make a statement about the suicide of his one-time friend Trump has not commented on the death of his former friend Jeffrey Epstein  He retweeted post alleging Bill Clinton traveled to Epstein’s Caribbean island  […]

Elected and public officials angrily took to Twitter Saturday demanding answers in the apparent suicide of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m dumbfounded,” wrote Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in a series of tweets. “Public deserves answers.” Epstein was discovered unresponsive Saturday morning, after sources said he appeared to have hanged himself in […]

‘It is the ideal vantage point to observe, confuse or even kill the enemy below’: TOBIAS ELLWOOD on how Britain needs a new arm of the RAF to stop China and Russia colonising space When Neil Armstrong took that small first step on the Moon 50 years ago, his ‘giant leap for mankind’ was described as a breathtaking triumph for […]

Jeffrey Epstein ‘lived like a pig in a sty, ate his meals off his cell floor, and was being extorted by fellow inmates’ after ‘first suicide attempt’ two weeks ago, report claims Jeffrey Epstein ‘lived like a pig in a sty’ and allegedly ate off the floor in prison Epstein, 66, was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Correctional Center  Source […]