The illegal petrol bombs believed to have had their name coined by the Finnish: What are Molotov cocktails? Molotov cocktail is a generic name given to petrol bombs. Also known as a poor man’s grenade, because of their relative ease to make,
A school has been fined £35,000 after rescuers were called to help a group of stranded students and their untrained teachers down a Lake District mountain in freezing conditions. The Year 10 pupils from Gateshead Cheder were ‘placed in serious danger’ before being rescued by
Locals in a picturesque Peak District town are fighting to stop fast food giant McDonald’s from opening a restaurant there. Plans were lodged with High Peak Borough Council for a new takeaway on the site of the former Wren’s Nest pub in
When Beatrix Potter wrote to the four-year-old son of her old governess, she drew a rabbit on the page. It was just a doodle. The child had been ill and needed cheering up. She could not know that this sketch in 1893
Amsterdam is preparing to build a five-storey ‘erotic centre’ in a bid to clean up and relocate the city’s famed red light district. Plans for the 5,000 square-metre out-of-town building have been outlined in a document submitted to the council by mayor Femke
A San Francisco man allegedly murdered a seven month-old baby after the city’s scandal-hit district attorney twice failed to charge him with domestic violence. Joseph Williams, 26, was charged over the death of Synciere Williams after the infant arrived at at California
Young woman allegedly raped by Jack de Belin snaps at the footy star’s lawyers as they ask her whether she said ‘he’s so hot’ and ‘I want to get with him’ when she saw him in a bar Callan Sinclair and Jack
Former reality TV star and Penthouse cover girl Suzi Taylor was urged to wear something tight and black with high heels for a late-night hook up with a stranger at an inner-city Brisbane apartment. The night would allegedly end with a man
Ousted San Francisco School Board Vice President Alison Collins has filed a lawsuit seeking $87 million in damages after her colleagues voted to strip her of her leadership title over anti-Asian tweets she penned in 2016. The Board voted 5-2 last Thursday
Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the leg-work so you don’t have to. This week: Britain’s best outdoor pools. The turnstiles at England’s outdoor swimming pools will – hopefully –