Man avoids jail after making girlfriend take lie detector test before assaulting her

A violent and controlling boyfriend condemned his long suffering girlfriend to take a lie detector test to prove she was not cheating on him. Ben Halpin, 34 was so convinced Sandra Newton was having an affair he would delete male friends from her phone contacts and log into her Facebook account to check up on … Read more

Jeremy Kyle ‘may have caused death’ of guest who took drug overdose a week after taking lie detector

Jeremy Kyle ‘may have caused the death’ of one of the guests on his TV show, a coroner has said. Hampshire Coroner Jason Pegg said he had decided to make the presenter an ‘interested person’ under the coroner’s rules in the case of Steve Dymond. Mr Dymond, 63, from Hampshire, died in a suspected suicide … Read more

Viking board game pieces found by metal detector go up for auction

A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist.  Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more

Viking board game pieces uncovered with a metal detector go up for auction 

A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist.  Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more

Boy, 10, finds Bronze Age gold treasure with metal detector

A 10-year-old boy who discovered a rare Bronze Age gold treasure with his metal detector almost threw it away because he thought it was a bit of foil. Patrick Hooper struck gold during a dig on land near Andover, Hampshire, but didn’t bother to mention it to his father Andrew, who was also metal detecting, … Read more

Family of Jeremy Kyle suspected suicide guest want lie detector handler to give evidence at inquest

The family of Jeremy Kyle guest Steve Dymond today demanded answers from the man who carried out the show’s controversial lie detector test. The 63-year-old from Hampshire died in a suspected suicide in his bedroom surrounded by empty packets of pills. His death came after he failed a lie detector test on the ITV show … Read more

Airbus developing electronic odor detector to sniff out bombs and banned substances in airports

Airbus will debut electronic odor detector to sniff out explosives and other hazardous substances in airport security lines by the end of 2020 The plane manufacturer will begin using a new sensor to detect bombs The cutting edge device will use a processor with integrated biological cells Airbus says the sensors will roll out in … Read more