Police hunt female thug caught on camera battering woman to the ground in vicious street robbery for her mobile phone Yob launched a sickening attack for a mobile phone in West Bromwich in July CCTV shows the the woman punch her victim in the face and push her to ground She continued to punch and … Read more
Universities could become ground zero for a coronavirus second wave unless they scrap face-to-face teaching, unions warn as students prepare to return next month The movement of around one million students ‘could spark cases in universities’ University and College Union warns Government is ‘encouraging a health crisis’ UCU general secretary Jo Grady has now said … Read more
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads! Tokyo flying car firm takes giant leap into the future as it becomes first company to lift vehicle several feet off ground – with hopes of launch by 2023 SkyDrive completed a successful four-minute ‘flight’ with a single test pilot Project started in 2012 with funding from Toyota, … Read more
Burial ground containing the bones of 350 people squashed into tiny circular graves is unearthed on a train station construction site in Japan Osaka City authorities have been surveying ruins in the area for three decades The so-called ‘Umeda Tomb’ is one of seven historical grave sites within the city Experts believe the site dates … Read more
Ancient burial ground containing the bones of 350 people squashed into tiny circular graves is unearthed on a train station construction site in Japan Osaka City authorities have been surveying ruins in the area for three decades The so-called ‘Umeda Tomb’ is one of seven historical grave sites within the city Experts believe the site … Read more
We’ve come on holiday by mistake, said Richard E. Grant in the cult movie classic Withnail And I, where two unemployed actors in late 1960s London head to Penrith for some rest and recuperation in a semi-derelict cottage. Half a century on from the film’s grim depiction of this corner of Cumbria, the only mistake … Read more
Squirrels in the U.S. are ‘splooting’ in an attempt to stay cool and close to the ground as the heat blazes across the country The small mammals have been spotted across the southwest and even in New Jersey as areas continue to see record setting heat They sploot – lying flat and close to the ground … Read more
Horrifying moment robber smashes an 85-year-old Spanish woman to the ground with his elbow after she bravely tried to stop him stealing her money Elderly woman was struck across the face by a Romanian man, 34, in Valencia He followed her into apartment block and tried to steal €40 (£36) from purse Woman was found bleeding … Read more
Moo-ving on to pastures new: Injured cow is air-lifted to lower ground as 1,000-strong herd undergoes annual relocation in the Alps Cow was transported by helicopter as its herd relocated to the lower Swiss Alps The cow had suffered a minor injury, preventing it from making the journey Alpine farmer Ambros Arnold said the method … Read more
These astonishing images show the scale of the destruction in Beirut after an explosion tore through the port killing more than 100 people and leaving thousands injured in its wake. Rescuers worked throughout the night and into Wednesday morning scouring ground zero for survivors after the cataclysmic blast that has wrecked entire neighbourhoods in the … Read more