Couple who spent £600,000 arguing for two years over divorce left with £5,000 each after legal costs

Couple who spent £600,000 squabbling for two years over their divorce are left with just £5,000 each after legal costs The middle-aged pair, who live in London, split after 22 years and three children  They spent £594,000 on lawyers in a two-year legal battle over marital assets The 53-year-old man and his wife, 50, owned … Read more

Falsely accused Mormon couple spent 23 months in Caracas prison

Thamy Caleno knew that her new husband, Josh Holt, was the answer to her prayer. So when Venezuelan authorities took him away in the middle of the night, she was determined not to lose him, searching her neighborhood and asking anyone she could where the gringo was. She found him once, and then again as … Read more

Elon Musk spent three to four YEARS developing the white ‘tuxedo’ SpaceX suits

The world was disappointed to hear the news of NASA and SpaceX aborting the Falcon 9 launch Wednesday, but a new star emerged from the sadness that day – SpaceX’s unique spacesuits.   Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley emerged from Kennedy crew quarters donning sleek white suits that appeared to be a mashup of a … Read more

Meet the couple who spent £20k converting an old bus into a home on four wheels

A couple who agreed to their first road trip on their third date have told how they are now living full-time on the road with their two-year-old son and dog in tow.  Jonathan and Megan Axworthy, from Buckinghamshire and Ohio respectively, went about purchasing and renovating an old mobility bus into a liveable space for … Read more

Britain spent £20m on anti-HIV and malaria drugs promoted by Donald Trump as cures for Covid-19

Britain spent £20m on anti-HIV and malaria drugs promoted by Donald Trump as cures for Covid-19 despite no solid evidence that they work The UK government spent nearly £20mn on drugs including hydroxychloroquine Contracts with Britis-based firms were entered into without tendering  Donald Trump has previously hailed hydroxychloroquine as a ‘game changer’  There is little … Read more

Dogs destined to be EATEN in South Korea are saved following months spent in cages

Dogs destined to be eaten in South Korea have been saved following months of being locked up in cages after the coronavirus outbreak delayed their rescue. An animal charity mission to save around 70 dogs from the meat farm in Hongseong finally got underway after Humane Society International worked with the farmer to convince him to quit … Read more

Woman, 22, who has spent thousands quadrupling the size of her lips undergoes her 20th injection

A woman who has quadrupled the size of her lips has just undergone her twentieth lip injection – and insists she’ll keep going until hers are the biggest in the world.  Andrea Emilova Ivanova, from Sofia, Bulgaria, has spent thousands of pounds at aesthetic clinics injecting fillers into her pout. Dubbed a real-life Barbie, the … Read more

Scientists who spent a decade studying Deepwater Horizon still worry about its effect on sea life

Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, gulf waters sparkle in the sunlight, its fish are safe to eat, and thick, black oil no longer visibly stains the beaches and estuaries.  Brown pelicans, a … Read more

Farm boss spent £40k flying 150 Romanian fruit pickers to UK to teach Brit land army how it’s done

A farming boss says his company had spent £40,000 to fly 150 experienced Romanian farm workers to the UK to teach unskilled British fruit and vegetable pickers how to harvest.  Anthony Gardiner, boss at G’s Growers, says the situation was getting desperate because their regular land army of foreign workers are locked down in their … Read more