Standoff at Serpentine: Moment angry mother confronts ‘travellers’ as they bring ponies into lido

Standoff at the Serpentine: Moment angry mother confronts ‘travellers’ as shirtless men ride ponies in Hyde Park lido meant for SWIMMERS Police officers were called to the Serpentine lido in Hyde Park, London, last week Horses were taken into the water to the shock of families cooling off in the lake Footage taken by an … Read more

Shirtless Zayn Malik swears during a VERY tense stand-off with reveller in the street

Zayn Malik has been filmed engaging in a very tense stand-off with a reveller in the street outside a bar in New York.  Shock video footage shows the singer, 28, become visibly enraged and start swearing at the unidentified man outside Amsterdam Billiards Club in East Village.  According to TMZ, Zayn was smoking outside the … Read more

Husky howls in protest in Bristol home over sweetie standoff

Howls of protest: Stubborn husky refuses to come downstairs in hilarious stand-off with owner Sophie Ewan, 27, from Bristol wanted Rex the husky to come down stairs  The large hound sat in the landing and howled in response to her requests   The husky only decided to come down stairs when offered a sweet as a … Read more

EU standoff with Britian over vaccines escalates

EU tensions are rising today as Brussels unveils plans to block vaccine exports amid claims desperate Irish citizens trying to get jabs in Northern Ireland.  The European Commission is set to defy anxiety over undermining legal contracts and publish new proposals widening the criteria for restricting exports. EU sources suggested Britain will be put squarely … Read more

Armed police storm flat near The Shard in south London and arrest man after eight hour stand-off

Armed police storm flat near The Shard in south London and arrest man after eight hour stand-off Officers were called to flat on Great Dover Street, Southwark, at 2.12pm Saturday Several residents were evacuated from their homes in the area as a precaution A man was arrested on suspicion of affray and threat to commit criminal … Read more

Brexit: Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron in trade talks stand-off

Boris Johnson was locked in a stand-off with Emmanuel Macron last night as Brexit talks teetered on the brink. British officials claimed the French president had pressured European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier to take a hardline stance. A close Macron ally yesterday said he would veto any trade deal that went against French interests. … Read more

Stand-off in the housing market: House building plummets by a third in 2020

House building plummets by a third with developers blaming local authority planning delays more than the pandemic Britain’s seven largest house builders have reported housing completions are down, on average, by 35 per cent from a year ago Small and medium sized developers have also warned their housing completions will be down this year – … Read more

Police are called to standoff after migrants REFUSE to get off bus

Police are called to standoff after migrants REFUSE to get off bus taking them to disused Kent army base while their asylum claims are processed Group of migrants refuse to get off bus which had taken them from their hotel They were brought to ex-military base Napier Barracks near Folkestone, Kent  But police were called … Read more

Brexit: Environment Secretary George Eustice threatens standoff with EU trawlers

Britain is ready to fight and win a new ‘Cod War’ with the EU if Brexit trade negotiations collapse, the Environment Secretary said last night. In an interview with the Mail, George Eustice said ministers have quietly put in place a ‘five-fold increase in our enforcement capacity’ over the last year in preparation for a … Read more

HS2 activists get caught in a stand-off with security officers at treehouse camp

Call the copse! HS2 activists get caught in a stand-off with security officers at treehouse camp in woodland that inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox Private security guards became involved in a stand-off with environmentalists  Demonstrators have been fighting against the construction of HS2   Nearly half of the ancient Jones’ Hill Wood near Great Missenden, … Read more