Signing up with the app Nextdoor was very unlike me. I don’t remember why I did it in the first place but no doubt it had something to do with my permanent search for an electrician or that elusive but transformative handyman. It certainly wasn’t because I was particularly gripped by what my neighbours were up … Read more
Every day throughout 1964, a postman called Eric Clague would deliver another bulging sack of fan letters to 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool, where Paul McCartney had been brought up, and where his father still lived. That year, The Beatles were the four most famous young men in the world. In the first week of April, … Read more
The secret past of a serial liar dramatically cleared of drowning his wife in a swimming pool can today be revealed. It involves a trail of devastation across two continents, a jail sentence for a multi-million-pound fraud – and the mysterious death of a previous wife along with his four-year-old daughter. He can now be unmasked … Read more
The secret past of a serial liar dramatically cleared of drowning his wife in a swimming pool can today be revealed. It involves a trail of devastation across two continents, a jail sentence for a multi-million-pound fraud – and the mysterious death of a previous wife along with his four-year-old daughter. He can now be unmasked … Read more
Rugby player, 21, in heroin and cocaine tragedy: Victim who first tried drugs at public school dies months after going on rehab course Alex Waycot, 21, died in August 2019, after taking heroin and cocaine in bed He was found in bed by his landlord Peter Houston in Macclesfield, Cheshire Mr Houston told the inquest … Read more
At just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg while travelling on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Within three hours, the ‘unsinkable’ ship had slipped beneath the waves of the freezing Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people. At its launch, the luxurious Titanic was the largest … Read more
A tempest is brewing in Stratford-upon-Avon after council bosses turned the historic town into ‘an eyesore’ by spending £200,000 on garish safety barriers and unfinished tarmac. Businesses say they are being driven out of Shakespeare’s hometown after ‘shambolic’ attempts at making the area Covid safe forced visitors away over the summer. Tourists who were able … Read more
A family were hit with a double tragedy after a son died of coronavirus three weeks after visiting his COVID-stricken father on his deathbed. Greg Smith began showing symptoms of the virus days after spending time with his dying father Roy, 67, at Queens Hospital in Burton. The father-of-five, who worked as a shift manager … Read more
Tragedy as man, 29, woman, 28, and four-year-old girl die in Devon house fire that left three more children aged four, seven and nine in hospital Police confirmed the deaths of a woman, 28, man, 29, and a girl, four The house fire in St David’s area of Exeter, Devon, took place early this morning … Read more
Twenty four elderly residents have died after an outbreak of Covid-19 at a Hampshire care home, while a second care home tragedy in the Midlands has left nine dead. The residents at Pemberley House care home, Basingstoke, died in the last few weeks following the virus outbreak earlier this month, in what is one of the worst … Read more