ASK TONY: Thames Water’s £272 lockdown bill was a blind guess

We received a bill from Thames Water for £272.33 for the six months to July 2020. This was more than double our highest previous bill. I called Thames Water on August 4 and explained I couldn’t see the meter as it was 3 ft below pavement level and covered by an ants’ nest! The call … Read more

Tensions as armed Chinese coast guard ships enter Japanese waters

China today has sent two coast guard vessels into Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an cannon, intruded into the waters near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported Japanese media. … Read more

East China Sea: Chinese coast guard ships ‘armed with autocannon’ enter Japanese waters

China today has sent two coast guard vessels to Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an autocannon, intruded into the contiguous zone near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported … Read more

Pregnant Kate Lawler reveals her waters have broken and she’s in hospital preparing to give birth

‘It’s finally happening!’ Pregnant Kate Lawler reveals her waters have broken and she’s in hospital preparing to give birth to her first child days ahead of her due date By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 09:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 09:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 Kate Lawler has revealed that her waters have … Read more

Climate change is forcing great white sharks to move to cooler waters further north

Great white sharks are being forced to move into cooler waters due to climate change – but the move is putting local endangered wildlife at risk, experts warm.  Researchers from Monterey Bay Aquarium tracking the movement of young Great White Sharks noticed dramatic changes in their movements from 2014 onwards. They found that following a … Read more

Marcel Somerville’s pregnant fiancée Rebecca Vieira reveals her waters have broken

Marcel Somerville’s pregnant fiancée Rebecca Vieira revealed that her waters have broken. Just days ago the beauty told how she’d been ‘in the early stages of labour’ since Monday morning, after reaching her due date. However, taking to Instagram stories on Thursday, the partner of the Love Island star, 35, gave an update to fans indicating … Read more

Terrifying sea lizard that roamed the waters 66 million years ago had deadly shark-like teeth

Terrifying sea lizard that roamed the coasts of Africa 66 million years ago had deadly shark-like teeth that could slice fish in half with one bite Scientists have discovered the fossilised remains of a new species of mosasaur Mosasuars were giant sea lizards that lived alongside the dinosaurs This species was found to have shark-like … Read more

Putin defies rumours about his health by dipping into freezing waters to mark Orthodox Epiphany 

Vladimir Putin has defied rumours about the state of his health by taking a dip in icy waters near Moscow to mark the Orthodox Epiphany. The 68-year-old Russian president looked fit and healthy in tight blue swimming trunks as he dunked in a pool, repeatedly crossing himself, in footage released today.   He was taking part … Read more

Spanish police boat enters British waters off Gibraltar before being escorted away

Spanish police boat enters British waters off Gibraltar before being escorted away by two Royal Navy vessels The Royal Navy descended upon the Rio Guadalete police boat on Thursday  HMS Dasher, a P2000 Fast Patrol Boat, and a RHIB, rushed out to meet her British sailors shadowed Spaniards for 45 minutes before they made for … Read more

Fury as foreign supertrawlers can still plunder British waters

Foreign supertrawlers are still able to plunder the coasts off Britain despite Brexit because the government cannot work out how to ban them, a source says. The insider admitted ministers cannot ‘exclude these boats altogether’ and are only able to control what form of fishing they do. For example they can ban methods such as bottom … Read more