A U.S. admiral has warned that China aims to invade Taiwan within the next six years ahead of the Biden administration first meeting with the country’s officials in Alaska next week. U.S. Navy Admiral Philip S. Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, also told the Senate Armed Services Committee of fears among the U.S. … Read more
The remains of a New Zealand airman who was shot down over Germany during WWII have finally been identified after nearly 80 years. Henry Pullar, a gunner with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, was presumed dead when the British bomber he was aboard was shot down over Germany in 1942. Henry Pullar, a gunner … Read more
Malcolm Clarkson, 44, of Merseyside, was jailed three-and-a-half years at Warwick Crown Court (pictured outside court) A lorry driver who was distracted talking to his mother on a hands-free call when he killed a good-samaritan RAF pilot who had stopped to help an injured motorist has been jailed. Malcolm Clarkson, 44, crashed his HGV into the back … Read more
Coronation Street fans are set to get a blast from the past as actress Tracie Bennett reprises her role as Sharon Bentley after 22 years. The actress, 59, will return to the cobbles to the role she made famous in the 80s and 90s as Rita Tanner’s errant foster daughter. Sharon Bentley was last seen in … Read more
Kristen Johnston reflects on 14 years of sobriety after enduring a ‘very, very abusive relationship’ with drugs following 3rd Rock from the Sun Johnston was drinking ‘two bottles of wine a night and popping 10, 20, 30 pills a day’ after her time on the popular NBC sitcom She said her addiction was ‘a full … Read more
Fraud victims and cheated consumers are waiting more than two years for justice due to an unprecedented backlog at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The free dispute resolution service is a lifeline for consumers who have exhausted all other possibilities after being financially wronged, and is the last step before taking a company to court. … Read more
Aly and AJ Michalka — the teen sister sensation known as ‘Aly & AJ’ — announced the release of their first album in 14 years on Tuesday. Best known for their 2007 hit Potential Breakup Song, the sisters who are 31 and 29, are back with a new LP — a touch of the beat gets … Read more
A divorced father-of-one who moved from the US to live on one of the UK’s most remote islands has admitted he struggles with loneliness but can’t face relocating back across the pond. American-born Tommy Hyndman, now 57, moved with his wife Liz and son Henry from New York to live in a £500-a-year cottage on Fair … Read more
Couple who stole purse and iPhone from dying woman, 84, after they lied to her blind husband, 87, that they were calling an ambulance are jailed for total of seven years Dorothy Crowther, 84, suffered aneurysm in her home near Burnley, Lancs Her husband Ronald, 87, ran into street calling for help from neighbours Heroin addicts … Read more
Neanderthal remains discovered in a cave in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years older than previous studies suggested, study shows. University of Oxford archaeologists re-dated a number of Neanderthal specimens from Spy Cave in Belgium, a renowned site for palaeolithic discoveries and found contamination skewed earlier dating efforts. The … Read more