Passengers stranded for five hours on Eurostar train over e-cigPassengers...
Commuters were left stranded on a Eurostar train for five hours after an e-cigarette sparked a fire alert. Alarms were activated after a passenger used the device in an onboard toilet. The...
View ArticleBullfighter's controversial photo with baby enrages public...
A Spanish bullfighter's controversial Instagram post has put him in the arena with child services, not to mention a whole host of angry social media followers. Francisco Rivera, aka the...
View Article'Woman crying' on Avon Gorge turns out to be goat bleating (video)'Woman...
Police in Bristol recently received an emergency call alerting them to sounds of a woman in distress. According to the caller the wails were coming from a local beauty area which is known as a...
View ArticleFlight returns to London after passenger and crew 'medical emergency'Flight...
An American Airlines flight to Los Angeles returned to London after a number of passengers and crew fell ill on board. According to one passenger on board, "seven of the 13 crew and many...
View ArticleHe flue in! Owl rescued after getting stuck in chimneyHe flue in! Owl rescued...
A plucky tawny owl had to be rescued by the RSPCA after he fell down a chimney and got stuck. In a scene worthy of Harry Potter, the owl had got himself trapped in a log burner of a house in...
View ArticlePrivate jet! Tourist has plane to himself on flight to paradise islandPrivate...
A video capturing the moment a lucky holidaymaker found himself to be the only passenger on a flight to a paradise island has gone viral. Alex Simon, 28, from Austria, said he felt like a...
View ArticleTwo storms to hit Britain with 'hurricane strength' windsTwo storms to hit...
Britain has only just felt the effects of Storm Jonas, but weather forecaster warn there are two big storms set to hit the UK. The first will track past the north of Scotland on Friday and the...
View ArticleMan saved money by travelling from Sheffield to Essex via BerlinMan saved...
A bargain hunter saved money by flying to Berlin as part of his journey home rather than take a train trip within the UK. Jordon Cox, a blogger for MoneySavingExpert.com – where he goes...
View ArticleBritain's best B&Bs 2016Britain's best B&Bs 2016
Maxwell's Piece B&B in the Cotswolds has been named Britain's best B&B in the 2016 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. The B&B, which travel reviewers...
View ArticleTurtle gets flight in private plane owned by Iron Maiden frontmanTurtle gets...
An endangered turtle that washed up on a Jersey beach has been flown back to the Canary Islands on a jet owned by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. Terri the loggerhead turtle has been...
View ArticleGirl, 14, jailed for punching 87-year-old woman on busGirl, 14, jailed for...
A 14-year-old girl has been jailed for four months after admitting punching a pensioner in the face. The teen, who cannot be named, left 87-year-old great grandmother Marion Endecott with a black...
View ArticleHolidaymaker stopped by police at Edinburgh Airport over TV licence...
A holidaymaker was stopped at Edinburgh Airport over an unpaid TV licence fine - which she didn't actually owe. Linda Wooldridge, from Dundee, was told she would be put in cells overnight if...
View ArticleWeather warnings as Storm Gertrude's 90mph winds disrupt power and...
Storm Gertrude is sweeping the country with winds of more than 90mph, leaving thousands of homes without power, buildings damaged and transport disrupted. A rare red Met Office alert is in place...
View ArticleThe weirdest theme parks in the worldThe weirdest theme parks in the world
Amusement parks are meant to be... well, amusing, right? Which makes you wonder why any of these actually exist. 1. Abashiri Prison, Japan Abashiri was one of the country's notorious...
View ArticleWatch: Elephants gang up on backpackersWatch: Elephants gang up on backpackers
A safari can be exhilarating - but sometimes it can also turn out to be more than a little dangerous, as these backpackers discovered. See also: Mother elephant tries to wake unconscious calf...
View ArticleFive snowmobilers killed in avalancheFive snowmobilers killed in avalanche
Five people on snowmobiles have died in western Canada after a "very large" avalanche struck near the village of McBride, north-east of Vancouver. An Avalanche Canada spokesman said the...
View ArticleDrones involved in four near misses at UK airportsDrones involved in four...
Pilots are calling for urgent action following four serious near-misses with drones at UK airports in just one month. The UK Air Proximity Board said that in one incident, a drone almost collided...
View ArticleZika virus: Brits in South and Central America warned not to try for babyZika...
British holidaymakers who have travelled across South and Central America have been warned to avoid trying for a baby if a male partner has just returned from one of the 23 countries affected by...
View ArticleShark eats shark in aquarium 'turf war' (video)Shark eats shark in aquarium...
A 7.2ft sand tiger shark was filmed devouring a 3.9ft banded hound shark at an aquarium in South Korea. The eight-year-old female shark spent 21 hours to complete her meal in what the COEX...
View ArticleDrunk man's hand ripped off after trying to pat caged bear (video)Drunk man's...
A shocking video has emerged showing the moment a Russian man had his arm ripped off when he drunkenly tried to pet a caged bear. The drunken man ignored his friend's warning not to reach...
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