A man cheated death when a rogue plank of wood flew off a van and smashed through his windscreen - just centimetres from his chest. David Smart's life was saved by his own steering wheel, which blocked the path of the piece of timber but was bent in the...
A terror suspect who attacked police outside Buckingham Palace with a four foot long samurai sword had left a suicide note to his sister, a court heard Mohiussunnath Chowdhury (correct), 26, told her "by the time you read this Insha'Allah I will be with Allah," it was said. He added:...
A secondary school teacher has been jailed after he sent naked selfies of himself to a schoolgirl - with his genitals covered by smiley-face EMOJIS. Pervy Christopher Wood, 33, sent the explicit pictures of himself to the teenage pupil on Snapchat, who then responded by sending a topless snap of...
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly "simple" chess puzzle. Researchers have thrown down the gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a chess puzzle -- but it could take thousands of years to solve. Computer scientist Professor Ian Gent and...
A teacher has been fired after being caught on CCTV slapping a pupil 40 TIMES in the face - because he failed to answer the register. Disturbing footage shows Ritesh Gupta, eight, weeping as teacher Retica V John hands out the brutal punishment in front of his stunned classmates....
A self confessed Diana "superfan" splashed £3,000 travelling from Australia to lay flowers at her former home, Kensington Palace, on the 20th anniversary of her death. An emotional Trish Hoskin, 56, told how she desperately wanted to attend Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, but couldn't due to work commitments. The...
A female health spa boss accused of drunkenly groping a male client claimed he had been in a gay relationship with his masseur, a court heard today (thurs). Kerry Brocklebank, 43, said she may have interrupted an "inappropriate relationship" when she walked in on her alleged victim as he was...
A pair of drug dealers were caught with 11 kilograms of cannabis - and a SUBMACHINE GUN. Dajour Shakeem Da Costa, 21, and Jordan Oxley, 22, were arrested after police discovered their Skorpion submachine gun, a type of submachine gun once used by Soviet Union special forces. Cops seized the...
A couple loved the church they got married in so much they decided to buy it, renovate it and turn it into a stunning HOLIDAY HOME. Anne Monroe, 65, and her husband Bill, 71, married at St Luke's Church in the Kielder National Park in 1987 and have since had...