A UKIP councillor who represents the birthplace of the Paralympic Games has been fined for fraudulently using a disabled blue parking badge. Chris Adams, 50, told a traffic warden, "I've been a naughty boy" after being caught using a friend's badge when he claimed to be unable to find alternative...
A couple have told why they have turned their front garden hedge into an 8ft-tall PAC-MAN. Patrick and Sandra Moyle have spent the last two years shaping the bush to look like the pill-popping game character. They've even designed it so that its mouth includes the road sign for their...
Britain has just six weeks to prepare for what could go down as one of the biggest General Elections in history, and if you take the pollsters by their word (which few of us do any more) the Tories are on hand to steamroller the opposition. The Conservatives are set to win...
A man whose Trip Advisor style review of his PRISON CELL went viral is back behind bars after committing further crimes so he could "clear his head" in custody. Christian Willoughby, 35, hit the headlines exactly a year ago when he posted a Trip Advisor-style review from custody on social...
Fish put their heads together so that they can solve problems as a group, suggests a new study. Researchers found that the creatures 'pool' their experience in order to tackle challenging situations. By studying sticklebacks, scientists at the University of St Andrews realised the more experienced fish would teach the...
Britain's first real 'heartbreak hotel' service vows to give couples the chance to wine and dine, relax and then after a romantic weekend get - a DIVORCE. Costing up to a staggering £10,000, the 'quicky-divorce' creation allows partners to vent their arguments and views in neutral territory without hefty lawyer...
Bookmakers today shed light on an election devoid of opposition, pricing the Tories 1/7 to win an overall majority in June. With Labour significantly behind in the polls, the UK's opposition party is 14/1 to win the General Election, with "no majority" 13/2. The Conservatives are 1/10 to win the most...
This weekend I sat aghast as Turkey voted to take a step back from democracy and grant President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sweeping new powers that give him wide control over the judiciary, broad powers to make law by decree, abolish the office of the Prime Minister and, effectively, make him a...
British photographer Daniel Freeman is set to host an exclusive American themed installation in Chiswick restaurant Outsider Tart this summer. The show, called American Nightscapes: a Small Town Portrait in Photography & Food, is Freeman's first solo show in the UK and will precede plans to stage an exhibition of his work in the...