By Nigel Watson Twenty years ago the belief that a UFO would take them away to a better life led 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult to commit mass suicide on Wednesday, 26 March 1997. The 18 women and 21 men, ranging in age from 26 to 72, killed...
This weekend teams from Oxford and Cambridge Universities will take to the Thames to compete in the 163rd Boat Race. The annual race will feature both men's and women's teams in a head-to-head from Putney Bridge to Chiswick Bridge. Cambridge, who beat the Italian national crew in preparation for the 2017...
I don't know about you, but flat whites really get on my wick. It's not so much the concept that bothers me - it's just a cappuccino with less froth or a macchiato with more froth - but the precedent. You see, you seldom get served a flat white in...
Donald Trump has hired his daughter Ivanka to join her husband in his presidential administration. Ivanka Trump will join as an unpaid employee with the title Assistant to the President, the White House says. With her husband, Jared Kushner, already a senior adviser to the President. In a statement, the White House...
The government has missed the teacher recruitment target for the fifth consecutive year - this time by a significant amount. The latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show that acceptances to teacher training courses for this year have dropped by seven per cent. Only 26,000 individuals...
Police who released footage of a 'mannequin challenge' as part of a theft investigation are still searching for the final suspect. Roger Bosion, 20 of no fixed address, is wanted in connection with two robberies in Salford. On the 16th November last year, a man was attacked on the street...
Legendary football manager Sir Alex Ferguson delivered an inspirational talk about leadership to more than 350 university students yesterday(Wed). The former Manchester United boss visited to Glasgow Caledonian University yesterday (Wed) to offer students advice on effective leadership. The 75-year-old gave the students an opportunity to put questions to him...
A mum slammed McDonald's for refusing her 13-year-old son a free ice cream prize - because of GAMBLING laws. Teenager AJ Reeves peeled off a voucher for a £1 McFlurry on his Monopoly Prize Choice wrapper after buying a Big Mac last Thursday (23/3). He returned to the fast-food resturant...
Telegraph Media Group has hired former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as a PR adviser to improve the publisher's reputation. Coulson, who was imprisoned for charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal, has been brought in to promote the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as truthful and authoritative papers, something a journalist working...