A man who suffers a STROKE every month has been denied a £15,000 life-saving heart operation - because of NHS cuts. Jason Missen, 22, fears the strokes and severe daily migraines caused by a hole in his heart will kill him after the "routine" operation he believes would cure him...
Four RAF Typhoon pilots using the world's most advanced fighter helmet set off for Eastern Europe yesterday as tensions with Russia mounted. The £250,000 Striker II helmet boasts in-built digital night vision that identifies enemy targets by red and yellow colour codes. The Luke Skywalker-style head gear allows pilots to...
Police have begun a probe into possible hate crimes in connection with the controversial reading of the Koran in a cathedral. A service on at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow received widespread attention after a reading from the Koran in January. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth read the passage...
A keen runner has celebrated breaking the world record for the fastest marathon - while carrying a 25-kilo TUMBLE DRYER. Ben Blowes, 44, ran the 26.2-mile London Marathon on Sunday, smashing the six-hour record for carrying a household appliance by just over a minute. He finished the course in 5:58:37,...
Air New Zealand has opened a pop-up shop in London's Soho today to counter our perception of airline food. A quarter of Brits think airplane food is worse than school dinners and hospital food, new research has found, while a fifth of people believe bad cuisine is the worst thing...
This dramatic footage shows a huge gorse fire that raged out of control for eight hours - injuring FIVE firefighters. A huge swathe of the countryside has now been blackened following the blaze at Woodbury Common. which spread across 100 acres of heathland and could be seen for miles. More...
Nostalgic commuters have celebrated the end of an era as the last 'old-style' Tube train finished its final journey. The last D-stock District Line train, introduced in 1980, was withdrawn from service on Friday after the classic trains were phased out for new stock. Just three six-car trains remained in...
Woolworths could be set to return to UK high streets after their former brand director inquired about reviving the shop almost a decade after it collapsed. The retailers collapsed in 2008 after almost 100 years of trade, but former director of the brand Tony Page believes it still has a role in the...
A series of stunning medieval carvings believed to have been created by the Knights Templar are proving a hit to tourists deep underneath a bustling town centre. The 800-year-old images were carved into the chalks walls of a deep cave beneath Royston, Herts. Historians believe they depict scenes of the...