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A note from a man found dead in a burned-out car is being analysed by hand-writing experts amid claims he was murdered by the RUSSIAN secret police. Police say human remains found in the vehicle were those of Latvian national Mikus Alps, 33, who had been reported missing earlier that day. Bone fragments and a shotgun were also found inside the car but it is still not known how he died and further tests are due to be carried out....

It is commonly believed the only thing that scares an elephant is the sight of a mouse. But scientists have now proved that it is the buzzing sound of bees that gives them the jitters. And this is true of both African and Asian elephants. Scientists from Oxford University played back the sound of disturbed Asian honey bees to elephants in Sri Lanka to see if their reaction was the same to their African counterparts. They found the elephants retreated...

There's a lot to be said about sensationalism and misreporting in today's media market, but the Express took the biscuit today on what was evidently a slow news day for Hugh Whittow's troops. First came the news that Britain was apparently set to turn its guns towards Brussels as Brexit negotiations heat up. According to the right-wing rag Theresa May needs to "impose BRITISH MILITARY" to get best Brexit deal, in a blatant exaggeration of William Hague's words. The UK’s...

Suspicions that the demise of Britain's public services is an act of deliberate capitalist vandalism have surfaced following a winter of discontent for the health service. Almost 15 per cent of England's A&E patients waited more than four hours to be seen last month - the joint-worst figure on record - as senior doctors warn of patients dying in corridors. Many hospitals are without even a single free bed, with one consultant saying that he could not even make any...

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has slapped down an expected demand from Boris Johnson for a post-Brexit cash boost for the NHS. Johnson was hoping for a £5 billion NHS "Brexit dividend." The Chancellor reminded Boris he is the Foreign Secretary, without responsibility for health spending, as he arrived for a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels on today. Mr Hammond said: "Mr Johnson is the Foreign Secretary. "I gave the Health Secretary an extra £6bn at the recent Budget...

Breaking: a magnitude 8.2 earthquake 281km (175 miles) southeast of Kodiak, Alaska has caused a tsunami warning for parts of the North American coast and Hawaii with 10 metre waves already reported. A Tsunami could hit between the Western Strait of Juan de Fuca to the Western Aleutians. Tsunami watches are in effect for coastal areas of Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and even Washington and Oregon too. People in coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia being asked to go to...

A whole project can fall down as a result of bad translation. The translation agency Alphatrad UK offers professional, legal and official translation services in more than 100 languages and dialects. All kinds of translation services from one language to another are part of an exciting task that has to be based on thoroughness and a great knowledge of languages. Only the best specialists are wanted, or at least in the case of Alphatrad UK, a translation agency in London...

Nigel Farage is among the favourites to replace Henry Bolton following Sunday’s vote of no-confidence for the current UKIP leader. The former leader was back in the limelight recently after he called for a second referendum on EU membership on TV show the Wright Stuff. Some people have taken that to mean that he is eyeing up a return to the political arena, and he's well priced at bookmakers Ladbrokes who have him at 4/1 to take the reins at the beleaguered nationalist party....

A van driver accused of ploughing into a crowd of Muslims leaving one man dead in a bid to kill as many of them as he could told police 'at least I had a proper go' , a court heard today (mon) Darren Osborne, 48, killed one man, 51-year-old Makram Ali, and injured others in Finsbury Park, north London, it was said. Mr Ali had collapsed on Seven Sisters Road and a group gathered to help in the early hours...