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This shocking photo shows the devastation caused by rubbish thrown in the sea - a dead dolphin washed up in Britain surrounded by the waste which may have killed it, The sad picture shows a dead bottlenose dolphin next to a pile of plastics, rope, bottles, flower pots, deodorant cans and wiring. Local man Rob Stevenson and children, Emily, 19, and Alex, 20, found the dolphin along side the rubbish in Trevone Bay in Cornwall. It is estimated there are...

Donald Trump's tweets have come back to haunt him once again as he launches strikes on Syria amidst plummeting approval ratings back home. Back in 2012 he claimed that President Obama would launch a strike in Syria because he was "desperate" over falling results in opinion polls, but Obama wasn't suffering nearly as badly as President Trump is today. The Republican leader's overall approval rating lowest in history for this stage of presidency, with 54 per cent of voters disapproving...

Everyone loves a bargain, but how many can spot the best deal? This is the latest mind-boggling puzzle to leave people scratching their heads – but which of the 20 bargains will save you the most money? TopCashback.co.uk and Carphone Warehouse commissioned the image to mark the launch of the Samsung S8, and will be offering £75 cashback on all new contracts and upgrades purchased through the cashback site during the pre-sale. A spokesperson for TopCashback.co.uk: "We all love a...

By Crystal Wells, Communications Officer International Medical Corps In January, Iraqi Security Forces reclaimed the eastern half of Mosul—Iraq’s second largest city—from the Islamic State, or ISIL. Today, communities on the east side of the Tigris River, which snakes through the centre of Mosul, are crawling back to life after two years of brutal ISIL rule. But the deep scars of ISIL’s long-held grip on the city and the conflict are everywhere. For health clinics, ISIL control rendered many unable...

More than three quarters of young people say going on an apprenticeship improved their skills and career prospects while four in five would recommend them to others, according to new research from YMCA. Speaking as part of the youth charity’s Work in Progress report – released today ahead of the Government’s new Apprenticeship Levy that will help secure funding for three million apprenticeship starts over the course of this Parliament – young people overwhelmingly backed the benefits of a vocational...

Liverpool has been ranked as the number one city to find a job this spring, with Brighton, Birmingham and Sheffield following close by. The number of vacancies increased by an impressive 20 per cent on the Mersey, suggesting that business confidence is strong in the North West. London also ranked in the top ten, with vacancies increasing by 12 per cent in the last month. The top 10 locations where job numbers are rapidly rising: Liverpool (19.9%) Brighton (18.8%) Birmingham (14.8%)...

The World's first crowdfunded hospital will open tomorrow in Aleppo. Hope Hospital, which was funded by 4,800 single donations from people all over the world, will open to treat the children of Aleppo sending a  strong message of solidarity to the Syrian doctors (the Independent Doctors Association) who were rebuilding this children’s hospital for the seventh time after the six previous buildings had been bombed out of action. The convoy departed from Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London on December...

The Lib Dem Mayor of Watford canvassed support at her own front door in two staged election leaflets. The photographs were taken from inside Mayor Dorothy Thornhill's own home and showed her talking to an unknown "constituent" standing on her own doorstep. The leaflets showed almost identical shots of Mayor Thornhill were posted to homes in two wards some considerable distance away from her home. They were delivered in the North Watford and Nascot and Park wards and accompanied by...

Theresa May is busy today, selling arms to a country that will decapitate people for sorcery and witchcraft and also getting very angry about the National Trust not mentioning the word “Easter” enough, for a day out, where kids run about looking for eggs at a stately home. We need all the allies we can get, now we have Brexit, and the National Trust doesn’t have much oil. However, back in the UK one family is going through a tragedy,...