Fights break out at stores across the country as coronavirus panic buying intensifies

Disturbing footage has emerged on social media showing fights breaking out in stores across the country as panicked Americans rush to stock up on supplies amid the national coronavirus emergency.  Two separate videos were posted from New York and Georgia on Thursday which showed intense and brutal fights erupting between tense customers battling through the … Read more

Police break open locked car roof box at M25 service station to find suspected illegal immigrant

A suspected illegal immigrant was found by police inside a locked car roof box at a service station after he was heard ‘banging and screaming’.    A British family were returning from a trip abroad and stopped the night before their arrival back in Britain in Calais, where it is thought the man climbed inside the … Read more

Could the gold price break $2,000 barrier in 2020?

The gold price has topped $1,700 as investors sought safe havens in response to the coronovirus crisis, which has sparked fears of a global pandemic. A health catastrophe on this scale is unprecedented in a globalised economy, and it is unclear at present when it might start to subside. On the financial front, market panics … Read more

EasyJet plane turns back from taking off TWICE as separate fights break out

EasyJet plane turns back from taking off TWICE as separate fights break out on Manchester flight bound for Alicante Passengers were drinking their own alcohol in the terminal and on the flight  Greater Manchester Police removed the brawlers, only for others to fight   The scraps ended up delaying the journey to the Spanish city by … Read more

Cordoba’s turbulent history and celestial architecture make for a perfect Spanish weekend break 

Once, Cordoba was the capital of the Iberian peninsula and the largest city in the world. That was in the 10th century. It’s difficult to believe it now, for Cordoba has shrunk from its former status as a metropolis to a beautiful Andalusian jewel, with roofs of coloured tiles and storks nesting untidily on towers. … Read more

This Thomas Cook luxury break in Gran Canaria features swanky family rooms and catamaran excursions

All-inclusive holidays often come with something of a health warning. ‘It’s like a cruise,’ some say. ‘You are caught up with the same people every day and barely see anything of where you are.’ And it is true. It can be difficult to tear the kids away from the bottomless ice-cream bar and indeed the … Read more

Moment machete-wielding thugs try to break into house as terrified young girl cowers inside 

Terrifying moment machete-wielding thugs try to break into house as terrified young girl cowers inside Group kick at back door and hit window with a machete during attempted raid They are also seen fiddling with door handle of home in Crofton, near Wakefield  One of the masked men tries to look inside and says: ‘There’s … Read more

Very hungry caterpillar that chomps its way through PLASTIC could help break down carrier bags

Very hungry caterpillar that chomps its way through PLASTIC could help speed up the breakdown of carrier bags and other litter Wax worms are a pest which live on a diet of beeswax when found in the wild  The caterpillar and its gut bacteria are also able to survive by eating plastic  Specifically, the pest is … Read more

Sending Julian Assange to US for ‘political offences would be illegal’ and break Extradition Treaty

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot legally be handed to the US for ‘political offences’ because of a 2003 extradition treaty, his lawyers have claimed.  The 48-year-old is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. A US grand jury has indicted … Read more

Clashes break out in Lesbos as locals battle with police while to stop work on new migrant camps 

Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more