Tiny starling leaves firefighters baffled as it gets stuck in drain cover 

Tiny starling leaves firefighters baffled as it gets stuck in drain cover Bird-brained starling left firefighters puzzled as it got trapped in road manhole RSPCA dashed to Downham Market, Norfolk after receiving call from public Workers and firefighters all posed for pictures with the songbird after The starling was taken to East Winch Wildlife Centre and … Read more

Why driving in flipflops (or with a naughty pet) could hit your car cover 

Why flipflops (or a naughty pet) could hit your car cover: How to avoid simple mistakes that can render your insurance worthless Choice of footwear could potentially invalidate any claim you make Caution should also be taken when driving with pets You should not obstruct windscreens with satnavs, stickers or air fresheners By Rachel Wait … Read more

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas cover each other in bright powder as she introduces him to Holi

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas covered each other in bright powder as she introduced him to Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. Although Holi, which celebrates the beginning of spring, actually occurs next week, Nick and Priyanka decided to party a bit early. The 37-year-old actress became a star in Bollywood before striking out to … Read more

Third of travel insurance doesn’t cover Flybe style airline collapses

Why Flybe collapse means you should check your travel insurance smallprint: A third of holidaymakers wouldn’t be covered if an airline goes bust Flybe announced it has gone into administration A third of travellers wouldn’t be covered by insurer for airline failure  We reveal what passengers can do to claim their money back  By Grace … Read more

Gemma Atkinson wows on Women’s Health cover as she says her figure has changed since motherhood

Gemma Atkinson wowed on the April cover of Women’s Health magazine as she candidly discussed how her figure has changed since becoming a mother.  The former Emmerdale star, 35, welcomed her first child, a daughter called Mia in July with her Strictly Come Dancing beau Gorka Marquez. And Gemma candidly confessed that her ‘body doesn’t look like it did before’ … Read more

American Idol: Jordan Jones wows the judges with Cure cover and then asks girlfriend to marry him

Jordan Jones wowed the American Idol judges Sunday with his cover of Lovesong by The Cure, then asked if he could bring his girlfriend into the room. ‘She’s probably the greatest person that has ever been made,’ the 26-year-old lounge pianist from Scottsdale, Arizona, told Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. When Leaiara Gavern … Read more

Satellite images reveal that 20 per cent of snow cover on an Antarctic island MELTED in just 10 days

A special issue of Nature has published a series of studies looking at how monitoring Antarctica from space is providing crucial insights into its response to a warming climate.  Here are their key findings:  Three trillion tonnes of ice has been lost from Antarctica since 1992 The Antarctic Ice Sheet lost around three trillion tonnes … Read more

Will your car cover leave you crushed if it’s a write-off?

Drivers risk being left empty-handed following car insurance claims if they have an accident – due to high excesses and low write-off valuations. The average cost of annual car insurance has risen in recent years, reaching £484. Drivers aged 20 pay more than £900 on average while 40-year-olds typically need to find upwards of £330. … Read more