Ministers on the spot over why they let Britain effectively shut down the gas storage

Ministers on the spot over why they let Britain effectively shut down the gas storage needed to cope with an energy crisis UK has minuscule levels of storage compared with other nations in Europe  This means families and businesses are more reliant than ever on imports Reports suggest the UK has just seven days’ worth of … Read more

Weather UK: Autumn chill ends the Indian summer this weekend with showers and plunging temperatures

Autumn chill ends the Indian summer this weekend with blustery showers and plunging temperatures on the way Temperatures are set to plunge from 21-22C (70-72F) over the weekend to just 14-16C (57-61F) by Wednesday Blustery showers and plunging temperatures on the way from Monday, bringing end to September sunshine Those hoping for final dose of … Read more

Trump sues his niece Mary and NYT over ‘insidious plot’ to get his tax records

Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his niece Mary and The New York Times over their reporting on his tax affairs, accusing them of ‘an insidious plot’ to obtain confidential records, and is seeking an excess of $100 million in damages.  The former president filed his case against Mary, the paper and three of its reporters. … Read more

Man, 26, is arrested on suspicion of abducting a 25-year-old woman in north London

Man, 26, is arrested on suspicion of abducting a 25-year-old woman in north London A man has been arrested for allegedly abducting a woman, 25, in north London Officers were called to Plevna Crescent, Haringey, around 6:40pm on Saturday  Alleged victim is now safe and well and being offered support, police confirmed   By Lauren Lewis … Read more

Grandmother sends McDonald’s photos of ‘filthy’ store – but it promises to pass on ‘compliments’

A grandmother chucked her McDonald’s dinner in the bin after seeing ‘filthy’ worksurfaces and products at one of the fast food joints. Ceri Pepper, 61, was left feeling ‘grossed out’ by the conditions at the restaurant in Crossways Parc in Caerphilly, Wales. She watched as one staff member battled to hold a bottle of toffee sauce … Read more

Matt Hancock apologises for late registration of shares in firm that had NHS contracts

Matt Hancock apologises after Commons watchdog finds he was late registering shares in firm that had NHS contracts Matt Hancock has apologised for delay registering shares in firm with NHS ties Commons watchdog said the ex-health secretary broke the rules by late action She said breach over Topwood shares was at ‘less serious’ end of … Read more

Outrage as petition calling for reinstatement of SLAVERY is circulated around Missouri high school

Administrators in a Kansas City area school district were furious after a racist petition was circulated in a local high school calling for the reinstatement of slavery. It is unclear how many students were involved and district officials have not offered details as to the precise language of the petition, but parents of kids who … Read more

Ballet star, 18, who has cystic fibrosis lands place at leading dance school 

Dancing is the drug I can’t live without: Ballet star, 18, who has cystic fibrosis lands place at leading dance school Tom Oakley, 18, has won a place at a leading dance school just as Billy Elliot did Unlike his fictional counterpart he has done so with a life-threatening condition Tom, who trains for 60 … Read more

American news outlet trolled for ranking Olympic countries by total medals instead of golds

American news outlets have been mocked for ranking countries at the Tokyo Olympics by total medals won instead of golds. The longstanding practice keeps the US on top of the leaderboard with a two-medal lead as of Tuesday morning, even though China has seven more golds. The New York Times posted a medal count to Facebook … Read more

Telstra’s network of 15,000 payphones will now be free to use for standard national calls and SMS

Aussies will now be able to use Telstra’s 15,000 public payphones for FREE Telstra payphones will be free for standard national calls and SMS from Tuesday The network of 15,000 payphones will also be completely coinless by October 11 million calls & 230,000 critical calls were made on payphones in the past year By Australian … Read more