Venezuelan soldiers abandon their posts as President Nicolas Maduro loses his grip on crisis-torn country Nicolas Maduro has shut the border to prevent humanitarian aid into Venezuela Some National Guard officers abandoned their posts on the Colombian border But troops loyal to Maduro fired tear gas at protesters when the violence flared   Protesters lit fires and threw objects as the National […]

Andrew Balcer, of Winthorp, Maine, attempted to justify the brutal murders by claiming she did it because her parents refused to accept her new identity of Andrea. But the family rejected this, the Mirror reported, saying they were nothing but supportive, and the judge dismissed it as any kind of justification. The cruel killings occurred on October 30, 2016, after […]

Iran has test fired a cruise missile during war games involving 100 vessels off its southern coast, state media has reported. It is said to have happened near the Strait of Hormuz – a major oil shipping route at the mouth of the Persian Gulf – amid heightened tensions with the US. About a third of all the oil traded […]

Royal Mail blunder as it introduces price rise on second class stamps one week early, generating extra £60,000 – which they pledge to give to charity Royal Mail announced yesterday that first class stamps will rise by 3p to 70p   It said second class will go up by the same amount to 61p on March 25  Royal Mail then apologised […]

Connor McDavid’s optimism faded quickly during Friday’s phone hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. “I have to be honest. I didn’t think I was going to be suspended at all going into the hearing,” McDavid said Saturday morning. “But after hearing their tone of voice and what-not, I had the sense it was going to go that way.” […]

At least three dead in Texas cargo plane crash Officials said they recovered human remains and debris that includes women’s clothing and bedsheets from a Texas bay where a cargo jetliner operating for Amazon crashed minutes before it was set to arrive in Houston. Federal aviation officials were investigating the scene around Trinity Bay near Anahuac on Saturday where the three crewmembers […]

Servicemen and women have taken action after being made to wait weeks for repairs to heating systems, damp, mould or even rat infestation. About 1,000 complaints a month have been made about shoddy conditions endured in military homes, official documents show. Some claim conditions were so bad they have made their children ill. Last night a former Army chief called […]

Empty boat and lifejackets are spotted floating off the Dover coast less than a week after 34 migrants were caught trying to cross Channel from France A small boat was spotted just after 7am on Sunday at St Margaret’s Bay in Kent A number of lifejackets were also found eight miles away on Shakespeare Beach It comes after 34 migrants were picked up […]

Baby P’s monster mother Tracey Connelly ‘boasts of finding new love with an insurance salesman’ and hopes to ‘start a new life with him’ when she is released from prison Tracey Connelly, 35, has been ‘swooning’ in HMP Low Newton over her new lover  The disgraced mother hopes her new stable relationship will help her win parole  Connelly was jailed […]

Numerous vehicle incidents were reported during the afternoon commute around the Kelowna area on Friday night. Upwards of 10 centimetres of snow is expected in the Central Okanagan into Saturday morning, according to Environment Canada. A crash at Highway 97 and Commonwealth Road saw a truck strike a turning minivan at around 5 p.m. on Friday. The occupants of both […]