Teachers will be kept on their toes by six sets of twins descending on a Croydon secondary school. And the cheeky bunch, which includes three sets of identical twins, have already joked about playing tricks on their Melba College teachers as they adjust to seeing double. Identical 12-year-old twins Charlotte and Ruby Phillpotts are among the thousands of Victorian students […]

A SERVING member of the British army has appeared in courtcharged with carrying out a “bomb hoax” and a terrorism offence. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, is accused of placing a device at an RAF base made out of “three cannisters with wires” with the intention of making others believe it was a bomb. The young serviceman, who lived at Beacon […]

Doing bird… Prisoners are asked to be birdwatchers from their cells by counting and logging birds in the world’s biggest wildlife survey Prisoners asked to take part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch this year Convicts will look out of their cell windows and note down any birds they spot Prisoners are being encouraged to become twitchers and to take […]

The director of Netflix's Pamela Anderson documentary hopes the film "strips away the caricature" and people "see the human being." Ahead of Pamela, A Love Story's Jan. 31 release, filmmaker Ryan White talks to Yahoo Entertainment about telling the story of the famed blond bombshell whose life has captivated in the now decades since her first Playboy cover and slo-mo […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea condemned on Friday the decision by the United States to supply Ukraine with advanced battle tanks to help fight off Russia's invasion, saying Washington is escalating a sinister “proxy war” aimed at destroying Moscow. The comments by the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the country’s deepening alignment with […]

More than half of Britons want Prince Harry to be invited to the King’s Coronation while just 30 per cent say he should not, according to poll – which also says William is now the most popular royal Result of poll says majority of those surveyed think Harry should go It comes following repeated bombshell claims about many of his […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German crude oil import volumes rose 11.1% in the first 10 months of 2022 on a year-on-year basis as the economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, while the bill more than doubled due to higher prices, official data showed on Friday. Russia remained the top supplier, holding a 27.2% share of Germany's oil imports in the period, […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Torrential rain and wild weather in Auckland on Friday caused disruptions throughout the city and an Elton John concert to be canceled just before it was due to start. About 40,000 people were expected to attend the evening concert at Mt Smart Stadium in New Zealand's largest city. Thousands were already at the venue when […]

A HUGE fire ripped through and destroyed an iconic church last night. The North London heritage-listed structure, described as an "architectural and historical treasure", was engulfed in flames at 11.20pm. Some 80 firefighters rushed to St Mark's Church in St John's Wood to battle the blaze, eventually bringing it under control at 2.22am. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said there […]

‘He has an impish sense of fun’: Jacob Rees-Mogg lands his own show on GB News Tory MP for North East Somerset will join Nigel Farage and Eamonn Holmes The backbencher will interview ‘big name guests’ and ‘debate hot topics’  Former Tory Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has landed his own show on GB News, it was revealed yesterday. The Tory […]