RCMP are investigating after they say a hostage situation that allegedly played out in Banff this week turned out to be false. Officers responded to reports that a man had shot a person at the Banff International Hostel on Tuesday. Police said they contained the hostel and were able to reach the suspect by phone, with him claiming to have […]

Five detained in manhunt for gunman in France attack Suspected 29-year-old gunman was already on watch list by French security forces. Prosecutor’s office says attack is being investigated as terrorism; Mike Tobin reports. Before he opened fire on a crowded Christmas market in Strasbourg, France on Tuesday, 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt yelled "Allahu Akbar," Paris' public prosecutor said Wednesday — the […]

EXCLUSIVE: The touching story of Clint Eastwood’s secret daughter, 64, who was put up for adoption by her mother but who tracked down the Hollywood legend 15 years ago. Now they share vacations, weddings and a passion for golf Laurie Murray, 64, discovered her father was Clint Eastwood after she searched for her biological parents as an adult around 15 years […]

Restaurants of Michelin-star chef Heston Blumenthal, where he used to charge £325 a head, are controlled by a company registered in Caribbean tax haven considered one of the most secretive in the world Heston Blumenthal facing awkward questions after it emerged his restaurants are controlled by a company registered in a Caribbean tax haven  Complex web involves corporations based on […]

Roxanne Davis, 30, and Samuel Davies, 24, got ten years for causing or allowing the death of tot Stanley. He suffered a brain bleed, skull fracture and 41 broken bones. Cops could not establish who killed him, limiting the Winchester crown court sentence. GOT a news story? RING us on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL [email protected] Source: […]

Bethany Pollock had not yet seen a clear scan photo of her baby but was stunned when he appeared to flip the finger at her in his 20-week scan photo. The black and white image shows Rudy Barnfield lying on his back with his right hand on his chest and what appears to be his middle finger pointed defiantly in […]

Naturally, Twitter had a field day with the slip up. After two years in office on top of decades in the public eye, it would seem that the name Donald Trump is somewhat ubiquitous, being the central theme to hundreds if not thousands of headlines on a daily basis. It appears, however, that despite the president’s newsworthiness, not everybody can […]

Westpac shareholders have handed the bank a first strike on executive pay in protest over bonus cuts they say did not go far enough. The bank’s chairman, Lindsay Maxsted, told shareholders on Wednesday that more than half the votes cast ahead of the bank’s annual general meeting in Perth had gone against the remuneration report. All but one Westpac group […]

A New Jersey woman held her Sri Lankan housekeeper against her will for nearly a decade, forcing the victim to marry her and work without pay as a domestic servant, federal authorities said Wednesday. Alia Imad Faleh Al Hunaity, who also goes by Alia Al Qaterneh, of Secaucus, was indicted last week in the case on charges of forced labor, […]

Theresa May survives no-confidence vote U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of confidence in her leadership of her party Wednesday, but not until after a bruising challenge in which she reportedly promised she would step down before the next general election. A leadership vote had been triggered after 48 Conservative Party MPs had written letters expressing no confidence […]