Microblogging site Tumblr has announced plans to ban all pornographic content from its platform, in a massive crackdown after child pornography was uncovered. From December 17, explicit adult content and most nudity will no longer be allowed on the site, with some non-sexual exceptions, such as a woman’s nipple while breastfeeding and health-related situations. Owners of blogs with pornographic content […]

Steve Loryman, 57, was arrested after his home was raided by police in late November, who claim they discovered him midway through sex with one child, while three others watched on. He is accused of paying to have sex with four boys, all aged between ten and 14 years old, and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Police […]

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. (Associated Press) A Chinese scientist, who claimed he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies, is missing, a report said on Monday. He Jiankui of Shenzhen, China, gave a presentation in Hong Kong last week on his controversial experiment and nobody seems to […]

If you’ve already got a case of the Mondays, this might not be the story for you. Famed British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, while speaking at an international climate conference Monday in Poland, warned that climate change could lead to a “collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world.” The 92-year-old TV presenter blamed humans […]

Experts warn the misdiagnoses harm survival rates because treatments work best before tumours grow too big and spread around the body. Some patients were repeatedly misdiagnosed, with one in five waiting more than six months for their disease to be correctly identified. Just under half received a diagnosis of cancer within a month, the poll of 322 patients by pharma-backed […]

A Texas mom shot her adult son after he pulled a samurai sword during an argument. (Fort Worth Police) A Texas mother fired one shot into her adult son's leg on Monday after he pulled out a samurai sword during a heated argument, reports said. The Dallas Morning News reported that the 21-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital with […]

Supermodels in lingerie aren’t luring eyeballs the way they used to. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show — dogged by criticism over its use of leggy supermodels in skimpy outfits and angel wings — drew just 3.3 million viewers when it aired Sunday night on ABC. That’s 1.7 million fewer than last year, and half what the skin-happy TV broadcast drew […]

Britain set to be hit by icy cold snap starting TONIGHT as temperatures plunge to -8C with some parts of the country set for TWO INCHES of snow Higher ground of the Pennines and Snowdonia will be hit by snow as an icy blast sends chills through UK A yellow weather warning is in place in Scotland and northern England […]

Bernstein compares evidence on Trump to Nixon’s ‘Articles of Impeachment.’ Just around the time that Donald Trump fired James Comey from his position as head of the FBI, the talk comparing Donald Trump’s administration to that of Richard Nixon picked up. Since that time, after Robert Mueller was appointed as a special prosecutor, those personally familiar with the ins and […]

Come ride the Polar Express with us! Day Two of our exclusive extracts from the best stories to read to YOUR children this Christmas All aboard for an exhilarating ride to the North Pole!   The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg The Polar Express, written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, first published in 1985, soon established itself as a […]