THE value of fake cryptocurrency Grimacecoin has rocketed by as much as 285,000% in a matter of hours in response to a McDonald's joke tweet about Tesla. The joke cypto, referencing their purple mascot shaped like a tastebud, parodied an earlier request by Elon Musk during a light-hearted Twitter exchange. The Tesla founder tweeted on Tuesday that he would "eat […]

A WOMAN has spoken of her anger after claiming that more than 200 people walked past an unconscious man who slumped on the pavement of a busy street. Good Samaritan Alex Morss was shocked to see that nobody apart from her stepped in to check on the man near Bedminster Bridge in Bristol during last week's heatwave. She said she […]

A US Navy nuclear armed submarine has been spotted for the first time in decades, in a show of strength to North Korea and China. The rare appearance of the top secret USS Nevada at the Guam naval base comes after missile tests by Kim Jong-un’s regime and rising tensions with Beijing. The submarine is an Ohio class vessel – […]

A TEENAGE boy nearly died after vaping left him with "catastrophic" lung problems, doctors have warned. Ewan Fisher was left needing life support after developing a cough, fever and difficulty breathing. The 16-year-old was treated for severe respiratory failure after being admitted to A&E and Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. Now, doctors who treated the teenager have warned people should […]

AN ELDERLY woman was quizzed by police after she "beeped her horn at a slow motorist who was black", a top cop has revealed. Anthony Stansfield, police commissioner for Thames Valley, was appalled that the OAP, a "pillar of the local community", was treated as a hate criminal. Describing the incident as an "absolute classic", Stansfield said the elderly woman […]

HERE is your daily briefing on all the Brexit and 2019 General Election news from the past 12 hours. Today has seen MP Ian Austin vow to vote for the Tories in the December election, among other news stories. Ian Austin to 'vote for Tories' MP Ian Austin quit the Labour Party earlier this year, branding Jeremy Corbyn an 'extremist' […]

THREE adults and two children aged 12 and 15 have been arrested after a man was stabbed. Police were called to York on Saturday following reports of an assault on a residential street. The 44-year-old victim was rushed to hospital with knife wounds but there is no update on his condition. Two women, aged 40 and 18, a 40-year-old man […]

THERE are some people who refuse to see any problem with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in rubber dinghies. In the past two months, 239 people are known to have made the journey, either arriving on beaches or being picked up mid-Channel by coastguards and brought the rest of the way to Britain. It is a tiny proportion […]

LOTS of people don’t like New Year’s Eve parties. They shudder at the idea that they MUST have a good time and that they MUST get trousered and they MUST kiss absolutely everyone when Big Ben strikes midnight and that they really don’t enjoy crawling into Dry January with a head full of wallpaper paste and a bit of sick […]

A MAN who arrived at hospital with back pain was found to have a giant blood clot in his lungs. The clot measured a staggering 20cm or 8ins and had moulded to fit the patient's airways. As a result the huge mass looked like a part of the man's lungs when doctors managed to remove it using a breathing tube […]