Nine people are killed are oxygen ventilator explodes in ICU at hospital treating coronavirus patients in Turkey Victims aged between 56 and 85 at Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep died An oxygen cylinder exploded causing a fire in the hospital’s intensive care ward There were no other injuries and 14 patients were transferred to other hospitals Nine people were killed after an […]

Treasure hunters are warned to stay away from Buchenwald after documentary claimed handwritten map points the way to hidden Nazi gold WARNING: Contains distressing photographs  Treasure hunters have been warned against searching concentration camps  A documentary claimed secret tunnels at Buckenwald could contain Nazi gold  Buckenwald and its sub camps was used to house thousands of slave labourers Much of […]

ELON Musk’s net worth jumped nearly $9billion on Friday to $167.3billion, boosting his status as the second wealthiest person on earth.  Musk’s fortune hit a new high as Tesla, which he is CEO of, prepared to debut in the S&P 500, a major stock market index. The entrepreneur has grown his fortune by $139.7billion this year, and only Amazon founder […]

Did Chris Packham’s claims about tiger cruelty con people out of thousands? Charity probes the Springwatch star as a circus owner says he’s been unjustly savaged, writes GUY ADAMS A perk of the job, when you’re a top BBC presenter with a huge social media following, is that if you climb onto a soap-box, people listen. Just ask Chris Packham, […]

Stockholm: Sweden's government has introduced the toughest measures yet to help stave off a second wave of the pandemic, including recommending masks on public transport and closing non-essential public workplaces. Sweden has stubbornly resisted lockdowns and has left most schools, businesses and restaurants open throughout the pandemic. People sit at tables outside a cafe at Kungstrdgrden in Stockholm, Sweden, earlier […]

A WOMAN was partially dismembered while still alive, before she was bludgeoned to death and dumped on the side of a Texas road. Police have arrested 26-year-old Rafael Castillo, who they believe killed the woman in San Antonio to "make an example of her." Road crews found the body of Nicole Perry, 31, wrapped in a tarp with her hands […]

What Christmas getaway? Roads stay quiet with less than half of last year’s 17m drivers travelling as survey shows this year’s most popular social activity will be staying at home with family Only 7.9million are expected to take to roads, compared to around 17million who planned to travel last year  A14 in Cambridgeshire was quiet today with many discouraged from […]

Getting ready for take-off! Santa is caught on camera giving reindeer a ‘team talk’ ahead of Christmas Santa Claus gathered a herd of Reindeer for a team talk in Palmer Alaska  Despite it being the season of goodwill to all, one Reindeer was told he was fired Santa dropped the unlucky ruminant because the Reindeer had lost his antlers  He […]

Eszter Coombs has shared her first in course writing with our readers.Credit:Louise Kennerley Warning: graphic content The Ice Pick The upper eyelid is bent back as far as possible and the leucotome, a specialised pointed instrument made of surgical steel and closely resembling a household icepick, is introduced to the conjunctival sac 3cm from the midline and inserted at an […]

Crowds are broken up by police after hundreds queued outside trainer store in Liverpool as shops prepare for £5.2bn four-day spending spree from tomorrow Pictures taken in London’s West End shoppers rushing to make Christmas purchases in run up to big day  Hundreds of shoppers in Liverpool lined up outside Size? trainer store ahead of its opening to buy shoes  […]