No evictions this Christmas: Housing Secretary confirms new support measures mean renters must be given six months’ notice – despite landlords’ pleas that they are struggling too Robert Jenrick confirmed new support measures will prevent tenant evictions  The Government has changed the law to increase notice periods to six months Exceptions will only apply ‘in the most egregious cases’, including […]

Zurich: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the global community to contribute $US35 billion ($48.2 billion) for the World Health Organisation's (WHO) coronavirus vaccines, treatments and diagnostics program. Some $US3 billion has been contributed so far, but Guterres told an online event on Thursday that these initial contributions were "seed funding" – and less than 10 per cent […]

A VIDEO is trending depicting a young girl from Texas named Sophie who alleges that her stepfather is abusing her. The heartbreaking clip sees Sophie screaming and alleging abuse against her mom's new fiancé. A social media campaign named Stand with Sophie has been started as a result of the footage. What is the stand with Sophie video? A video, […]

TWO underage British girls have been hospitalised after allegedly being violently gang raped while on holiday in Italy. The pair are reportedly being treated in hospital after being punched and kicked by a group of boys during their ordeal. The incident happened while the girls were on a vacation in southern Italy. The girls – whose ages were not given […]

While Donald Trump downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus COVID-19 last winter, he knew full well how dangerous, fast-spreading and deadly the illness actually could be, admitting as much in a series of recorded interviews with renowned journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward interviewed the president several times between December 5, 2019 and July 21, 2020 for his latest book “Rage,” which […]

Motorist, 49, is slapped with parking ticket while being treated by paramedics in an ambulance for a suspected heart attack Graham Lewis, 49, was given a parking ticket while getting aid in an ambulance He had pulled over into Dishley Street car park in Leominster after calling 111 Mr Lewis was being given an ECG to check his heart after […]

Lawyer dies in police custody in Colombia after he was filmed begging for mercy while officers repeatedly Tased him ‘for breaking social distancing rules’ Javier Ordonez, 46, arrested while drinking with friend in Bogota on Wednesday Witnesses filmed as officers pinned him to the ground and shot him with a Taser  The father-of-two can be heard screaming ‘please, no more’ […]

Belarus opposition leader ‘is being questioned by police and has been threatened with violence after being snatched off the streets of Minsk’ Maria Kolesnikova was snatched on Monday and bundled in a car in the night She is now in a Minsk prison where she was ‘bruised from violent action’ She tore up her passport at the Ukrainian border so […]

Jilted lover who threw acid in his girlfriend’s face and hacked her hand off with a meat cleaver is jailed in Cambodia Kub Pha, 43, was on the run for 18 months before he was caught by police  He was convicted of attacking his girlfriend San Chenda who lost her left hand Pha was sentenced in absentia to 14 years […]

A narrow escape! Squirrel crawls through tiny gap and sends hawk crashing into a wall Squirrel runs towards a wall outside a property in Urbana, Illinois on August 31 The creature then crawls underneath a narrow gap at the bottom of the wall Red-tailed haw that was on its pursuit slams into wall as the squirrel disappears A quick-thinking squirrel swiftly […]