A BRIT base jumper has died after plunging from a mountain in Italy. Mark Andrews, 65, was killed after he fell more than 400 metres down a rockface in Trentino. The 65-year-old, originally from Cornwall, was said to have been wearing a wing suit when tragedy struck yesterday. A fellow base jumper watched on in horror as "fearless" Mark fell […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Edinburgh: Vladimir Putin was not a Soviet super spy in East Germany in the 1980s but a plodding pen-pusher eager to please his superiors, an investigation has found. Germany’s Spiegel magazine investigated Putin’s murky past on the suspicion that stories of his exploits […]

‘Get rid of him, for Christ’s sake!’ Talk TV host Andre Walker loses his cool with TikTok tearaway Mizzy and throws paper as he demands security remove him from the studio after ‘threatening’ fellow guest Mizzy was thrown out by fuming Andre Walker on Talk TV after staring at guest TikTok tearaway Mizzy was thrown off news channel TalkTV this […]

THREE cops have been slashed and stabbed with scenes of the savage attack being compared to a horror film Police descended on a street in Billingham, County Durham, at around 10.15pm on Friday evening following a concern for welfare report. However, while they were at the scene they encountered a man with a knife who became “aggressive”. One officer was […]

Pimlico hotel caves in to asylum seekers: Migrants end their street protests over ‘unsafe’ four-to-a-room policy after staff agree maximum of two will share Last week around 20 asylum seekers protested outside the Pimlico Comfort Inn The protest is said to have ended last night with rumours that the hotel gave in A Pimlico hotel has caved into asylum seekers’ […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Board members from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school who in 2008 allegedly helped then-principal Malka Leifer flee Australia to Israel – where she for years avoided justice for sexually abusing students – are back under investigation, despite police previously ruling out charges. Former Victorian […]

Are oil zealots to blame? Energy firm BP’s 27-year deal with the British Museum is thrown into doubt after it emerges the company is not sponsoring ANY events next year Museum’s relationship with BP has been a source of controversy in recent years Oil giant BP’s partnership with the British Museum has been thrown into doubt after it emerged the […]

Electric car drivers should pay by the mile to help shore up public finances, think-tank claims The Resolution Foundation said electric car drivers should pay a new ‘road duty’ The tax would prevent the loss of £28 billion in fuel duty due to uptake of EVs  Electric car owners should be charged to drive by the mile to plug a […]

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App-only car parks spark uproar in cathedral city In ‘parking meter desert’ trend, 359 spaces in Worcester no longer take cash  READ: MPs propose system to aid motorists after councils scrap pay and display Five car parks in a cathedral city will accept payment only by mobile app – to the fury of campaigners and older motorists. In the latest […]