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Female staff won't use MoD's new gender neutral toilets as they smell

Female staff refuse to use cash-strapped MoD’s new £15,000 gender neutral toilets because they are ‘too smelly’ Thirteen toilets turned from single-sex bathrooms to mixed loos at Whitehall HQ But a female civil servant has revealed no women feel comfortable using them She said: ‘I don’t go anywhere near the gender-neutral loos as they’re too smelly’ Female staff have refused […]

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My brush with Romania’s notorious Ceausescus

"My father is fine. Thank you for asking." He would not be so fine some 12 years later: both father and mother were shot by firing squad after the “Exceptional Military Court” convicted them of crimes against the Romanian people. The palace of the parliament in Bucharest, Romania. Credit:iStock Yet in 1977 all seemed right in the world of Nicu […]

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Criminals played with a giant train set at high-security Broadmoor

Britain’s most dangerous criminals enjoyed playing with a giant train set ‘costing tens of thousands of pounds’ while housed at high-security Broadmoor Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berkshire, laid out model railway for patients Former inmates have included Yorkshire Ripper, Charles Bronson, Ronnie Kray The train set was believed to offer therapeutic benefits to many of the convicts Dangerous criminals at Britain’s […]

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Britain's most irreverent quiz of the year

Did Jeremy Corbyn get his suit from Marx & Spencer… and who is Emma Watson’s self partner? Find out in Britain’s most irreverent quiz of the year From the Christmas General Election to a solid gold toilet being stolen from inside Blenheim Palace, this year has been packed with inimitable stories. But how much attention were you really paying to […]

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Robbie Williams pays tribute to friend’s ‘beautiful’ daughter, 20, after she kills herself on weekend away with pals – The Sun

ROBBIE Williams has paid an emotional tribute to his friend's daughter who tragically took her own life. Caitlin O'Reilly, 20, killed herself earlier this year on a weekend away with friends in Manchester. Posting to his 2.6million followers on Twitter the former Take That star described Caitlin as a beautiful girl who had her whole life ahead of her. He […]

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14 staff attacked in Feltham young offenders' institute riot

Christmas riot at Feltham young offenders’ institute leaves a prison officer ‘with a broken back’ and 13 other staff injured by youths with sharpened plastic knives Anonymous source told the MailOnline staff were mobbed by the wild boys Wielding sharpened plastic knives and implements, they sliced an officer’s ear  MOJ said ‘no serious injuries’ and that situation was under control […]

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Britain's railways need radical overhaul

Britain’s railways need radical overhaul including scrapping franchising, major fares reform and giving more control to city regions, says pressure group Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) has published the Future Of Rail report Comes ahead of the 2.7 per cent average increase in Britain’s rail fares next week Report asks for major fare reform suggests handing more control to city […]

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