Chinese authorities forced a confession that the British started the Hong Kong protests by ‘torturing a consulate worker with stress positions, sleep deprivation and beatings’ Simon Cheng was a general staffer for the British consulate in Hong Kong   He accused Chinese officers of beating him and depriving him of sleep  Dominic Raab has said that the foreign office was ‘shocked’ […]

A UK ticket-holder has won the £105million EuroMillions jackpot, the National Lottery said. Tonight's National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers are: 08, 10, 15, 30 and 42. The Lucky Star numbers were 04 and 06. Someone also became a millionaire by matching the Millionaire Maker code ZMSF62402. Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: "On our 25th birthday, […]

Sen. Ted Cruz couldn’t resist ripping Rep. Eric Swalwell on Tuesday for appearing to fart on live television. The Texas lawmaker tweeted out the iconic Ruprecht dinner scene from the 1988 comedy “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” showing Steve Martin’s character appearing to relieve himself at the table. “Leaked footage of Swalwell on MSNBC last night…,” Cruz wrote. Cruz was referring to […]

THE world-class art museum turns 200 today. Here's four fascinating facts you didn't know about the Madrid landmark. 1. It hasn't always been an art museum When Museo del Prado first opened it was actually used as a museum of natural sciences. The building, first designed in 1785 by architect Juan de Villanueva was never intended to be the iconic […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 19 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 19 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A young Missouri boy who loved sports cars died of cancer earlier this month, and his final wish — to have his funeral procession lined with cars — came true on Sunday. Alec Ingram, of Washington, […]

WELL-WISHERS have come together to raise money for an infant stricken with two rare birth defects after 'let the baby die signs' polluted his hometown. More than $33,000 has been raised on a GoFundMe page created for Randy James, a four-month-old boy born with an underdeveloped brain center and an “incredibly rare” genetic chromosome disease. The amount raised for RJ's […]

Accountant, 63, whose secret gambling addiction left his family £500,000 in debt is now spearheading campaign to clean up the industry after turning his life around David Bradford had debts of £500K from online gambling and fruit machines Father-of-three, 63, stole £53,000 from his employers to help balance books  Was jailed for two years for fraud – with family not knowing […]

Lib Dem peer Baroness Linklater’s son, 49, admits punching PhD student in the face because he was camping on family’s estate but is cleared of all charges Archie Linklater hit Kenneth Hainning after finding him camping in Perthshire The court heard Hainning had taken painkillers for six weeks after the incident  The defence argued that Linklater should be acquitted due […]

DOZENS of babies and mums died amid major failings at a hospital trust in what is likely to be the NHS's worst ever maternity scandal. A leaked report shows that a "toxic" culture stretching back 40 years was in place when babies and mothers suffered avoidable death. Children were also left with permanent disability amid substandard care at Shrewsbury and […]

Lifting the curtain on the ‘freak show’: New book reveals stories behind Victorian circus acts’ unusual celebrities, from a dwarf who was ‘served’ in a pie to the Mexican ‘baboon lady’ Until the nineteenth century those with physical abnormalities in the United Kingdom were often shrouded in superstition and shunned from society. Outcast or deemed unsuitable for the workplace, the […]