BBC director general Tony Hall says the BBC will not reverse plan to scrap free TV licences for over-75s In June, the corporation announced plans for TV licences to be means tested Households without someone who receives a Pension Credit will have to pay  At the time former PM Gordon Brown hit out at the BBC’s proposed changes  BBC director […]

Russian Orthodox priests have sprayed gallons of holy water over a city to cure drink and drug addiction and stop residents from having sex. The clerics held a prayer service on the plane before pouring 70 litres of holy water out of its open door. The stunt took place at 800 feet, above the city of Tver, northwest of Russia's […]

160 North Korean fishermen ‘face being killed by firing squad’ if they are returned to their homeland after gun battle with Russian border patrol who caught them poaching Four Russian FSB security service guards wounded in the ocean shoot-out Over 160 North Korean fishermen arrested after being accused of poaching  Gun battle broke out when over a dozen North Korean […]

It’s Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Let’s start here. Interested in Start Here Morning Briefing ? 1. Stiff sanctions As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of carrying out the massive attack on Saudi oil facilites, calling it an “act of war,” President Donald Trump has ordered more sanctions against the regime. “There’s plenty of time to do some dastardly […]

A WIFE who bludgeoned her controlling husband to death with a hammer has revealed she left a note saying "I love you" on his body. Sally Challen, 65, suffered years of mental torture at the hands of car dealer Richard, 61, before snapping and killing him at their £1million Surrey home. She was jailed for murder in 2011 – before […]

Stanley Johnson repeats controversial referendum claim that NHS will be £350m-a-week better off after Brexit as he defends son Boris over hospital bust-up with Labour activist father of sick child Omar Salem confronted PM in north-east London after daughter ‘nearly died’  Stanley today said Boris should have fired back about MPs blocking Brexit  Suggested that if we’d left we’d have […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is deeply sorry for dressing up in brownface for a party while he was a teacher in 2001. He says he ‘should have known better’ after the pic surfaced. Another politician is having to address an old photo in black or brown face, and this time it’s a pretty big fish. Canadian Prime Minister Justin […]

BEN Fogle has slammed the Guardian for its “grotesque” article describing David Cameron’s grief over the death of his young son Ivan as “privileged pain”. Fogle, who lost his stillborn son William in 2014, blasted the article as “deeply offensive” and claimed it had “relapsed his grief like PTSD”. 'THERE IS NO PRIVILEGE IN LOSING A CHILD' David and Samantha […]

A TWISTED animal torturer used an axe to slowly hack an elderly labradoodle to death, police have said. Douglas Usgaard, 21, is accused of repeatedly torturing 14-year-old Tirina to death at a home in Decorah, Iowa, where he was living with relatives. Usgaard was arrested last weekend for two additional charges of animal torture. He's also alleged to have killed […]

THE UK is home to an impressive 650 different species of spiders. The largest – the cardinal spider – resides in nooks and crannies across Britain. So what do we know about this spider and does it bite? Otherwise known as Tegenaria parietina, some of these spiders have been recorded to have a leg span of 12cm. The name 'cardinal' […]