Global cocaine production reaches record levels as demand surges after Covid New report found coca cultivation rose by 35 per cent between 2020 and 2021 The largest cocaine markets were found to be in Europe and North America  Drugs market was disrupted by loss of international travel and hospitality  Global cocaine production has reached record levels due to a surge […]

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked British journalists – including Sun reporters – for their "vital support" in his nation’s war against Russia. The wartime leader, 45, commended Brit reporters for their efforts in covering the war for more than a year. In a keynote address to the Society of Editors Media Freedom Conference in London yesterday, the Ukrainian leader […]

A FIRE last night ripped through a 400-year-old hotel that was said to be housing Ukrainian refugees. The devastating blaze broken out shortly after 1am on Thursday in Midhurst, West Sussex. It started on North Street before spreading to the roof of the Angel Inn next door, according to witnesses. Hilton Holloway, who watched as the fire took over, said […]

Fire engulfs hotel ‘housing Ukrainian refugees’ and destroys the 400-year-old building after blaze ripped through it in the early hours A 400-year-old market town hotel housing Ukrainian refugees including children has been destroyed by fire overnight – but somehow there appears to have been no casualties. The Angel Inn in Midhurst, West Sussex, was among a number of buildings engulfed by a […]

Toddler, two, is fighting for his life in hospital after horror fall from eighth floor of a block of flats in Surrey Child fell out of window of a block of flats in Surrey at around 3.50pm on Tuesday A toddler is fighting for his life after plummeting from the window of an eighth floor flat in Surrey. Emergency services […]

A MAN has been charged over a drive-by shooting at a funeral that left a seven-year-old girl fighting for life. Armed police swooped on the funeral in Euston, North London, on January 14. Five others including an 11-year-old girl were also injured after a shotgun was fired at mourners in a "senseless act of violence". Alrico Nelson Martin, 19, has […]

A HIKER was left drenched in blood after an 8ft python attacked him as he tried to film the vicious critter. Joey Zayne was out walking in Cairns, Australia, when he spotted the slithery reptile in a tree. He stopped to film the snake, saying to the camera: "A beautiful snake just above the Behana." But as he got up […]

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is proposing changes to entitlement programs for younger generations, opening the door to potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare if elected. At a campaign rally Monday night in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Haley promised not to touch the benefits of older people who retired with certain guarantees of a […]

A HOMEOWNER murdered a gran who mistakenly wandered into his seaside home and climbed into bed thinking it was her B&B, a court heard. David Redfern, 46, allegedly called Margaret Barnes, 71, a "thieving c***" after discovering her undressed with her false teeth in a glass next to the bed. He then dragged her outside by her feet in Barmouth, […]

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