Peers could get pay hike after they complain that £305 a day tax-free allowance is ‘inadequate’ – and demand £175 more to cover hotels Peers have complained that their £300 a day tax-free allowance is ‘inadequate’ Some want £175 more to cover hotel bills for those who live outside London The Lords Commission has asked officials to draw up options […]

A young boy has died after trapping himself for hours in his parents' car boot in sweltering heat. CCTV footage shows the final moments of the boy before he locked himself inside the vehicle in a car park. The seven-year-old can be seen approaching a white saloon and trying to open the front door. He then walks towards the back […]

A well-liked youth basketball coach was gunned down outside his California home, and shattered relatives are struggling to understand why someone would want to kill the beloved dad of two. Claudell Walter, 38, was fatally shot late Saturday as he left his truck in front of his Menifee home, with his 13-year-old son still inside the vehicle. Walter, who co-founded […]

Minneapolis sounded the alarm on the city’s addiction crisis on Thursday, revealing that officers had recently responded to as many as 15 overdoses in a single day — an apparent product of the country’s ongoing opioid epidemic. Officials with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) said officers responded to 65 overdose cases in the nine days leading up to Wednesday, with […]

Police in Missouri are investigating the death of a 11-month-old girl who died Sunday after she was left inside a hot car for 15 to 16 hours. First responders were called to a home in Calverton Park about 4:30 p.m. Sunday after a relative found Joseline Eichelberger not breathing inside the car, which was parked in the driveway. “A relative […]

TWO of Donald Trump's sons pulled pints of Guinness as they went on a pub crawl in Ireland. Donald Trump Jnr, 41, and Eric Trump, 35, thrilled the crowds in Morrissey's bar in Doonbeg as they declared: “This is better than New York”. The pair had a go at pouring pints as their teetotal dad held talks with the Irish […]

A FIFTH of households are struggling to afford their rent or mortgage. The figure of 4.8million homes is up by more than 500,000 since 2010, says the report for the Affordable Housing Commission. And of those who are struggling — 57 per cent are households with dependent children. The largest rise has been in the private rented ­sector where more […]

Get ready for a few stumbles at Christmas Mass during the Our Father. Pope Francis has reportedly approved changes to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father. Instead of saying, “lead us not into temptation,” Catholics will now say “do not let us fall into temptation,” the Guardian and Fox News reported. The change comes after the […]

BREXIT won't wreak the unbreakable bond, Emmanuel Macron has insisted in a D-Day tribute to Britain's heroes. At a historic event to mark the moment that Allied soldiers stormed the beaches at Normandy, the French President said there was "nothing" that could destroy "ties that have been bound in bloodshed and shared values". At a moving ceremony this morning in […]

EID al-Adha has marked the end of Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It's one of the two Eid celebrations – Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr – and is strongly considered the holier of the two.  Here's everything you need to know about the famous festival… When is Eid al-Adha in 2019? In 2019 it will […]