A UK seaside city has been dubbed "mini Barcelona" by a filmmaker who complains it's "ruined" by murder, crime and gang violence plaguing its housing estates. Nestled on Wales' south coast, Swansea's city centre has been likened to the home of the iconic Camp Nou and La Sagrada Familia thanks to its well-kept water feature and surrounding 'plaza'. Yet the […]

Grinning Putin shakes hands with China’s President Xi as Russian leader arrives for Belt and Road conference in Beijing The leaders of Eastern powers greeted one another warmly in China’s capital Officials from 130 countries are in Beijing for China’s Belt and Road summit  Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with his ‘dear friend’ Xi Jinping upon his arrival in China today, […]

Does The Reckoning let BBC bosses off the hook? Experts say hit Jimmy Savile drama’s fictitious scenes including moment DJ is grilled over suicide of girl, 15, ignore reality that execs ‘knew what was going on’ The Reckoning starring Steve Coogan makes the BBC look tough on Jimmy Savile when it was an open secret amongst bosses that he was abusing children, experts […]

Legendary WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has admitted that he wants to have another wrestling match . . . at the age of 74, after already retiring twice. Until July 2022, Flair hadn't wrestled since his time in Impact Wrestling in 2011 when he took on Sting, when it was thought that he had finally ended a career that […]

An uncovered pharaoh had "weird knees" upon inspection, prompting archaeologists to link the strange skeletal remains to a strange style of fighting. King Senebkay, whose tomb was discovered back in 2014 with his battle-scarred body within, was killed in battle back in 1650BC. It is unknown who he succeeded or was succeeded by, but the leader appeared to have a […]

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A CURSED painting of a young girl has caused havoc at a morbid London tourist attraction, staff fear.  The London Bridge Experience bought the portrait for £1,600 – and workers' lives have been blighted since.  Manager James Kislingbury's car broke down on his way to collect the piece before he injured his collar bone.  At the venue – which covers […]

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Serial sex offender who tried to kill a pensioner in riverside knife attack was freed from prison just months earlier despite warning he posed imminent risk A Jack the Ripper obsessive who tried to kill a pensioner in a barbaric riverside knife attack had been freed after a warning he posed an imminent risk of ‘serious injury and potentially death’, […]