A BITTER row has broken out after villagers were banned from planting trees to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Residents in Burley, Hampshire, had hoped to dig in 12 oaks on grassland to commemorate the monarch's 70-year reign as part of a 125-year tradition – but killjoy national park wardens have scuppered the plans. The Verderers of the New Forest, […]

Ukraine: Explosions captured near the Kherson airport We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The news was reported by multiple sources on social media, including Illia Ponomarkeno, […]

A 21-YEAR-old woman has died following a tragic crash with a Range Rover in Cornwall. Police were rushed to the smash on the B3266 near Washaway, Bodmin, at around 7.30pm on Sunday. The woman, from Wadebridge, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the Range Rover was left unharmed. Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement: […]

Wheaton, Illinois: Under penalty of a beating or death, Erik Eck pledged at age 13 to adhere to the Latin Kings’ first rule: “Once a King, always a King.” Tattoos that bedeck his entire body express his fealty forever to one of the largest gangs in the US. Now 36, the longtime Latin King enforcer is trying to leave anyway. […]

Bolshoi Theatre’s director QUITS over pressure to condemn Ukraine war but refuses to denounce invasion amid growing anti-war protests in Russia Tugan Sokhiev he felt under pressure due to calls to take a position on the Ukraine conflict He refused to condemn the war but said he condemns conflict of ‘any kind’  The Bolshoi Theatre’s music director and principal conductor Tugan […]

Putin forced to call up mercenaries as Russian invasion stalls We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A CCTV image, which has not been verfied, seemingly shows Russian […]

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a ‘desperate plea’ to the US for fighter planes as Kremlin troops continue to bombard civilians with artillery. The president told 280 lawmakers his country’s air force was destroyed on the first day of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, a member of Congress said to be on the video call claims. ‘The battle is often won […]

A 26-year-old Ukrainian recruiter was shot dead in her car as she was on her way back from delivering food to a dog shelter near Kyiv. Anastasiia Yalanskaya was one of three volunteers who made the perilous journey to the shelter in Bucha – 18 miles from Ukraine’s capital. It is also close to the town of Irpin, where people […]

Mystery surrounds the death of Denis Kireev, a Ukrainian diplomat accused of being a spy by both Ukraine and Russia. Kireev was one of three agents named in a Facebook statement posted by Ukraine’s defence ministry yesterday (Saturday, March 5) which reads: “During the performance of special tasks, three spies were killed — employees of the Chief Intelligence Department of […]