Inside the Atlanta bedroom where British scientist was shot dead

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Atlanta bedroom where British scientist, 31, was shot dead after stray bullet traveled 200ft piercing the dry wall, headboard, and his head – as grieving girlfriend returns for the final time to collect his belongings Dr. Matthew Willson, 31, an astrophysicist from Surrey, England, was shot dead by a stray bullet in Atlanta, Georgia on January 16  […]

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Council chief sacked for paying staff to build glamping pods

Somerset Council chief was sacked for paying furloughed council staff to build glamping pods, lay turf and remove a dead pig from her private vineyard Clare Pestell bought Melbury Vale Winery near Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 2003 She rose to become director of commercial at South Somerset District Council  A whistleblower claimed in a letter that taxpayers’ money was being misused […]

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Martin Bashir leaves BBC to ‘focus on his health’ as Panorama Diana probe concludes and will be published 'soon'

MARTIN Bashir has quit the BBC on health grounds following the conclusion of a probe into his Princess Diana interview, which is set to be published "very soon". The veteran journalist, who was the BBC News religion editor, has been seriously unwell with Covid-19 related complications. Jonathan Munro, the BBC's deputy director of news, said in a message to staff: […]

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Australia buys copyright to Aboriginal flag, making it free to fly

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government said on Tuesday it had acquired copyright to the Aboriginal flag so it can be freely used, resolving a commercial dispute that had restricted sporting teams and Aboriginal communities from reproducing the image.    The Aboriginal flag has been recognised as an official flag of Australia since 1995, flown from government buildings and embraced by […]

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