Westminster School axes move into China: Bosses abandon plans for sister college after country’s Communist Party demanded to approve all lessons Westminster School has abandoned plans to establish sister school in China Plans were axed after China’s Communist Party ruled it must approve lessons Rules also limit foreign control and participation in running of private schools Westminster School has abandoned the […]

One in 20 patients could reverse type 2 diabetes by changing their lifestyle, new study shows One in 20 people with type 2 diabetes could reverse it with a change in lifestyle Researchers analysed medical records of 162,000 people over 30 in Scotland  The study found that almost five per cent of those people achieved remission For decades it was […]

A hungry bear was hilariously spotted dunking his face deep into a KFC bucket inside a man's house. John Holden had the shock of a lifetime when he saw his wild neighbour helping themselves to his fried chicken leftovers on his kitchen worktop. John who lives in Sierra Madre, California says that by the time he returned home only one […]

GENEVA — Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment. The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona. They could be jailed for several years if found guilty, though Swiss […]

A council worker was sacked after she showed an image of golliwogs to colleagues saying it was the future of the Royal Family following Meghan Markle's pregnancy announcement. Jane Copley claimed she was 'just trying to fit in with usual office banter' when she shared the photo, Essex Live reports. A tribunal heard that the 55-year-old also likened Serena Williams […]

Fully vaccinated air passenger infected with coronavirus is found dead in his seat at German airport after flight from Turkey An air passenger who was fully vaccinated but had coronavirus died mid-flight The 51-year-old man was found dead by Pegasus Airlines crew on the Airbus 320 He was travelling on Flight 1043 from Istanbul in Turkey to Hamburg in Germany  […]

It is a question many of us have asked ourselves —could we be related to royalty? A claim to the throne would be nice, and you might be closer to the Queen than you realise. Various studies suggest that a most people have connections to royalty in some way, due to shared ancestors, but some are much closer to the […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Favourable weather conditions led to a rare drop in pollution in India’s capital New Delhi, with residents last month breathing the cleanest air in at least four years but the authorities are warning that air quality is set to drop sharply in November.FILE PHOTO: A residential area is seen shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, […]