A horrible new TikTok challenge pushing students to "smack a staff member" has already seen at least one teacher assaulted in school. A South Carolina school has issued a warning after one teacher was "hit on the back of her head" due to the dangerous new trend. Lancaster County School District school called the act "criminal behaviour". Previous challenges going […]

A4 in London experiences flooding after downpour 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 Essex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Cow Watering Lane in Writtle […]

Boris has seen the future of levelling up – and it’s Stoke Poges! PM points to history of posh Buckinghamshire village as an example of what he wants to do for the whole of Britain  Boris Johnson dwelled on his ‘Levelling Up’ vision in Tory conference speech Highlighted example of Stoke Poges village which has become very affluent The PM […]

Afghanistan army collapse was a ‘surprise’ says Lloyd Austin 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 Barely a month after the US pullout, the harrowing pictures, shared […]

Royal Military Police officer is found guilty of sexually assaulting a female soldier and threatening to sell nude photos of her Blake Hewer texted woman who sent him naked photos: ‘Nudes for sale’  LCpl Hewer threatened to distribute nude pictures and sexually assaulted her The female soldier said she was ‘scared’ and felt he was trying to control her  LCpl Hewer, […]

Ursula von der Leyen on EU Covid digital certificates 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 EU-Western Balkans Summit will be held in Slovenia on Wednesday, […]

This is the incredible moment a two-year-old boy took on a gigantic snake after "learning the ropes" from his crocodile hunter dad. Matt Wright, from Australia, regularly stars in National Geographic TV show Outback Wrangler and was previously filmed casually shooing a crocodile away at a close distance. He is now determined to pass his skills on to his son […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Child cancer patients and their families have been forced into quarantine for 14 days after a parent unknowingly infected with the virus visited the Royal Children’s Hospital. Children receiving treatment in the Kookaburra cancer ward and their parents were told they must isolate for 14 days in their child’s hospital room, […]

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook’s network of apps and services. Millions of new users joined the Edward Snowden-endorsed Signal on Monday (Oct 4), it said on Twitter. Telegram, whose functionality closely mirrors that of WhatsApp, surged 55 places to top the US iPhone […]