Boris Johnson wins offensive poetry competition with prose on Turkey’s Erdogan and a GOAT
FORMER London Mayor and chief campaigner for Brexit Boris Johnson has won an offensive poetry competition with a limerick about a goat and the Turkish president. The competition was launched after Recep Tayyip Erdogan implemented new blasphemy laws in a bid to prevent himself from criticism in Turkey. Many critics in the...
‘WAR ON SMOKERS’ Tobacco firms lose legal battle against HUGE health warnings
TOBACCO giants have lost their High Court challenge over the Government’s new plain packaging rules — the day before the law comes into force. From tomorrow cigarettes will be sold in standardised green packaging bearing graphic warnings of the dangers of smoking from Friday under new rules designed to prevent young...
Maria Sharapova may not play again, says Russian official
Former world number one Maria Sharapova may never play again following her failed drugs test, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation says. The Russian, 29, tested positive for meldonium at January's Australian Open. When asked if Sharapova would play any more tournaments, Shamil Tarpishchev told R-Sport news agency...
US election: Donald Trump’s businesses see campaign gains
Donald Trump's business empire has seen revenue jump by $190m (£135m) since the real estate tycoon entered the US presidential race, according to newly released financial documents. His controversial calls for a Muslim travel ban and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants appear not to have harmed his business...
McDonald’s fish: Row over sustainability ‘cover-up’
A leaked New Zealand government memo casts serious doubts on the sustainability of fish that are widely used in McDonald's restaurants. The document shows that the government was aware of made-up data and illegal practices such as the dumping of vast quantities of unwanted fish. There are also concerns that unlawful fishing...
Kate Middleton To Angelina Jolie: Please Be My Friend!!!
And here I imagined her being besties with Reese Witherspoon. Silly me. Actually, silly story. OK! Magazine believes they've struck gold with a tale about the Duchess of Cambridge desperately trying to set up both play dates and friendship dates with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. " is a huge fan and admires...
EgyptAir crash: Plane ‘made sharp turns before plunge’
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says. Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had "turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right". It then dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before disappearing from...
Nick Alexander: Inquest into death of Briton killed in Paris terror attack to begin
AN INQUEST hearing into the death of a Briton killed in the Paris attacks will begin today. Nick Alexander was in the Bataclan theatre when Islamic State gunmen stormed the building midway during a concert last year. The 35-year-old, from Colchester, Essex, had been selling merchandise for the popular US rock band Eagles of...
Holiday alert to families as Zika heads for Europe
THE ZIKA virus is expected to spread to Europe this summer, possibly putting UK holidaymakers at risk. Health officials said yesterday they fear the mosquito-borne disease – linked to abnormalities in babies born to infected mothers – will hit large areas of the continent in the coming months. The island of...
Expats desperate to vote in EU referendum offered CHEAP FLIGHTS to Britain
A TOP airline which hopes expats will swing the result of the EU referendum is offering them cheap flights to Britain so they can vote to stick with Brussels. Britons living abroad can fly to any UK airport on June 22 and June 23 from just £15.40 as part of a RyanAir promotion. The no-frills carrier, which backs Britain...
Islamic State tortures CHILDREN ‘like men’ after forcing them to confess to false charges
DEPRAVED Islamic State militants are torturing children to death in makeshift prisons — even after they have confessed to bogus charges. Around 20 prisoners managed to escape from an ISIS prison in Syria and have now revealed the murderous extremists are brutally torturing their inmates. Equipment such as “torture...
Daughter of Dmitry Peskov showed her new boyfriend
Recently daughter of Dmitry Peskov — 18-year-old Elizabeth — appeared on the Ball of debutantes with her beloved Yuri Meshcheryakov, where she announced about their engagement. But the wedding was abolished: a few weeks ago, Elizabeth said goodbye to her boyfriend, removing all their photos in social...