HUNDREDS of thousands of people could be sitting on a goldmine thanks to Theresa May’s desire to share out profits from the shale gas revolution. Under the new proposal, a percentage of profits from fracking, potentially up to £10,000,...
THERESA May is set to bring back grammar schools by scrapping a ban on the controversial academic establishments brought in by Tony Blair. As part of her plan for social cohesion Mrs May, who was educated at a grammar school herself, will allow a new...
THE only First World War soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice is to have a memorial stone laid in his honour. Captain Noel Chavasse, an Oxford graduate who ran for Britain alongside his identical twin brother in the 1908 Olympics, died from his...
Celebrated Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy has died at the age of 90, a day after passing the Olympic torch for the Rio Games. He died of a heart attack at home in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, a spokeswoman said. On Friday, he had held the...
Хакерам удалось добыть список стран, в которых боевики ИГИЛ* собираются совершить террористические атаки. Это сделали...
A fire has swept through a bar in northern France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others. Police say the fire broke out at a birthday party at the bar in the city of Rouen in Normandy. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve gave an initial count of 13 dead and six injured. He says more than 50 firefighters are...
THEY are a flying nuisance posing a serious terror threat, exposing Britons to burglars and are a huge hazard in the sky — but why is our Government continuing to back drones? US e-commerce giant Amazon was recently given the green light to launch drone...
The affair was murky enough even before Donald Trump got involved. Why did the US government authorise the transfer of $400m (£305m) in cash to Iran at the same moment that four American captives were released by the Iranian...
A WOMAN out looking for Pokemon saved the life of a stranger after she talked her down from a motorway bridge. Kate Robinson, 29, was driving when she spotted a car with its hazard warning lights and spotted a young woman standing on the ledge on the...
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994. With 94% of the votes counted after Wednesday's municipal elections, the party has lost the key battleground of Nelson Mandela...
Sasha Obama, daughter of US President Barack Obama, has swapped the comforts of the White House for the counter of a seafood restaurant, US media report. The 15-year-old has taken a summer job serving food at the business in Martha's...
Gunmen have opened fire on a busy market place in India's north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least 13 people, officials say. Police blamed the attacks on suspected rebels from a faction of the National Democratic...