EUROVISION officials have BANNED the Welsh flag from the upcoming song contest to stop the competition becoming "political". Welsh singer Joe Woolford is due to represent Britain in next week's Eurovision Song Contest, but flags from his home country will fail to make the arena. Other banned flags on the list...
A WOMAN punched a migrant in the face when she was attacked at a bus stop. The Algerian sex attacker was arrested in hospital after his female victim hit back, leaving him with a broken nose. The 35-year-old had pounced on the young woman early in the morning as she waited for a bus in the Austrian city of Linz. But he had not...
A MENTALLY ill man who stabbed a pensioner to death while shouting “die you f****** c***” was failed by NHS practitioners who ignored claims he would “hurt someone or worse”, a court heard today. Relatives of Matthew Daley, who brutally stabbed 79-year-old Donald Lock 39 times following a low-speed car...
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has suggested that Rafael Cruz, his chief opponent's father, was connected to the man who killed President John F Kennedy. In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump brought up a story that recently appeared in the National Enquirer. The tabloid published a photo that it says...
Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the line-up of a US "mega-festival" this October. Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California — the site of the Coachella music festival. Tickets start at $200 (£137) per day,...
Police in Germany investigating the deaths of two women say they were the victims of a couple who held them hostage and tortured them. They say a man and his ex-wife placed dating advertisements to lure the women to their home. The suspects — Wilfried W, 46, and Angelika B, 47 — were arrested last Wednesday and...
If the European Commission makes the recommendation this Wednesday that Turks be granted visa-free travel in Europe's Schengen area as whispers from well-placed EU sources suggest, then it will do so holding its nose and its breath. The freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial and revising terrorism legislation to...
Russia's foreign minister says a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to the city of Aleppo "in the next few hours". Sergei Lavrov said Russia was working with the UN and US to include Aleppo in the "regime of calm" that has covered Damascus and Latakia since Saturday. But...
The cult of beautiful priests spawned unusual girls. Often such women leve in Latin America. But is it...
FRANCE’s Euro 2016 anthem has been branded ‘unacceptable’ after it was revealed the song is English. Leading politician Andrew Vallini reacted with horror to the French team’s official anthem. Chosen by the French Football Association, the song I Was Made For Lovin’ You by American rock band Kiss,...
PENSION savers are ignoring EU referendum scare tactics and pumping more money into their retirement funds in the run up to June 23. They are brazenly ignoring Project Fear warnings of a financial slowdown if Britons vote to leave the European Union – because they do not think they are true. Sixty per cent of investors...
THE shocking scale of the terrorist threat facing Turkey was laid bare tonight amid warnings to British tourists to avoid the country over safety fears. Officials in Ankara revealed they have thwarted an astonishing 85 terror attacks — including defusing LIVE bombs — since the turn of the year alone. A popular...