A man has admitted smuggling cocaine into the UK – in golden duck statues. Aldo Alushi, 29, was arrested after Class A drugs were seized at Stansted Airport. The National Crime Agency launched an investigation when Border Force officers x-rayed a package that arrived on a flight from Cali, in Colombia. The package – a … Read more
A warehouse manager in west London said he was “lucky” not to have gone to lunch earlier on Friday after his car was crushed by bricks blown off a tower block. Gary Cobb works opposite Skeffington Court, a block of flats in Hayes which was hit by strong winds brought by Storm Eunice on Friday. … Read more
The man, who is in his 60s, died while he was clearing debris caused by the wrath of Storm Eunice in Co Wexford, earlier this morning A fallen tree in Bude ( Image: PA) Storm Eunice claimed its first victim today after a man was killed by a falling tree as England recorded 122mph winds. … Read more
A British man who admitted to helping a former Northwestern professor fatally stab the professor’s boyfriend was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison under a plea bargain. Andrew Warren, 61, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after agreeing to testify against co-defendant Wyndham Lathem as part of his 2019 deal, the Chicago Tribune reported. Cook … Read more
Scott Thompson fell into the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara, off the coast of California, sometime last month wearing only shorts and a T-shirt Southern California boater Scott Thompson (right) who fell into the Santa Barbara Channel ( Image: Newsflash) A man who fell into the Pacific Ocean from a motorboat … Read more
A former Cardiff City star has been found guilty of stabbing a man in the back. Ibrahim Meite, 25, who also played for League Two side Crawley Town, was accused of stabbing Rio Amos, 24, in Putney, south London, on the morning of September 12 2019. During a trial at Kingston Crown Court, prosecutor Max … Read more
Someone found a moose with its head cut off and abandoned in Montana about two years ago. Now a man will pay thousands for the killing. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks received a report of a poached moose with its head cut off in November 2019. The dead moose was found on a road about … Read more
Chinese social media users have reacted strongly to an accidental voice reveal of Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen.Aaron Favila/AP Photo The voice of Beijing Games mascot Bing Dwen Dwen was accidentally revealed on February 8. The mascot spoke during an interview with Chinese freestyle skier Yang Shuorui. Chinese social media users expressed alarm at the … Read more
This labor of love was quite literal — and came much sooner than expected. When 20-year-old Alyssa Hodges and 25-year-old Max Silvy matched on Tinder, Hodges was upfront about the fact that she was pregnant — but neither expected Silvy to help her give birth on their fourth date. “I was about six-and-a-half-months pregnant when … Read more
Jon Thordarson was traveling back home from a holiday in Gran Canaria when fellow passenger Terry Potter collapsed from a cardiac arrest. A paramedic, Jon started CPR and gave six shocks with the plane’s defibrillator before 50-year-old Terry started showing signs of life. “I’ve spent the last seven years volunteering as part of Restart a … Read more