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Farmer races on quad bike over blazing Saddleworth Moor to save his 3,000 stranded sheep – as Army joins fight against flames on fifth day of crisis James Crowther, 30, raced across Saddleworth...

Is this the end of the clothes size lottery? Major retail chains including ASOS, Next, New Look and River Island back creation of universal sizing Inconsistent clothing sizes have led to huge amounts...

Former England cricketer ‘Freddie’ Flintoff slams thief who stole his wallet while he was at the gym The former England cricket captain, 40, robbed at Total Fitness in Altrincham He tweeted:...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House announced Thursday. A terse synchronised statement said the two...

A Victoria’s Secret model is taking legal action against a California hotel claiming bed bugs “massacred” her during a visit, according to reports. Sabrina Jales St. Pierre alleged in...

NAIROBI — Fifteen people died and dozens were injured when fire swept through a market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. Emergency service St John Ambulance...

Bomb squad swoops on road outside BBC’s London offices and smash into car sparking mass evacuation … only for staff say it belongs to an employee Car sparked panic before Portland Place near Oxford...

What a sssshock! Cat is STUNNED to see a snake for the first time on a visit to the vet Hilarious video was filmed in Nova Scotia in eastern Canada on June 20 this year The moggy, named TJ by its owner...

American tourist, 29, is left with horror injuries after the rope SNAPPED as she parasailed in Mexico on her birthday, leaving her stuck in the air for nearly AN HOUR before she plummeted hundreds of feet...

Police officer, 22, who racially abused staff in an Indian takeaway with vile slurs during Christmas night out is sacked PC Katie Barratt admitted using term ‘p***’ at a takeaway in Newcastle...

Cairo: Syrian state news agency SANA said two Israeli missiles hit in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning, without giving further details. The Syrian Observatory...

Marisa Papen took the cheeky snap from the roof-top of building in the ancient Middle Eastern city. The Belgian model said: "It was immediately clear to me that if we could manage to take a picture...

Ministers want to extend the law on threatening with a blade from public and schools to include colleagues and universities too – but Philip Davies says it should apply everywhere. He told MPs in...

Scarred with thorns and adorned with flowers: Fascinating images show the beauty rituals of Ethiopia’s remote Suri tribe The Suri tribe from south-western Ethiopia is one of the fiercest indigenous...

Los Angeles: Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is working on a television interview show in which he banters with guests about a variety of topics. Then-White House press secretary Sean...

Xingfu, China: Scientists disclosed a global pollution mystery last month: a surprise rise in emissions of an outlawed industrial gas that destroys the ozone layer. The unexpected increase is undermining...