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Millionaire accountant, 66, is being dragged to court after refusing to tear down Britain’s biggest ‘man cave’ he built in his garden complete with bowling alley, cinema, casino and bar Graham...

Joanne Benson, 41, walked free from court despite leaving Linda Magill, 57, needing surgery to remove her left eye after an argument at Pontins. She was handed a 15-month suspended sentence after pleading...

Norman Pearlstine, a former executive at Time, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal who on Monday was tapped as the new editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, dismissed talk that he’s an out- of-town...

Could there be a SWEXIT? Right-wing Sweden Democrats call for a referendum on EU membership Leader of Sweden Democrats call for a EU referendum after elections Far-right anti-immigrant party is second...

Revealed: Rapists freed from jail ‘carry out five new sex attacks a month’ as figures show re-offending has soared to its highest rate in a decade Figures show that 61 convicted sex attackers...

A woman died after accidentally inhaling scrambled eggs, an inquest was told. Roma Barker, 86, was eating her lunch at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after being admitted with a chest infection. Senior...

The Snapchat clip resurfaced after the 20-year-old was shot dead in Miami, Florida, on Monday after leaving a motorcycle dealership. Videos of what appeared to be the rapper slumped in the driver seat...

China’s ‘dinosaur hunter’ discovers ‘unprecedented’ 1.2million-year-old fossil site with hundreds of footprints Tracks were left by at least seven types of dinosaurs from...

Furious parents fight plans to hold back their children in reception classes for a second year Parents of 19 reception children sent letters from Brough Primary School, Hull  The outraged families claim...

Aidan McAnespie, 23, was gunned down as he made his way to a Gaelic football match in Co Tyrone, during February 1988. He was hit by one of three bullets fired by a machine gun almost 300m away from him. The...

A worrying 259 high-rise blocks were branded death traps after failing fire safety tests in the wake of last year’s inferno. Each was swathed in the same cladding that caused flames at the West London...

A mum-of-three who felt ‘isolated and ignored’ after returning to work following maternity leave has been awarded £25,000 by an ex-employer she accused of sex discrimination. Ruth Faulkner,...

The demonstrators left doctors and nurses terrified and were lambasted by a judge for their anti-social behaviour outside Alder Hey in Liverpool, Merseyside. Brave Alfie, who had an undiagnosed degenerative...

The US UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, slammed the body as "hypocritical and self-serving" and "makes a mockery of human rights". She threatened the US would pull out a year ago unless...

Revellers who overdo the booze at Royal Ascot could find themselves behind the ‘bars’ of a mobile drunk tank, it has been revealed. With recent racing meets marred by outbursts of fighting, it is hoped...

He struck when a Renault Megane pulled up alongside the truck in a slow line of traffic heading into a city centre. A motorist in a car behind films on his phone as a passenger – wearing a smart...