Category: UK News

A woman in Colchester narrowly avoided being killed after a car crashed into her home – only moments after she got up to change the channel to watch I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Jess Law believes she may not have survived if she had not moved to a different position on the sofa… Continue reading Colchester woman avoided car crash after getting up to change TV channel

Louis Theroux, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker, has revealed that he has shaved off his eyebrows due to hair loss caused by alopecia. In an Instagram post, the 53-year-old also shared that he’s considering microblading – a semi-permanent tattooing process – to give himself the illusion of fuller brows. Posting a video and pictures of himself… Continue reading Louis Theroux shaves off eyebrows due to alopecia

The North West Ambulance Service has warned that excessive requests for repeat medication over the Christmas period could harm sick patients and potentially put lives at risk. The NHS 111 out-of-hours advice service has seen a significant increase in repeat prescription requests over last year’s festive period. The service received 20% more calls about routine… Continue reading Avoidable 111 calls may risk lives over Christmas, service head warns

An assistant coroner has expressed concern over the handling of a report of a missing man whose body was found two months later. Lee Bowman died after getting trapped between two fence panels, and despite the fact it could not be determined how he died, police’s assumptions based on his alcohol addiction were seen as… Continue reading Coroner's concerns over missing dad who died between fence panels

After running for more than five decades, the BBC sports quiz show, Question of Sport, has ceased production due to “inflation and funding challenges,” as confirmed by the BBC. The show’s first episode aired in 1970, hosted by David Vine. Despite being off the air for two years in the 1970s, the program continued in… Continue reading Question of Sport stops production, BBC confirms

Alex Batty, who disappeared six years ago with his mother and grandfather, has been found in a remote mountainous area in the Pyrenees by a French student working as a delivery driver. Fabien Accidini stumbled upon the 17-year-old while delivering medicines to local pharmacies near the village of Chalabre in the middle of the night.… Continue reading Alex Batty's long journey home on an unlit mountain road

A teenage boy missing for six years has been found safe and well in France. Alex Batty disappeared while on holiday with his mother and grandfather, who did not have legal guardianship over him. The 17-year-old was found by a motorist near Toulouse in the south of France last Thursday. Alex’s legal guardian, his grandmother… Continue reading Alex Batty: Grandma's 'relief and happiness' at missing boy's return

Edward Little, a man who was convicted of conspiring to launch a gun attack in Hyde Park, was caught lunging at a detective in a video recording released by the police. Little, who was apprehended while trying to buy a gun in south London, has been sentenced to spend 16 years in jail for planning… Continue reading Gun attack plotter lunges at officer during police interview

Specialist divers have been brought in to aid the search for a missing man who disappeared following a night out in Ipswich. Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (Sulsar) has used kayaks to search the River Gipping in the town this week. Julian De Bono, 63, was last seen on Yarmouth Road, Ipswich at 1:45 am… Continue reading Julian De Bono: CCTV released in search for missing Ipswich man

The police have named the woman who tragically lost her life in the explosion that occurred in Treforest, south Wales. Danielle Evans’ body was discovered by the police during their search of Treforest Industrial Estate in Rhondda Cynon Taf last Wednesday evening. The police have officially announced that they will begin investigating the cause of… Continue reading Treforest fire: Woman killed after explosion named