Miller Sanford French CRS riot police stand guard near the Parc des Princes (Picture: AFP) Two members of an Australian television crew reporting on the 2024Olympic Games in Paris have been attacked. Staff from Channel 9 were walking to their accommodation in Le Bourget municipality, northeast of the French capital, when the incident happened on Monday afternoon. A … Read more
There was a bang of the table, albeit with an open hand rather than a closed fist. There were several curses. There were a few “It’s right in front of us” recitations, a consistent rallying cry in the face of adversity over the past few seasons. Aaron Boone, throwing the ball before the game, was … Read more
Some people say it is subjective, while others describe it as a ‘monstrosity’. But children at a school in north Wales have been left terrified by a cackling art sculpture that is on display in their grounds. The ‘Smirking man’ piece, a 43ft-tall giant inflatable pink man squatting on all fours by Yue Minjun, has … Read more
People visit St Mary’s lighthouse in Whitley Bay to see the aurora borealis(Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Brits may get another glimpse of the Northern Lights this week as a geomagnetic storm heads towards earth. The lights could be visible as early as tonight, with the Met Office confirming the possibility of auroral displays. But the … Read more
Pictures of the appalling work carried out by a rogue builder across Cornwall (Picture: Cornwall Council Trading Standards/CornwallLive) A builder named ‘Jesse James’ has been jailed for fleecing customers out of £90,000 for dodgy work. It seems Leonard Jesse James Richards, 24, was a cowboy by name and cowboy (builder) by nature, after he pleaded … Read more
Where have we heard this before? (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) Are we getting angry at the wrong people? John (MetroTalk, Tue) says the BBC should send Chris Packham ‘packing’ after its presenter described the jail sentences for the Just Stop Oil protesters as a ‘grotesque miscarriage of justice’. I disagree. Packham should be … Read more
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next A humpback whale breached and slammed into a fishing boat, flipping it and throwing two boaters into the ocean and prompting a desperate mayday call. The huge juvenile whale emerged from the ocean of the … Read more
Anthony Esan will appear in court today over the attack near Brompton Barracks in Gillingham, Kent (Picture: UKNIP/PA) The uniformed Army officer was airlifted to hospital after being knifed around 12 times by a masked attacker near Brompton Barracks in Gillingham, Kent, on Tuesday evening. Anthony Esan, 24, will appear in court charged with attempted murder on Thursday. He was arrested … Read more
The south London park has been partially cordoned off (Picture: Google) Police have launched an investigation after ‘human organs’ were discovered in a container in south London. A member of the public found the suspicious container in Rosehill Park, Sutton, late yesterday afternoon. The area has been cordoned off as police investigate the findings, which … Read more
Jen O’Malley Dillon has transitioned from running the Joe Biden campaign to the Kamala Harris campaign, but her message stays the same no matter who her client is. The veteran Democratic operative expects the “campaign will be close” and “hard fought, but Vice President Harris is in a position of strength — and she’s going … Read more
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