Sharon Hughes says she has been keeping foxes in her garden for 25 years. (Sharon Hughes/TikTok/@Shazzababie) The RSPCA has warned people to be careful when feeding foxes. a video A Scottish woman’s throw of food to a family of animals outside her door has gone viral. The video was posted on TikTok by Sharon Hughes… Read More »
A Dutch company representing dozens of trucking companies has applied for permission to launch a judicial review against TfL in the High Court – Yui Mok/PA Sadiq Khan’s Transport for London (TfL) may be forced to pay Ulez millions of pounds in fines after a legal challenge from European drivers. Fines of up to £6.5… Read More »
From celebrity appearances to mass demonstrations, airlines are making creative efforts to get passengers to listen to pre-flight safety briefings. Yet most of us go out as soon as we get on the plane, and some of us ignore the rules. To remind you why airline safety rules are important, we spoke with airline crew… Read More »
Ricky Gervais (Netflix) Ricky Gervais, purveyor of increasingly cheap comic shocks, says in the twilight moments of his new Netflix special: When I’m dead you’ll realize this was a great satire. armageddon. He’s being ironic: even in Gervais’s own estimation, the series is not a sharp satire. In fact, it’s almost an anti-satire, a list… Read More »
David Tennant returns as the Doctor in 60th anniversary episodes, alongside transgender character Rose Noble, played by Yasmin Finney, who is also trans – Sally Mais/BBC A BBC social media account posted undercover tweets saying “people can’t change gender” and “sex is immutable” in response to an episode of Doctor Who. Trans character Rose Noble,… Read More »
Each patient receives a Christmas cracker and a gift; this is usually a wash bag or sock (Getty Images) I will be spending Christmas Day in an NHS hospital ward in west London. I’m here with my 91-year-old father and my two children, seven-year-old Lola and five-year-old Liberty. Like many other people in hospital who… Read More »
Mention incense and it’s hard not to instantly think Christmas. Mentioned in the story of Jesus’ birth in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, this gift was one of the precious gifts (along with gold and myrrh) given to the baby Jesus by the three wise men. But there’s more to this ancient, aromatic taste tree… Read More »
Home Secretary James Cleverly faces calls to resign. (Getty Images) James Cleverly faces calls to resign after joking about spiking his wife’s drink; just hours after new plans to counter this surge were announced. The home secretary told female guests at a Downing Street reception that “it’s not really illegal to have a little bit… Read More »