You can easily find passport validity rules for UK passengers travelling to destinations around the world from official sources, particularly the Foreign Office’s travel advice. But airlines continue to disrupt passengers’ holiday plans by falsely claiming their passports are not valid for travel. British Airways is the latest. British Airways ground staff at London Gatwick… Read More »
The staggering cost of a simple egg sandwich, available from Pret A Manger’s White House stores, could explain why Kamala Harris could lose the US election. While Pret’s egg salad and rocket sandwich costs more than $10 at its local branch, its salmon, avocado and quinoa salad is just 20 cents cheaper at $20. In… Read More »
Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly staying away from the Hollywood actor after a photo emerged of him at one of the disgraced musician’s infamous “White Parties.” Combs was arrested on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and sexual assault, among other charges, on Sept. 16. He pleaded not guilty to a three-count indictment, was denied bail and… Read More »
A man who arranged to meet and sexually abuse children, including a 10-month-old baby, later claimed he only wanted the children to sit on his lap so he could sing a nursery rhyme, a court heard. A judge described Carl Martin’s claim as “one of the most fanciful stories I have ever heard”. Swansea Crown… Read More »
Pubs may be forced to close early as part of “nanny state” measures targeting harmful drinking. The government is considering “tightening the opening hours” of bars and pubs, Public Health Secretary Andrew Gwynne said, as part of a drive to roll back the “continental European café-style drinking culture” launched by Sir Tony Blair. Gwynne said… Read More »
The rape of Gisele Pelicot, a French woman who was unconscious by dozens of strange men hired by her husband over a decade, has sparked an outcry on social media urging women to check for sexually transmitted infections, regardless of their relationship status. The 72-year-old woman told a court in Avignon, France, that her now… Read More »
Angela Rayner, grinning from ear to ear, stares into the camera as she drinks a whiskey cocktail through a straw. The snapped image was taken by the Deputy Prime Minister’s new “smug” photographer during a trip to the Johnnie Walker Experience in Edinburgh last month. It is one of more than a dozen public moments… Read More »
“I feel so bad for him and his family because he was a really good man,” he recalls, serving coffee from behind the bar. “He was a family man, a Monsieur Tout-le-Monde,” Mr. Flegon said, using a French expression meaning “Mr. Everyman” or “ordinary man.” It has become the disturbing slogan of a gang-rape trial… Read More »
“Have you ever seen a dead body?” That was the chilling question Carly Gregg, then 14, asked her friend after she shot and killed her mother and high school teacher Ashley Smylie in their Mississippi home earlier this year. Carly told her friend to come over and claimed it was an “emergency” before explaining the… Read More »
A Labour Party candidate was told he was not a true Muslim because he had a Western surname. Heather Iqbal suffered a heavy defeat to Iqbal Mohamed in Dewsbury and Batley after a campaign described as “intimidating”. Ms Iqbal said Mr Mohamed’s supporters chased her down the street and shouted at her as a “child… Read More »