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On April 3, police were called to a home in Oxford on the grounds of severely injuring an animal. Callum Gerken was arrested on April 4, before being charged the following day for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and sending malicious communications. Initially Gerken denied all charges, but…
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It is something I'm sure all working people have dreamt about; working less and having more money. It would be great to have the standard five-day working week reduced down to four - however, I'm sure most of us in the UK have just resigned ourselves to the fact that…
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Recently six American states - Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, and North Dakota - passed so-called "heartbeat bills," forbidding abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which typically occurs six weeks into a pregnancy. These reports sparked outrage because at that point the embryo is about the size of…
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When it comes to attendance at school, there are usually those who put the time in more than others. It depends on all sorts of things - from your general health to your social life to how strict your parents are when it comes to taking a day off sick.…
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Two Texas men lost their life on Friday by attempting to jump over an open drawbridge, local police forces have reported. Louisiana State Police reported that they responded to a single car crash shortly after two o'clock in the morning at the Black Bayou Bridge. Investigators say the bridge was…
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A new bill signed into law in Colorado means that its diabetic residents will no longer see prices of insulin rise any further. The problem is widespread across the US, as around one in four insulin users have reported they need to ration their medication to afford the rapidly increasing…
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Last week we heard the wonderful news that Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Asia to take this pivotal step. In 2017, the constitutional court ruled that these couples would have the right to marry, giving the government two years to pass these changes. The bills…
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When a bride-to-be found out that her fiancé had been cheating on her, she decided to expose him and his affair in as public a manner as possible - at their wedding. And, luckily for those of us who revel in other people's drama, the woman in question decided to…
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Theresa May has officially resigned from her role as the British Prime Minister as the murmurs of discontent over her handling of Brexit has brought discontent to fever pitch. The Prime Minister's job was hanging by a thread coming into this week, with prominent members of her Cabinet - including…
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A woman, who gave birth in a McDonald's car park, found the perfect way to celebrate: ordering a Quarter Pounder. The couple, who remain unidentified, drove into the car park at a McDonald's in Croydon, Melbourne's east, yesterday, where they unexpectedly welcomed a little bundle of joy. The birth, which…
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A man from Massachusetts claims that a mysterious intruder broke into his home while he was out, cleaned it immaculately, and then left. Nate Roman, who lives in a single-family home in Marlborough, originally thought that his family had been robbed, after he left for work the morning of May…
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When Donald Trump was running for president, he promised voters he wouldn't spend a lot of time golfing. "I love golf, but if I were in the White House, I don't think I'd ever see Turnberry again. I don't think I'd ever see Doral again," he said at a 2016…
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A couple who raised their baby on a vegan diet have been jailed after the baby was brought to the brink of death due to malnourishment. Swedish outlet The Local report that a court in Gothenburg have ruled that two parents have been sentenced to three months in jail for…
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A convicted felon in Cashmere, Washington accidentally shot himself in the testicles on April 5, according to Wenatchee World News. To make matters worse - yes, they can get worse - a balloon of marijuana fell out of his anus while doctors were operating on the gunshot wound. Then, when…
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A repairman who had taken it upon himself to fix a vintage Buchla Model 100 modular synthesiser reportedly got high on leftover LSD found on the instrument. The synthesiser had been left in a room at Cal State University East Bay since the 1960s, and so Eliot Curtis, the Broadcast…
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Horrifying undercover footage has emerged of care home staff subjecting a young and vulnerable patient with autism to 'psychological torture'. The video also shows the staff members boasting about assaulting their patients. In fact, an alarming total of eight workers told Olivia Davies, an undercover journalist, that they had intentionally…
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He may have been cleaning the premises as a janitor at university, but Frankie Baez had his sights set on a much bigger prize. Moving to New York as a teenager from the Dominican Republic with his mother, Baez got a job at NYU cleaning patient rooms, bathrooms, and hallways…
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We've all saved up a massive amount of change at some point and used it to buy a treat, like a cup of coffee or maybe for some vacation spending money. But can you imagine saving up enough to buy a new car? A customer hauled 66 bags of coins…
