Photo: VCG Blackhall Colliery has one claim to fame – its beach featured in the climax of the Michael Caine film ” Get Carter.” Apart from that, it is like many struggling former mining villages in northeast England. But the village on the County Durham coast is now at the center of a mystery – …
Angered by foot-dragging by an insurance company in paying out for a burial policy, a family in South Africa took matters into their own hands – they hauled the corpse to the company’s offices. In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, two women can be seen schlepping a blue plastic body …
US President Donald Trump(L, front) and former US President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu) President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman claimed Tuesday that Barack Obama staffers left behind catty notes in White House offices for the incoming administration, telling them “you will fail.” Press secretary Stephanie Grisham’s comment, first made to a CNN reporter, prompted swift denials from …
Let sleeping bears lie? Not in Poland this New Year’s Eve, where a row is brewing over the decision to relocate an annual televised event with fireworks and partying to the slopes of the country’s main ski resort. By Tuesday more than 27,000 people had signed a petition organized by a local newspaper, which broke …
Photo: VCG In a case of reality imitating art, two chemistry professors in the US state of Arkansas have been arrested for cooking up methamphetamine in a university lab – in an uncanny echo of the hit series Breaking Bad. Bradley Rowland, 40, and Terry Bateman, 45, were taken into custody Friday after an investigation …
Photo: VCG Soccer fans prone to seasickness may need to consider alternatives, but supporters with sea legs will be able to stay on one of two giant cruise liners during the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Organizers said Monday they had agreed with Swiss-based MSC Cruises for two of its 16 ships with a combined total …
Photo: VCG Three cows swept into the ocean when Hurricane Dorian struck the US east coast in September were found living on a string of sandy islands miles away from their home, US media reported Thursday. The bovine trio is believed to have swum four to five miles (six to 10 kilometers) before placing hoof …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo: Xinhua) When Britain goes to the polls on December 12, all eyes will be on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to see if he can secure a parliamentary majority to help push through his Brexit deal. But also being played out in Johnson’s constituency is a battle for supremacy between …
Visitors watch baby turtles head for the sea during the inauguration of Ruta de la Tortuga Marina on Saturday at El Tunco beach in La Libertad El Salvador. Photo: VCG
Photo: VCG A former British government minister who resigned after sending lewd messages to two women has withdrawn from next month’s election after his estranged wife was chosen to replace him. Andrew Griffiths’ wife Kate, who is divorcing him, was on Tuesday night chosen instead of him to fight the seat of Burton and Uttoxeter …