“Evil” paedophile jailed for 18 years
A predatory paedophile who spent 40 years raping and sexually molesting girls as young as five across Britain has been jailed for 18 years. Geoffrey Tift was described as ”nothing short of evil” by the judge who sentenced him for carrying out the vile crimes. Tift, now 62, subjected his four victims, aged between five…
Women try on 21,000 outfits in a lifetime
Woman will try on more than 21,000 items of clothing in a lifetime – but will only actually buy half of them, a study revealed today. On average, women hit the shops four times a month and disappear into the changing rooms with ten tops, pairs of jeans, dresses or shoes on each trip. That’s…
Cruel farmer throws trapped fox to Staffordshire Bull Terrier
This is the shocking picture of a fox that was trapped in a cage before it was thrown to a snarling dog – and mauled to death. Callous William Burrell, 50, caught the animal on October 8 2009 after it had stalked his pet pigeons for several weeks. He placed a noose around the fox’s…
‘Young’ Alan Sugar fires classmates
An eight-year-old who started a school tuck shop was today dubbed a young ‘Alan Sugar’ after he fired – his CLASSMATES. Pint-sized entrepreneur Connor Pickering even put four other pupils running rival snack stalls out of business when he launched his own tuck shop at school in February. He hired two pals to flog fairy…
Confronted burglar apologises to homeowner
Police are hunting a burglar who was caught raiding a home – and said sorry before leaving. The female intruder was confronted by the homeowner after waking him while ransacking the property in Plymouth, Devon. She immediately apologised and left empty-handed after the raid on August 1. A police spokesman said: ”The homeowner found a…
Hotelier jailed over £500,000 scam
A hotelier has been jailed for four years after he used his guest’s credit card details as part of a £500,000 scam to fund a luxury lifestyle. Sneaky Colin Phillips, 48, stole customer’s details to buy holidays in America, top-of-the-range cars and even a £50,000 watch. Phillips would swipe customer’s credit cards at his hotel…
Police brought in over angry clashes between residents and bin men
Police are being brought in for extra patrols after a series of angry clashes between residents and council workers – over BIN collections, it emerged yesterday. Officers will be drafted in during bin round times following a series of ”disagreements” between homeowners and refuse workers. The confrontations erupted after bin men refused to collect a…
Millwall fan in hospital after Bristol City game – UPDATE
A Millwall football fan has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident shortly after a game at Bristol City A Great Western Ambulance Service spokesman has confirmed that paramedics treated three people at the scene one of whom was rushed to hospital. The spokesman said:’ We attended an incident at 18.07pm tonight…
Millwall fan seriously injured after Bristol City game
A Millwall football fan has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident shortly after a game at Bristol City A Great Western Ambulance Service spokesman has confirmed that paramedics treated three people at the scene one of whom was rushed to hospital. The spokesman said:’We attended an incident at 18.07pm tonight on…
Housemate wanted: iPhone users need not apply
Forget the standard no partners, no animals and no smokers rule; an American looking for a new housemate has one specific instruction – no iPhone users. Vince Thomas has advertised on the Craigslist website for a room in New York with a $1,400 monthly budget. The software company worker wrote: “I refuse to live with…
Horse rescued after getting stuck up to its neck in muddy bog
Fifteen firefighters were called out to rescue a horse after it got stuck up to its neck in a muddy bog yesterday. The five-year-old cob was struggling to escape the four-foot deep swamp when the emergency services arrived at the scene in Dorset. Eight members of the special and animal rescue crew were assisted by…
‘I’m Dating Myself’ is internet sensation
A filmmaker has set up a hilarious new website of people Photoshopping their heads onto their partner’s. Readers have been superimposing themselves onto their partners for ‘I’m Dating Myself’ which was started by Justin Johnson last week. Even the rich and famous are appearing on the site with Barack Obama, Seal and Katy Perry suffering…
Millions of ‘non words’ discovered in secret vault
You may have to go ‘wurfing’ to find out the meaning of ‘polkadodge’ if a colleague casually dropped the wordf into a ‘nonversation’. But this gobbledygook is an example of millions of ‘non words’ which failed to make the dictionary and lie unused in a secret vault owned by the Oxford University Press. ‘Wurfing’ means…
Hand grenade blown up on British beach
Holiday makers were evacuated from a beach while a controlled explosion was carried out – after a Second World War BOMB was found in the sand. Bomb disposal experts were sent to Broadsands in Paignton, Devon, after a beachcomber unearthed a live grenade. The explosive was found just feet away from more than a hundred…
Weirdest iPhone insurance claims revealed
The most bizarre insurance claims for lost and damaged iPhones emerged today as ‘I dropped it from a hot air balloon’ and ‘my dog chewed it’. Other unusual claims include ‘I lost it while skydiving’, ‘I dropped it in a blender’ and ‘It fell into the kettle’. The weird and wonderful claims came to light…
Council forks out £40k on iPads
A cash-strapped council has come under fire after it announced plans to fork out nearly £40,000 of taxpayers’ cash – on iPADS for every councillor. Leicester City Council is preparing to issue all 54 councillors with a trendy iPad from next May. Four councillors have already been given the hi-tech gizmos, each costing around £700,…
Reserve owner’s plan to inject rhino’s horns with poison
The owner of a South African game reserve intends to inject his rhino’s horns with poison to deter poachers. Ed Hern, owner of the Rhino and Lion Reserve near Johannesburg, hopes this extreme measure will dissuade poachers who have slaughtered more than 150 rhinos this year. He believes the only way to stop the thriving…
