Kansas man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets

A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets on Thursday, proving in real life the old saying...

Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder trial

PHOTOGRAPHS of the spot where gangland figure Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll was shot dead were shown to a murder trial jury yesterday. The pictures...

popular Caribbean dancing style used by adults, known as 'daggering', is sexualising the dance floors of a much younger generation.

   Teenagers as young as 11 are modelling sex acts and rape, in the form of daggering, on the dance floor with their peers. Deputy Children...

Facebook App Lets You Add Enemies Online

  Forget friending. A new Facebook app allows users of the social network to identify and share people, places and things as “enemies” for a...

socially disruptive narcissists More Facebook Friends You Have, the More Unhappy You Are

  A  study has discovered a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook and how much of a “socially disruptive narcissist...

Whitney Houston full autopsy report to offer more details

Whitney Houston’s full autopsy report may offer more clues about whether the singer suffered a heart attack before her drowning death, offic...

Celebrity addicts: Who dies, who survives, and why

  Singer Whitney Houston's death last month from accidental drowning from the effects of cocaine use and heart disease throws bright lig...

Cheap drugs abroad could pay for break

HOLIDAYMAKERS can pay for the cost of a break in the sun by buying their prescription drugs while abroad. Legally they can purchase their p...

Brian Regan: Brookside star to cocaine addict

  Brian Regan found fame playing loveable rogue Terry Sullivan in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside. In the show's 1980s heyday, his c...

Study Suggests Link Between Narcissism And Facebook

There may be a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook and just how much of a “socially disruptive” narcissist you ar...

Minimum price for alcohol introduced in bid to tackle Britain's binge crisis

The cost of a pint of beer will be at least 80p and a pint of strong cider would be at least £1.60. Mr Cameron said he was trying to tackle...

Whitney Houston drowned after cocaine use, says coroner

Whitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, a coroner has ruled. Cor...

Liver deaths at all-time high

  Liver disease is killing more people than ever before in England, especially in deprived areas, shows a report out today. Deaths from live...

A Nation 'Addicted' To Statins...

Dear Reader, In the UK alone, more than 7 million people are taking cholesterol-lowering statins. This is extremely worrying when you consid...

Two police officers were injured in a shoot-out in a raid on a house in Toulouse to arrest suspects in the killings of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in southwest France.

     The source said the raid began at 3am local time (2am GMT) and was ongoing, but did not provide further details.     French news chann...

800 'jet-set' extras needed

  Oscar-nominated director Danièle Thompson is looking for 800 men and women to play Saint Tropez’s jet-set elite in her new feature-length ...

18 Best Places to Retire Overseas

When choosing a place to spend your retirement years, the cost of living is important. But it is only one consideration. The ideal retiremen...

5 Top Ways Stars Lose All Their Cash

Last week Gary Busey passed a mandatory online financial management course in an attempt to convince a U.S. Bankruptcy court he'll start...

Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba is in intensive care after collapsing during an FA Cup tie.

   The 23-year-old was said to be critically ill in the London Chest Hospital after falling to the ground at White Hart Lane in front of mil...

Facebook's 'dark side': study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism

  Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook and the degree to which you are a "soci...

It's Not Dementia, It's Your Heart Medication: Cholesterol Drugs and Memory

  One day in 1999 Duane Graveline, then a 68-year-old former NASA astronaut, returned home from his morning walk in Merritt Island, Fla., an...

Statin side effects: How common are memory loss, diabetes, and muscle aches?

  When the US Food and Drug Administration told the makers of cholesterol-lowering statins to add new side effect warnings to their labels l...

Spain Approves Canary Islands Oil Exploration

The Spanish government approved Friday a controversial permit to explore for oil offshore the Canary Islands, in an area that could become b...

Cadíz second bridge delayed until at least 2013

The Ministry for Development has announced a delay in the opening of the second road bridge into Cádiz which will now not be open to traffic...

Place your bets on Euro Vegas

IT MAY just be the single largest contrarian bet in the euro zone. Sheldon Adelson, a casino tycoon, is expected soon to choose between Madr...

American Airlines flight attendant restrained after taking over PA system and screaming 'we're going to crash'

  A flight attendant had to be restrained by passengers and crew on an American Airlines flight after she started ranting that the plane was...

A Moroccan teenager killed herself after a judge forced her to marry her rapist.

  The 16-year-old girl, named as Amina Filali, ate rat poison after a Tangier court which was supposed to be punishing her 26-year-old attac...

Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in phone hacking inquiry

REBEKAH Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating allegations of phone hack...

A4e faces new fraud investigation

  The government has launched an investigation into an allegation of attempted fraud against the welfare-to-work company A4e. The Departmen...

Stalking to become a crime for 1st time with offenders facing up to 5 years in jail

Stalking is to become a crime for the first time, with offenders facing jail for up to five years and unlimited fines. After decades of deb...

Police divers search for head and limbs of Gemma McCluskie

Frogmen from Scotland Yard's Marine Support Unit are in Regent's Canal in Hackney, east London, where the torso was found this week....