Animal rights group Peta has written to the Cambridge Dictionary requesting a change to what they call the “unfair” definition of rats.The organisation is campaigning against the dictionary’s informal definition that describes rats as “unpleasant” and…

Barclays has ditched gender and ethnicity targets in the US as the British bank has bowed to US President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive.Managers at the US branch of the British bank will no longer be required to evaluate how new hires and promot…

Barclays has ditched gender and ethnicity targets in the US as the British bank has bowed to US President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive.Managers at the US branch of the British bank will no longer be required to evaluate how new hires and promot…

A couple have been left devastated after their meticulously crafted garden was ruined by their neighbour’s careless fence painting.The homeowners, who share their property journey on social media as @weir_home, had spent years creating their “dream ga…

Elon Musk has hit out at US President Donald Trump’s tariff tsar, calling him a “moron” who is “dumber than a sack of bricks”.The billionaire slammed Peter Navarro, Trump’s senior counsellor for trade, after he called Musk merely a “car assembler” rat…

Donald Trump’s tariffs on numerous economies took effect on Wednesday morning, including a 104 per cent levy on Chinese goods, as the US president introduced a fresh round of tariffs targeting several trade partners.Import rates to the US from exporte…

Donald Trump’s tariffs on numerous economies took effect on Wednesday morning, including a 104 per cent levy on Chinese goods, as the US president introduced a fresh round of tariffs targeting several trade partners.Import rates to the US from exporte…

Thick smoke can be seen across Greater Manchester this afternoon following a fire in Salford. Photos show large plumes of black smoke rising into the sky, with fire crews on the scene.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confi…

At least 13 people have died after a ceiling collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic during a concert.The incident occurred at the Jet Set nightclub in the neighbourhood of El Portal.A further 70 people were injured when the roof collapsed …

Ukrainian forces clashed with six Chinese troops in eastern Ukraine, capturing two soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Tuesday.In a statement to reporters in Kyiv, Zelensky said he had instructed Ukrainian officials to seek an official…

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with multiple sexual offences, including rape, the force has confirmed.PC Dion Arnold, who is part of the South West Command Unit, was charged on March 31 with four counts of rape, two counts of a…

A 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl have been found guilty of manslaughter for the killing of an 80-year-old dog walker, who was filmed being assaulted before his death.During the six-week trial, it was revealed that Bhim Kohli, 80, was injured a…

A woman has tragically passed away in a Primark store after experiencing what has been described as a medical episode.Police cordoned off the town centre location after the incident ocurred.Emergency services were alerted to the situation in Market Pl…

Millions of people receiving state pensions and Universal Credit will face delays in getting their increased payments despite rates rising this week.State pension and benefit payments increased by 4.1 per cent and 1.7 per cent respectively on April 7….

The Brontë museum has claimed Wuthering Heights’ Heathcliff was of “black African descent” and inspired by former slaves. Heathcliff is the anti-hero in Brontë’s only novel, a story that shocked Victorian society when it was published in 1847.The auth…

Hundreds of firefighters have been battling a major blaze at a recycling plant and sports court complex in central Paris.A large section of the city’s périphérique ring road was closed to traffic in both directions last night as emergency services tac…

A “callous” murderer who killed a mother and her nephew has won a European human rights claim.A European court has determined that the human rights of 32-year-old Obina Christopher Ezeoke were violated due to the lengthy delay in his trial.Ezeoke unde…

Three councils failed to fill in a single pothole or resurface any of their roads last year, according to data analysed by the RAC.Labour-run Blackpool Unitary Authority and Tameside Council, along with the Tory-run London Borough of Bexley, did not r…