A risk-embracing children’s book initially rejected by US publishers is poised to be a UK bestsellerIt is a book that some parents would not want in the house, but a thesis that was rejected by at least 16 publishers is now an unlikely sensation in America, and will soon be issued in the UK.”They told [...]
An investigation is under way after a man’s body was found at a house in Fife by police responding to an emergency call.
A man who harassed a woman for seven years has been jailed for just 16 weeks. Why is the law so slow to realise that stalking is a serious – and often violent – crime?Claire Waxman has spent much of the last seven years living in terror. During that period, her stalker has followed her [...]
A father is jailed for killing his son and two teenage stepchildren in a house fire he started after a row with his wife.
Britain’s Got Talent star finds teenager leaving housePolice are searching for a suspected burglar after the singer Susan Boyle disturbed a youth leaving her home in Blackburn, near Edinburgh.The Britain’s Got Talent star discovered a teenage boy at her door when she returned home last night after singing on the charity single being recorded for [...]
Singer Susan Boyle says she is “fine” after disturbing an intruder who she discovered inside her West Lothian house.
The number of mortgages approved for house purchases rose at the end of the year, figures from UK banks show.
But 63% drop in remortgages means total number of approvals is lowest since records began, the BBA saysThe number of homebuyer mortgages approved by banks rose to a two-year high in December, figures showed today, but a continuing lack of remortgaging activity helped keep total lending down.The figures from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) showed [...]
Emergency services find one man dead and another suffering from the effects of gas inhalation at a house in Luton.
Whether you support or detest such experiments, it’s important to know if they are well conductedLike many people, you’re possibly afraid to share your views on animal experiments, because you don’t want anyone digging up your grandmother’s grave, or setting fire to your house, or stuff like that. Animal experiments are necessary, they need to [...]