[ad_1] Reports that the Prime Minister will travel to Europe to engage in urgent talks to address the escalating Ukraine crisis dominate the nation’s papers. The Daily Express, Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph lead with the Prime Minister’s “last-ditch” diplomatic trip to Europe and plea to Vladimir Putin to engage in a de-escalation. EXPRESS:…
[ad_1] Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has hailed the “extraordinary legacy” of executive producer Beryl Vertue following her death aged 90. Across her varied career, Vertue progressed from secretary to talent agent before establishing herself as an award-winning producer of TV and film through her company Hartswood Films. The influential media executive was nicknamed “Sherlock’s godmother”…
[ad_1] Mathew Plumb had always been passionate about the outdoors and sustainable living, but reached a stage in his life where he admits he did not know where to turn. “He needed it I think – the outdoors”, his girlfriend Lauren Youngs told WalesOnline in the middle of their dense 15-acre wood. The couple live…
[ad_1] A woman who got stuck 18ft up a tree while trying to retrieve an escaped pet parrot has been rescued by firefighters in Wiltshire. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews used a 12-metre ladder to help her to safety on Saturday morning. 09:51 – Crews from Trowbridge and Warminster attended following…
[ad_1] The Duchess of Cambridge has invited young viewers into her “bedtime story den” for a reading on CBeebies of a book she enjoyed as a little girl. Kate described the children’s classic The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, by Jill Tomlinson, as an “encouraging tale” during her narration of the book to…
[ad_1] An NHS hospital doctor has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The Sunday Times reported the arrest was for child sexual assault and followed complaints about the examinations of two girls aged seven and 15 at a hospital. Staffordshire Police confirmed there was an “ongoing” investigation into the actions of a 34-year-old West…
[ad_1] Kyle Sandilands, one of Australia’s most high-profile monarchists, has said he will no longer support the British Royal Family once the Queen dies. The radio presenter’s shifting allegiance could be a major coup for the Australian Republic Movement, led by rugby player-turned-journalist Peter FitzSimons. Sandilands, 50, declared on Monday he was a loyal supporter of…
[ad_1] The original was thought to have belonged to Edward the Confessor, who was canonised by the Catholic Church in 1161, but was destroyed after the execution of Charles I in 1649. The current version was made for Charles II in 1661. It was only in 1911, when George V came to the throne, that…
[ad_1] Police have released a photograph of a man they want to speak to after a woman had hair torn from her scalp in a racially aggravated attack. The assault took place outside East Croydon Railway Station, south London, at around 6.45pm on December 18 when the 31-year-old victim got off a Route 119 bus….
[ad_1] POLICE have arrested a man and seized hundreds of cannabis plants at what is being labelled a “sophisticated drug production operation”. Officers from Wiltshire Police raided the unit at Whitehill Industrial Estate in Royal Wootton Bassett on Wednesday morning (February 8), where they seized around 500 cannabis plants. A member of the public called…