A gunman went on a rampage in Slovakian capital, Bratislava, yesterday, killing seven and wounding 15 others before committing suicide.
Five of the dead were members of one Roma family who lived in a flat where the man began his attack with a machine gun and two pistols. Roma gypsies often face discrimination in eastern Europe [...]
Three stacks of cheeseburgers. Photograph: Garry Gay/PC RM
Cardiologists have suggested fast food restaurants offer statins along with sachets of condiments, to protect against heart disease. Should you be able to pick up pills with your pepper?
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On Sunday at Fac251 in Manchester, promoter Paul Cons is reviving Flesh, his famous gay club of the early 90s for one night. As well as raising money for the Albert Kennedy Trust and the Peter Tatchell Human Rights Fund it's going to be a nostalgic night for older Manchester gays.
"When Flesh started we were [...]
As the writer who brought James Bond to life on the big screen, Wolf Mankowitz was well versed in the skulduggery of the British intelligence services. What he did not know was that MI5 returned the favour by investigating him for more than a decade as a suspected Soviet spy.
The playwright and renowned expert in [...]
When manchester City's owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan came to town for the first time last night to check on his investment it would not be overstating it to say that the club felt obliged to deliver a result for their benefactor. Judging by the strained expressions around him in the directors' box [...]
Thousands of top-performing A-level candidates are today warned by the Universities minister that they should consider lowering their sights and applying for a less prestigious university next year.
More than 3,000 straight "A"-grade students are expected to be turned away by the institutions of their choice when the results of this year's exams are published. Overall, [...]
It was 1939 and the Nazi menace threatened Europe. But while Britain clamoured for the leadership of Winston Churchill, the thoughts of the great warrior himself were focused on an altogether more pacific subject: butterflies.
Like many Victorian children, the young Churchill had been an avid lepidopterist, collecting and pinning specimens from the then-teeming fields around [...]
Pamela Geller is on a mission to save the free world and she's doing it, on this occasion, in a bikini as she writhes around in the sea.
"Here I am in my chador, my burka," Geller jokes to the camera in one of a string of video blogs campaigning against Islamic "world domination" shortly before [...]
Famous figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment and sport joined hundreds of mourners today for the funeral of former Scottish trade union leader Jimmy Reid.
The stalwart of the 1970s labour movement died last week at the age of 78 after a short illness.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, former prime minister Gordon Brown, Manchester United [...]
The coming months and years will be hard, and the battle to bring down the deficit will change all our lives. Most people assume this is a change for the worse, but it may not necessarily be so. The Government’s aim to scale back the state could produce business opportunities, especially for firms operating locally [...]
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