‘I went hell for leather,’ says grandmother-of-three. ‘I really belted him. I wish I’d had something a bit harder so I could have finished him off’ Via: Shopkeeper, 82, fights off robber by bashing him with walking stick
London banker was ‘lynchpin’ in scheme to channel stolen funds through UK, says National Crime Agency Via: Ex-Goldman Sachs banker ordered to pay back £7.3m laundered for corrupt Nigerian politician
John Robins says West Yorkshire force was told its involvement would be ‘solely about police officer recruitment’ Via: Police chief issues extraordinary condemnation of Boris Johnson for using 'my officers as a backdrop' and suggests he was misled by Number 10
The prime minister says that resignation if he fails to deliver Brexit next month is ‘not a hypothesis I am willing to contemplate’ Via: Boris Johnson resignation: Number 10 refuses to rule out PM stepping down after crushing Brexit defeats
The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, is the first to provide evidence of an association between prenatal stress and personality disorders. Via: Women stressed in pregnancy 'are more likely to have children with a personality disorder'
City authorities unveil machine that tempts rats with bait before dropping them into vat of alcoholNew York has unveiled its latest weapon in the city’s long-running war against rats – an alcohol death trap.Rodents are one of the more unappealing aspects of life in America’s largest metropolis, often seen scurrying Read more
‘Deserted by my own brother! Can it get any worse?’ Via: PAUL THOMAS on… Boris Johnson's woes
Depraved trolls created an Instagram account mocking Breck Bednar, 14, who was killed after being lured to the home of Lewis Daynes, 18, in Grays, Essex, in February 2014. Via: Murdered boy must HIMSELF report a fake profile created by ghouls trolling his death
David Hancock, a former solider, claims a police officer told him the Rev Paisley funded the 1969 bombing of the Silent Valley reservoir, Belfast’s main water supply. Via: BBC to air soldier's claims Rev Ian Paisley funded a UVF bomb at the height of the Troubles
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said last night that despite her desire to stay in the EU, Labour would negotiate a new Brexit deal if it came to power, but still campaign to Remain. Via: Labour's Emily Thornberry says she would negotiate Brexit deal, then campaign to REJECT it