July 2019

The 12,000ft high Rhone Glacier in Switzerland is meting so quickly over the past 150 years that a five-acre UV-resistant tarpaulin has to be dragged over the top of it every summer to halt its retreat. Via: Blankets used to cover five-acres of melting Rhone Glacier in Switzerland to protect Read more

Jonathan Freedland talks about Boris Johnson’s brutal cabinet reshuffle which brings the members of the victorious Brexit campaign into the heart of government. And: Laura Snapes on the nominations for the Mercury music prizeIt was one of the most sweeping and brutal cabinet reshuffles in modern political history. Boris Johnson Read more

Mesut Ozil was seen by alarmed members of the public racing along Golders Green Road in his black Mercedes G-Class SUV, pursued by assailants on motorbikes. Via: How terrified Arsenal stars Ozil and Kolasinac were chased for a MILE by knife-wielding carjackers

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This column doesn’t do honeymoon periods, though it would be churlish not to admit to a sense of satisfaction and vindication now that Boris has finally made it into No 10. Via: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Never mind the Boris, it's about Brexit

State media says Kim Jong-un personally organised and guided test as part of quest for ‘nonstop super powerful weapon systems’North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, supervised the launch of “a new type of tactical guided weapon” as a “solemn warning to South Korean military warmongers”, the state news agency has said.Kim Read more

Storms are sweeping across the East of England, with lightning flashing across the skies of Norfolk and Suffolk as Friday gets off to a thundering start. Via: WEATHER: Heatwave's gone in a flash! Topsy-turvy weather sees thunderstorms sweep the country

The 17-year-old who killed Yousef Makki but has been cleared of murder and manslaughter over the Cheshire knifing filmed himself making stabbing motions in a message to his girlfriend. Via: Yousef Makki's killer filmed himself making a stabbing motion while listening to drill