General news

• Could art made from eggs be the next Instagram sensation?

  28-12-2017 23:32
  It just goes to show: Anything can be art.
  
  Read more

• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband 'in limbo' after Christmas hopes dashed

  28-12-2017 23:31
  The husband of detained British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said he was in limbo after hopes that she would be home from Iran in time for Christmas were dashed.Richard Ratcliffe spent his second festive period apart from his wife and three-year-old daughter Gabriella - but said the situation now was "a lot more positive" than last year.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is British-Iranian, was arrested in Tehran in 2016 and is serving a five-year sentence over allegations - which she denies - of pla
  
  Read more

• Two charged over suspected Christmas terror plot

  28-12-2017 23:26
  Police investigating a suspected UK Christmas attack plot have charged two men with terror offences.Andi Sami Star, 31, from Chesterfield, and a 22-year-old man from Sheffield have been charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, West Yorkshire Police said.Both will appear by video-link before Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday.
  
  Read more

• Pub worker found dead in Finsbury Park close to home is named as Iuliana Tudos

  28-12-2017 23:06
  A woman who was found dead in a park just a few hundred metres from her home had a stab wound and a head injury, police said.Iuliana Tudos, 22, was found by a member of the public near baseball pitch in Finsbury Park after she went missing on 24 December.Ms Tudos, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after her body was discovered by a member of the public.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• East London Acid Attack: Woman Left With 'Life-Changing' Burns After Noxious Substance Thrown In Face

  28-12-2017 21:39
  A woman has suffered “life-changing burns” after an attacker threw acid in her face as she walked along a street in east London.
  
  Read more

• This pub went to incredible lengths to return this man’s lost Christmas pay packet

  28-12-2017 21:23
  The only thing missing from this Hollywood story is a Christmas day ending and snow!
  
  Read more

• Father found dead after climbing into bin was 'the nicest lad'

  28-12-2017 20:47
  The body of a father-of-one was found in a recycling plant after he went missing following a Christmas night out.Jay McLaren, 28, didn't arrive home after going out with friends before Christmas, and his disappearance was reported to police.Officers found his body at a recycling plant in Houghton, County Durham, and believe he climbed into a bin after the night out a few miles away.
  
  Read more

• Woman found dead in Finsbury Park is named as Iuliana Tudos

  28-12-2017 20:21
  A murder investigation has been launched by police following the discovery of a young woman's body in Finsbury Park.The woman, aged 22, was named by Metropolitan police as Iuliana Tudos, and is understood to have worked at the World's End pub.A crime scene remains in place and investigators have erected a tent in Finsbury Park.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Facebook and Twitter threatened with sanctions in UK 'fake news' inquiry

  28-12-2017 20:00
  Threat of sanctions against Facebook and Twitter is likely to prompt concern at social media firms.Facebook and Twitter could face sanctions if they continue to stonewall parliament over Russian interference in the EU referendum, the chair of a Commons inquiry has said.Damian Collins, chair of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee, which is looking into so-called “fake news”, has given the companies until 18 January to correct their failure to hand over informat
  
  Read more

• Vanity Fair under fire for urging Hillary Clinton to quit politics and knit instead

  28-12-2017 19:59
  Writers, celebrities and Hillary Clinton’s former aides tweeted their outrage.Vanity Fair became embroiled in a social media storm over a video in which Hillary Clinton was urged to quit politics for knitting – an attempted joke that backfired even before it drew a bizarre tweet from Donald Trump.The row began just before Christmas, when the magazine posted a series of videos in which editors and writers held up glasses of champagne and suggested satirical New Year’s resolution
  
  Read more

• Travel disruption likely in UK with coldest night of year expected

  28-12-2017 19:38
  Travellers should be prepared for freezing weather and heavy snow across much of the UK on what could be the coldest night of the year so far, with more disruption expected on the roads and at airports.Arctic air hovering over the UK will bring temperatures as low as -13C in Scotland overnight, and an amber weather warning is in place for heavy snow in the east Midlands, north-west England and Yorkshire on Friday morning.
  
  Read more

• Van Dijk is heading to the centre of the dearth | Brief letters

  28-12-2017 18:21
  Liverpool have agreed a record £75m fee with Southampton for Virgil van Dijk. Karen Barratt wishes him luck.Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty
  
  Read more

• Apple, Epson face French legal complaints over allegedly shortening life of products

  28-12-2017 17:56
  Smartphone maker Appleand Japanese printer company Epsonare facing legal complaints in France over allegedly speeding up the ageing process of their products to stimulate demand.A French consumer association called "HOP" -- standing for "Stop Planned Obsolescence" -- filed preliminary, legal complaints in court against the two groups over the charges.HOP said it filed its complaint against Apple in Paris on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Woman walking alone attacked with acid in London's Canary Wharf

  28-12-2017 17:52
  A woman has suffered life-changing injuries after she was sprayed with acid in East London, police have confirmed.An investigation has been launched after the woman was hit with a "noxious substance" while walking alone in Canary Wharf on 27 December.Tower Hamlets police were called just before 7pm to Westferry Road after the woman's injuries were reported.
  
  Read more

• Shopkeeper uses karate skills to tackle robber

  28-12-2017 17:44
  A man apparently trying to carry out an armed robbery on a corner shop on Christmas Eve ended up pinned to the floor by the shopkeeper – a black belt in karate – and “begging” to be released.CCTV footage showed the man threatening Sibu Kuruvilla and an assistant with what appeared to be a pistol inside the shop, before being thrown to the floor.Despite the assailant’s pleas, Kuruvilla held him down for about a quarter of an hour – refusing to let him go in cas
  
  Read more

• Editor's Notes On Milo Yiannopoulos Book Don't Hold Back

  28-12-2017 17:35
  ‘Alt-right’ poster child Milo Yiannopoulos is suing publishing house Simon & Schuster for $10 million after breaching the contract to publish his book, Dangerous.
  
  Read more

• London acid attack: Woman suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries in sick assault

  28-12-2017 17:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  A WOMAN has been sprayed with a “noxious substance” in a sick acid attack in London.
  
  Read more

• In A Year Marked By Crisis, Let’s Not Forget Those Terrorised By Boko Haram

  28-12-2017 17:15
  It has felt at times that 2017 been a year punctuated by severe humanitarian crises – from the Rohingya people fleeing persecution, to violent conflicts in Yemen and Syria, to desperate food shortages in East Africa.
  
  Read more

• Met Office Forecasts Snow For The Coldest Night Of The Year

  28-12-2017 17:02
  Sub-zero temperatures could bring the coldest night of the year to Britain as weather warnings are issued that more disruption-causing snow is on its way.
  
  Read more

• Six generations! Matriarch celebrates 102nd birthday with great-great-GREAT grandson

  28-12-2017 16:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE matriarch of a six-generation family has celebrated her 102nd birthday with a cuddle from her nine-day-old great-great-great grandson.
  
  Read more

• Russia's Sistema says has transferred 20 billion roubles to Bashneft

  28-12-2017 16:45
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian conglomerate Sistemahas transferred 20 billion roubles (£258.54 million) to oil producer Bashneftas part of an agreement with Bashneft's owner Rosneft , a spokesman for Sistema said on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Dublin's BREXIT GRAB: Goldman Sachs 'moving London hub to Ireland' after Britain leaves EU

  28-12-2017 16:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  GOLDMAN Sachs will move one of its London headquarters to Dublin after Brexit, sources have claimed.
  
  Read more

• In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine

  28-12-2017 16:23
  After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer and even pull off the biblical-sounding feat of helping the blind to see were approved by U.S. regulators, establishing gene manipulation as a new mode of medicine.
  
  Read more

• Shopkeeper uses karate skills to tackle attempted robber

  28-12-2017 16:22
  A man apparently trying to carry out an armed robbery on a corner shop on Christmas Eve ended up pinned to the floor by the shopkeeper – a black belt in karate – and “begging” to be released.CCTV footage showed the man threatening Sibu Kuruvilla and an assistant with what appeared to be a pistol inside the shop, before being thrown to the floor.Despite the assailant’s pleas, Kuruvilla held him down for about a quarter of an hour – refusing to let him go in cas
  
  Read more

• Britain set for coldest night of the year as heavy snow expected

  28-12-2017 15:51
  The UK is set to have its coldest night of the year as Arctic air causes the mercury to plummet on Thursday night.Temperatures below minus 13C (8.6F) are expected in parts of Scotland and heavy snow is predicted to fall on Friday in the east Midlands, North West and Yorkshire.The Met Office predicts accumulations of up to 10cm (4ins) are likely and up to 15cm (6ins) could fall over higher ground.
  
  Read more

• 'MORTAL SIN for many' Finnish MP says EU still can’t believe UK voted to leave its UTOPIA

  28-12-2017 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  FINNISH Foreign Minister Samuli Virtanen said many EU politicians saw Brexit as a "mortal sin" and they couldn’t believe the UK decided to leave the “paradise” they created for Europe.
  
  Read more

• Former trade minister says trade deal WILL be reached despite EXAGGERATION on BOTH sides

  28-12-2017 15:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER Tory Cabinet minister Lord Maude said a trade deal can be done despite claims being exaggerated on both the Leave and Remain sides.
  
  Read more

• Young woman's body found in Finsbury Park

  28-12-2017 15:18
  A murder investigation has been launched by police following the discovery of a young woman's body in Finsbury Park.A crime scene remains in place and investigators have erected a tent in Finsbury Park.The police investigation is being led by Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall.
  
  Read more

• Security for New Year's Eve celebrations reviewed, Met Police says

  28-12-2017 15:12
  Security for New Year's Eve celebrations across London has been reviewed, Scotland Yard says.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to celebrate in London on 31 December."The policing plan has been developed and reviewed following the tragic incidents that have occurred through the year," Mr Aldworth said.
  
  Read more

• Polish Worker Reunited With Lost Pay Packet After Dogged Pub Campaign

  28-12-2017 15:12
  A social media campaign has reunited a worker with the bulging pay packet he lost in a pub just before Christmas.
  
  Read more

• Mr. Fake News Or: How We Learned To Stop Fact-checking And Love Propaganda

  28-12-2017 15:03
  Ever since the US presidential elections last year, fake news has been hotly debated in Western media.
  
  Read more

• Skwawkbox Accused Of 'Deeply Sinister Bullying' Of Stella Creasy Over Shed Seven Gig

  28-12-2017 15:00
  A popular pro-Corbyn blog has been accused of the “deeply sinister bullying” of a female Labour MP after it criticised her for attending a gig with a Conservative counterpart.
  
  Read more

• Why We Do Still Need To 'Humanise' Muslims?

  28-12-2017 14:57
  There was an interesting article published by Shaista Aziz yesterday in the Guardian posing the question: Why as a society do we need to humanise Muslims?
  
  Read more

• SHOCK Brexit WARNING: German MEP tells UK Barnier still out to make talks 'DIFFICULT'

  28-12-2017 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA MAY secured what Brussels deemed “sufficient progress” in the Brexit negotiations, seemingly opening the door to trade talks. However, the route to a thriving future relationship with the bloc may not be easily arranged, according to German MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel.
  
  Read more

• 'She's in extreme danger' Laura Plummer's father pleads for her release from Egyptian jail

  28-12-2017 14:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE father of a British woman jailed for smuggling painkillers into Egypt has warned she is in "extreme danger" in prison.
  
  Read more

• Finsbury Park Murder Investigation: Young Woman Named As Iuliana Tudos

  28-12-2017 14:44
  A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a young woman was found in Finsbury Park.
  
  Read more

• Finsbury Park Murder Investigation Launched After Woman's Body Found

  28-12-2017 14:44
  A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a young woman was found in Finsbury Park.
  
  Read more

• Harry: Meghan loved Xmas with the family

  28-12-2017 14:00
  Prince Harry has told Radio 4's Today programme that his fiancee Meghan Markle had a great time with the royal family over the festive season.
  
  Read more

• Peak District holiday homes used as 'pop-up brothels' by human traffickers

  28-12-2017 13:57
  Holiday homes in the Peak District are being used as "pop-up brothels", the Bishop of Derby has warned.The Rt Rev Dr Alastair Redfern says homes in the popular holiday destination are being abused by gang bosses who traffic vulnerable women for sex."Derby is a place where Eastern European women have come over in search for a better life but they have been forced into working in a brothel and they have their life taken from them," he told the Derby Telegraph.
  
  Read more

• Meghan Markle's half-sister contradicts Prince Harry over family comments

  28-12-2017 13:56
  Meghan Markle's half-sister has contradicted Prince Harry after he described the Royals as the family his fiancee "never had".Harry made the comment while appearing on an episode of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday, which he also guest edited.Speaking to presenter Sarah Montague, he said: "No look, she's done an absolutely amazing job.
  
  Read more

• 2017 reloaded: key moments from the last 12 months – video

  28-12-2017 13:55 via theguardian.com
  A look back at some of the most impactful moments of the year, remixed by Swiss motion designer and music producer Cee-Roo Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• US Evangelical Christians 'Uncritically Accepting' Of Donald Trump, Bishop Of Liverpool Says

  28-12-2017 13:51
  Conservative evangelical Christians in the US are “uncritically accepting” of Donald Trump’s comments, a senior Church of England bishop has said.
  
  Read more

• This trending Trump video is the best belated Christmas gift you didn’t even know you wanted

  28-12-2017 13:41
  Be warned – you’re not going to be able to get it out of your head.
  
  Read more

• Florence Pugh: ‘Me, the next Kate Winslet? That’s ridiculous’

  28-12-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  After starring in Lady Macbeth, the Oxford-born actor has hopped from job to job, been taught to punch by The Rock and cast in a John Le Carré miniseriesFlorence Pugh is listing her pinch-me highlights of 2017. Where to start? There was the taxi ride in Los Angeles, when she picked up an email saying that Richard Eyre wanted her for Cordelia in his BBC Two film, opposite Anthony Hopkins’ King Lear. (“My Uber driver was giving me funny looks because I was squealing.”) Or
  
  Read more

• Hadrian's urban legacy

  28-12-2017 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Most of the Roman structure's remains are hidden underground, but a few tantalising glimpses remain.
  
  Read more

• Armed police to patrol London on New Year's Eve after year of attacks

  28-12-2017 11:47
  Armed police will patrol London on New Year’s Eve, along with covert officers and dog units, as part of Scotland Yard’s plan to meet any threat as people celebrate the end of a year marked by major terrorist incidents in the UK.While the Metropolitan police said there was no specific threat, they urged people to remain vigilant.“The policing plan has been developed and reviewed following the tragic incidents that have occurred through the year,” Supt Nick Aldworth said on
  
  Read more

• Susan Shaw Identified As Mother Killed In Boxing Day Hit And Run

  28-12-2017 11:32
  A 47-year-old woman who died after being struck by a car that was being chased by police has been identified as the mother of two disabled children.
  
  Read more

• Jeremy Corbyn Says Labour Does Not Back Second Brexit Referendum

  28-12-2017 11:19
  Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour is “not advocating” a second Brexit referendum.
  
  Read more

• SNP invites opposition leaders to summit to fight hard Brexit

  28-12-2017 11:16
  Ian Blackford plans to host the cross-party Commons meeting on 8 January, the first day after the Christmas recess.The leader of the Scottish National party at Westminster, Ian Blackford, has invited opposition leaders from across the Commons to a new year summit in order to coordinate cross-party efforts to limit the “catastrophic damage” of a hard Brexit.In a letter sent on Thursday to the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, Vince Cable of the Liberal Democrats, the Green party’s C
  
  Read more

• Julia Michaels: 'If men can openly talk about sex, why can’t women?'

  28-12-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The American singer has penned hits for Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez – but never felt she was cut out to be a star herself. With Grammy nominations for song of the year and best new artist, that looks all set to changeJulia Michaels is currently on her very first tour, but there are no empty seats or pub toilets lying in wait for this 24-year-old. Instead, Michaels is cutting her teeth on the Australian arena circuit. “It’s been great practice,” she says peppily, reflec
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!