A couple turned their unusual vision into a reality by converting a Cold War era nuclear missile silo into a vast 18,000-square-foot castle. Their extraordinary creation 25 miles west of Topeka in Kansas is now on the market for $3.2 million (£2.5 million). Underground missile silos are used for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles … Read more
Louis Vuitton snaps up second-largest diamond ever discovered worth £38m to turn into jewellery 1,758-carat rough diamond was found in an open-pit mine in Botswana last April It was named Sewelo, which means ‘rare find’ in the local Setswana language Giant stone will go to Louis Vuitton, better known for its handbags and shoes Only … Read more
NHS whistleblower ‘witch hunt’ fury: Hospital bosses fingerprinted doctors and demanded handwriting samples in bid to find who told widower about blunders in his wife’s treatment Susan Warby, 57, died in Aug 2018 after complications following bowel surgery She had been treated by medics at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds Her widower Jon … Read more
Matt Hancock backs calls for a clampdown on incentives offered by betting firms to keep customers gambling Matt Hancock urged betting firms to scrap aggressive tactics that fuel crisis He backed calls for ban on ‘bet-to-view’ sports, pervasive adverts and free bets NHS warned ‘the clock is ticking’ with more lives destroyed every day By … Read more
Tax breaks for those earning more than £110,000 could be used to end the crisis of doctors turning down work to save their pensions The Treasury is believed to be looking at giving relief on pension contributions If approved, the announcement is expected by Chancellor Sajid Javid in March But doctors’ union the British Medical … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has threatened to sue the Government over its £106million plan to bailout struggling airline Flybe. Mr O’Leary said Ryanair, easyJet and other budget airlines could ‘step in’ to cover routes to regional destinations including Exeter and Southampton if Flybe goes bust. He said the Government’s multi-million pound plan to rescue the … Read more
Return of the local? Number of pubs rises for the first time in a DECADE with ‘gastro bars’ thriving – and smaller hostelries finally showing signs of recovery Figures show number of pubs in UK has increased for the first time in a decade Small pubs showed a rise in numbers following more than 15 … Read more
High earners could get hundreds of millions of pounds in pension tax relief to solve NHS crisis over doctors cutting hours Government has been trying to resolve standoff with doctors over pensions Consultants limited hours to avoid being caught by cuts to pension tax relief Treasury believed to be looking at increasing relief threshold from … Read more
Prostate deaths hit record high of 12,000 after soaring by more than a quarter in less than 20 years – while the breast cancer toll dropped by 1,600 in the same period Ageing population is main reason older men are more likely to develop disease Delays in diagnosing prostate cancer mean it’s spotted when it’s … Read more
The owner of British Airways IAG has filed a complaint to the EU about the UK Government’s £106million plan to rescue struggling airline Flybe. The airline group has asked the European Union’s Directorate-General for Competition to look into whether UK support for Flybe constitutes a breach of EU rules over providing state aid. Outgoing BA … Read more
These are the first pictures of the planned, new £332million Museum of London which is set to be one the capital’s top tourist attractions. It is set to move to the site of the 900-year-old Smithfield Market, in Farringdon. The new museum will be 26,000sqm – double the size of the existing one a mile … Read more
A whale of a job! The moment pilot lands a brand new supersized 51-tonne Airbus BelugaXL in high winds in England as the huge cargo plane is unveiled to the world Airbus has introduced it’s new mammoth cargo plane, the BelugaXL which has 30 per cent more capacity The aircraft is capable of carrying two … Read more
Selfie fans put World Heritage Site at risk by clambering over railings and trampling rare grassland to take selfies at London’s Greenwich Park Greenwich Park and its famous Giant Steps are under threat from Instagramers Visitors are trampling rare grassland to get shots in front of Royal Observatory That is part of the reason that … Read more