Doggy double act: Hounds jump fences and perform tricks together in adorable footage Bella the Queensland Blue Heeler leaped across a pole with another hound The dogs wear neckerchiefs and jackets as they perform tricks in Los Angeles They high-five their owner Tiffany Hughes and ride on a skateboard together By Phoebe Eckersley For Mailonline … Read more
Villagers lose fight to save their green from developers after taking legal battle to the Supreme Court Community group won legal right to register local parkland as a village green But this week Supreme Court judges quashed the registration of Moorside Fields The group have warned that this ruling could affect greens across Britain By … Read more
EU leaders tells Boris Johnson to obey their rules if Britain wants a quick trade deal after leaving on January 31 The European leaders have welcomed Mr Johnson’s decisive election victory But they said the Prime Minister must agree to a ‘level playing field’ with the EU It came as EU leaders formally fired starting … Read more
Commuters have figured that ‘Inspector Sands’ is staff codeword for fire at train stations and start fleeing when they hear it The ‘Inspector Sands’ announcement is used at stations all over the country Also used on the underground and airports to warn of possible fire emergency A spokesperson for Railfuture said the codeword ‘clearly needed … Read more
Quill pen which Admiral Lord Nelson used to write his last, unfinished letter on board HMS Victory sells for £10,000 Admiral Lord Nelson’s quill used to write unfinished letter has sold at auction Naval hero wrote love letter warning that the French and Spanish were coming The trimmed 8ins long goose quill pen has sold … Read more
Man, 19, is arrested after a body is found in leafy village of Ashley in Cheshire A 19-year-old man from the Knutsford area has been arrested and is in custody The deceased is yet to be identified and the death is considered suspicious Murder is thought to have happened on a road between thick hedges … Read more
People’s Vote campaign is scrapped as organisers accept a second Brexit referendum is not going to happen under Boris Johnson Open Britain, which runs campaign, conceded fresh vote is no longer possible The group will instead rebrand to hold the government to account over Brexit Comms manager Tom Baldwin said there was no chance of … Read more
A ten-year-old schoolboy who died while playing in his bedroom accidentally hanged himself in a ‘Superman pose’, an inquest has heard. Issac Lyons, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, had been so excited about a family trip to Alton Towers that, unable to sleep, he got out of bed to dress up as a Roman, before slipping and dying … Read more
He’s pathetic,’ said one member of the public in a focus group. ‘It’s the biggest issue facing the country and the guy doesn’t have the guts to say where he stands,’ said another. Thankfully for officials in the Tory high command reading this feedback in the party’s Westminster HQ, it was Jeremy Corbyn, and not … Read more
The Vatican ‘invested $4.5million in men in Black sequel and Elton John biopic Rocketman, featuring gay sex and drug abuse’ Vatican Secretariat of State was raided by Vatican police in October this year ‘Electronic devices and documents were found to show financial irregularities’ The Holy See splurged $4.5 million on the entertainment industry in 2019 … Read more
Care home of horrors where one child ate 122 chicken nuggets in a week and another was found covered in faeces is closed Orbis Abbey Rose is a residential kid’s home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Those living with autism and learning difficulties live there year round A damning report from Ofsted has forced the care facility … Read more
Selfish selfie-takers from the ‘Instagram generation’ are spoiling museums and galleries, art lovers say Outrage from art enthusiasts over people taking selfies inside galleries The photos are put on people’s Facebook page or shared on the Instagram app One critic says she saw people charge through a gallery to get a photo backdrop By Dominique … Read more
Shirt collar askew, ill-fitting suit and grey face a picture of misery and forbearance, Harvey Weinstein shuffled into a Manhattan court this week hunched over a walking frame. Two tennis balls stuck on the rear feet of the frame, presumably for a smoother ride over the marble floor of the court house, added to the … Read more