By Emily Allen Last updated at 8:55 AM on 31st January 2012 When it comes to surfing – this goat is no kid. Goatee loves the water so much she has been riding the waves like a pro at Pismo Beach in California. The four-legged water baby is often seen balancing on a surfboard as […]
Archive for January, 2012
The rise and rise of the nail bar! Towie effect sees more salons springing up than pound shops
By Claire Ellicott Last updated at 8:58 AM on 31st January 2012 In these days of economic insecurity there’s plenty of people biting their nails. And in the world of the manicurist, that’s good news. Research reveals that nail salons are enjoying a boom time in the downturn as increasing numbers of women treat themselves […]
Dr Melanie Spooner inquest: Children’s doctor tortured by anorexia died at 3st 11lb
Disease ‘dominated’ Dr Melanie Spooner’s life since 13 Found by her parents at her flat after suffering heart failure, inquest heard Left note expressing ‘messages of love to her family’ Had been on long-term sick leave from St Thomas’ Children’s Hospital By Rebecca Evans and Larisa Brown Last updated at 9:09 AM on 31st January […]
Afghan woman ‘helped strangle to death daughter-in-law for having undesired third daughter’
Mother-in-law believed to have assisted her son Wali Hazrata ‘tied victim’s feet together during attack’ Two-month-old baby not hurt during incident By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:14 AM on 31st January 2012 An Afghan woman has been arrested for ‘helping strangle her daughter-in-law to death because she gave birth to an ‘undesired’ third […]
Public sector pensions reform myth: Squeeze will save taxpayer nothing, warn economists
By Becky Barrow Last updated at 9:30 AM on 31st January 2012 Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the IFS, co-authored the report stating public sector pension reform will make little difference to the taxpayer Controversial reforms to public sector pensions will make ‘little or no difference’ in long-term costs to the taxpayer – and could […]
London 2012 Olympics Tube strike: RMT says £500 ‘bribe’ isn’t enough
RMT urges staff to hold out after DLR staff agreed a deal under which they will get up to £2,500 By Ray Massey Last updated at 9:57 AM on 31st January 2012 Thousands of militant Tube workers yesterday rejected a £500 bonus to simply do their jobs during the Olympics. Union bosses insisted it was […]
Leveson inquiry: Andy Coulson ‘should have been quizzed by PCC over hacking’
By Nick Mcdermott Last updated at 10:02 AM on 31st January 2012 The Press Complaints Commission should have questioned Andy Coulson over phone hacking following his resignation from the News of the World, the media body’s former director admitted yesterday. Tim Toulmin, who was in the post when the tabloid’s royal editor Clive Goodman and […]
Nwke Nana: Radiographer who groped 5 colleagues ‘was not sexually motivated’
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:03 AM on 31st January 2012 Escape: Nwke Nana was suspended for 12 months A radiographer who was accused of groping five colleagues escaped being struck off after a misconduct panel ruled his behaviour was ‘not sexually motivated’. Nwke Nana also made inappropriate comments to a nurse while […]
Coleen Rooney blackmail plot: Jail for pair who demanded £5k for photos of son Kai
Pictures were touted for sale to newspapers and magazines By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:04 AM on 31st January 2012 Two men were jailed yesterday for trying to blackmail Coleen Rooney for £5,000 to return pictures of her footballer husband Wayne and their son. The photos were on her digital camera which ended […]
Dorset homeowner Steve Hornsby stunned as hailstorm showers his garden with strange objects
By Emma Reynolds and Paul Sims Last updated at 10:08 AM on 31st January 2012 Mysterious: The transparent, slippery spheres that rained down on Steve Hornsby’s garden are about the size of marbles When it comes to the weather, the British have proudly come to expect the unexpected. But blue jelly-like balls descending from the […]
Betty Yates murder: Family’s impassioned plea for help in capturing mother’s murderer
By Rebecca Evans Last updated at 10:33 AM on 31st January 2012 The children of a popular former teacher stabbed to death in her riverside cottage have made an impassioned plea for help in finding her killer. Pensioner Betty Yates was found murdered in her isolated home almost a month ago in what may have […]
The Police reformed! Uniformed officers give impromptu concert after entering pub on routine patrol
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:52 AM on 31st January 2012 Two Scottish police officers took on a different kind of beat during a band’s hotel gig. In footage that has just emerged online, the policemen joined in with the performance, playing electric guitar and the drums in their uniforms. They’d gone into […]
Stephen Hester bonus: Top RBS bankers ‘should follow boss’ example’ says Vince Cable
Head of investment John Hourican in line for salary and bonus of £5.9m Ed Miliband wants the Government to put a tax on banker’s bonuses David Cameron says he does not want to ‘micro-manage’ RBS bonuses By James Chapman Last updated at 10:53 AM on 31st January 2012 Pressure is growing on leading bankers to […]
Lorry ploughs off road and spills 20 tonnes of fish across farmer’s field
By Ted Thornhill Last updated at 11:10 AM on 31st January 2012 A farmer was understandably left fed up to the gills by the sight of fish after a staggering 20 tonnes of mackerel spilled onto his land from an overturned lorry. It was travelling towards Ardglass in County Down, Northern Ireland, last week when […]
No room for a road? Japanese engineers just build straight through the middle!
By Richard Ashmore Last updated at 11:28 AM on 31st January 2012 Resourceful Japanese engineers did not let a small matter like a lack of space deter them when they needed to begin a new construction project and managed to build a road through an office block in the city of Osaka. The 16-storey building […]
Prince Harry hooded and ‘beaten’ in hostage training exercise ahead of Afghanistan helicopter deployment
By Nick Enoch Last updated at 11:29 AM on 31st January 2012 Hooded and ‘mentally beaten to the ground’, Prince Harry has endured a brutal training exercise to prepare him for his return to the front line in Afghanistan. The 27-year-old Apache helicopter pilot is the first Royal to experience such extreme conditioning. He was […]
UK unemployment: As British jobless toll soars, bosses recruit thousands in Romania
More than 2,400 vacancies for nurses, engineers and chefs are being advertised in Bucharest Meanwhile UK unemployment hit 8.4% – its highest since 1994 By Emily Andrews and Colin Fernandez Last updated at 12:00 PM on 31st January 2012 British bosses are offering thousands of jobs to Romanian workers as unemployment in the UK soars. […]
Gary Speed inquest: ‘Issues’ in marriage to Louise months before suicide, Alan Shearer reveals
Speed told his former Newcastle teammate he would ‘stick in there’ Inquest also heard Speed’s widow Louise slept outside in the car the night he died after a row Mrs Speed, 41, says she ‘can’t remember’ what trivial row was about She discovered him hanging the following morning and cut him down Couple had ‘ups […]
CNN news map locates London in NORFOLK
By Suzannah Hills Last updated at 1:05 PM on 31st January 2012 Americans have become famous for their poor grasp of geography over recent years but you would expect one of the country’s biggest TV stations to be a little bit more knowledgeable. Unfortunately there’s bound to be a red face or two at CNN’s […]
Crime maps: Home Office launches website showing how many offences occur in specific places
Scheme branded ‘Crimebotch’ after it crashed when 18million people an hour tried to log on last year Database riddled with inaccuracies – one Portsmouth street with 136 crimes listed had actually had TWO Website braced for millions more visitors after 9.30am launch £300,000 police.uk is the most popular Government website By James Slack Last updated […]