Britain’s £38bn Covid loans TIME BOMB: Government’s rescue schemes leave taxpayer facing huge bill By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:21 BST, 16 June 2020 Struggling firms have received more than £38billion in emergency money – fuelling fears that taxpayers will foot the bill for huge … Read more
‘Involuntarily celibate man, 23, accidentally amputated his own hand making a bomb to blow up hot cheerleaders’ Cole Carini arrived at a hospital on Tuesday with a missing hand, missing fingers on his other hand, and shrapnel wounds on his neck Carini was subsequently interviewed by police who obtained a warrant to search his home … Read more
This is the shocking moment a protester charged with four counts of attempted murder appears to throw a Molotov cocktail at an occupied NYPD police cruiser. Samantha Shader, 27, is accused of chucking the petrol bomb at the police vehicle – which had four officers inside – in Brooklyn shortly after 10.30pm on Friday. Footage obtained … Read more
A family could have been ‘blown to pieces’ after an ‘old bottle’ they found in their back garden turned out to be a live Second World War bomb. Ed Cawdell, 43, and his family were clearing out the mysterious concrete structure in his back garden in Quorn, Leicestershire when they found the explosive. They had … Read more
In 1936, when tensions were rising across Europe, the War Office acquired Monkton Farleigh, a disused quarry near Bath. It transformed the mine into the largest underground ammunition depot in the world, keeping thousands of weapons secure and hidden throughout the Second World War. The mine fell into disrepair, but in 2008 it was acquired … Read more
Cold War atomic bomb testing from more than 50 years ago has helped scientists correctly determine the age of whale sharks for the first time. An international team of scientists measured levels of a carbon isotope in shark bone that permeated the oceans during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s. The presence of the … Read more
A member of Basque terror group ETA has been acquitted of a bomb attack on two Costa Blanca hotels, which left a British student among the injured. Ellie Carr, 20 at the time of the July 2003 blast, needed 20 stitches after it rocked the Hotel Bahia in Alicante next to the Spanish school where … Read more
Britain’s first ‘involuntary celibate’ bomb-maker has pleaded guilty to possessing explosive substances, downloading terror manuals and discussing plans to launch an attack. Anwar Said Driouich, 22, from Middlesbrough, was part of a misogynistic movement named ‘Incel’ which has been associated with at least six mass-shootings in the US. Followers believe in genetic determinism and blame … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Bomb squad evacuate homes after bungling robbers try to blow-up ATM in early hours of morning but explosive fails to go off forcing them to flee empty-handed Police found parts of an explosive device in the village of Timperley this morning Officers carried out a controlled explosion at the scene in Greater Manchester Confirmed they … Read more