Marine officers battle to save a distressed whale tangled in buoys and netting after it was spotted off a popular Sydney beach Whale spotted swimming erratically in waters off Coogee beach on Sunday Onlookers saw the mammal drag along two bouys after it became tangled in net Sea crews were immediately dispatched to try and … Read more
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday that a shipping traffic jam of over 400 tankers caused by a giant container vessel getting stuck on the crucial waterway for almost a week has been cleared. Traffic on the canal, a conduit for over 10 percent of world trade, had begun moving again on Monday evening … Read more
Almost four million of the most vulnerable people enjoyed their first day of freedom yesterday as shielding advice ended. Strict ‘stay indoors’ guidance was given to 2.2million individuals at the start of the pandemic, with an extra 1.7million told to shield in February after scientists identified additional risk factors. They were told to stay at … Read more
A bestselling author who became ‘obsessed’ with freeing a convicted murderer from prison has revealed how the nearly six years she has spent on the case has left her ‘absolutely broke,’ ‘seriously ill,’ and ‘years past deadline’ on her next book. Sara Gruen, whose 2006 novel Water for Elephants sold 10 million copies worldwide, has … Read more
Anything Suez can do… Now 260ft cargo ship blocks river Arun in Sussex after breaking loose from moorings a day after Ever Given was freed in Egypt A 260ft cargo ship, Elise, is wedged across Littlehampton Harbour, West Sussex, partially blocking waterway The ship was sailed into the harbour to unload cargo at 1.15am this … Read more
The massive container ship blocking the busy Suez Canal has been freed from the bank of the vital trade route in a last-ditch bid to take advantage of the king tide brought on by the supermoon. The Ever Given was freed by salvage teams early on Monday, one week after after the 1,300-foot-long ship ran … Read more
Parole Board meets to decide if notorious child killer Colin Pitchfork can be freed from jail after he raped and murdered two 15-year-old schoolgirls in 1980s Schoolgirl killer Colin Pitchfork could be released early from after parole hearing He was jailed for life after raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth Conservative MP Alberto … Read more
New GPS tags will be used to monitor 250 burglars, thieves and robbers round-the-clock for up to a year after they are freed from jail in a £6million trial. Six police forces in England will pilot the use of electronic tags with satellite-tracking capability on offenders when they are released from prison so officers can … Read more
A convicted ‘Essex Boys’ murderer has been released from prison after serving a reduced life sentence of 22 years. Jack Whomes, 59, and his accomplice Michael Steele, 76, were jailed in 1998 over the gangland shooting of three men who were found dead in a Range Rover near a farm in Rettendon, Essex, in 1995. … Read more
Record total of 10,373 foreign criminals are freed to live in Britain instead of being deported More than 10,000 foreign criminals are on Britain’s streets and not deported Less than a decade ago in 2012 there was less than 4,000 in the community Many are released to be ‘managed in the community’ but some then … Read more