A Brooklyn mother-of-two was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison for drowning her two-year-old daughter by holding her head under water in a torage bin nearly four years ago. Lin Li, 28, was convicted in June 2019 of manslaughter and two counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child in the death … Read more
Earth has a new mini-moon: Asteroid the size of a washing machine has been orbiting Earth for the past three years Astronomers tracked an asteroid in the sky and found it is orbiting Earth The asteroid, seen on Feb. 15., has now been confirmed as a mini-moon It is six to 12 feet in diameter and … Read more
Greggs customer who dropped paper bag after eating snack is hauled to court 11 YEARS later over £175 fine Grace Firth, 32, from Stockport, was convicted in her absence in August 2009 She had apparently dropped a Greggs paper bag on the ground in Manchester Student was ordered to pay £180 in costs which was … Read more
David Brent’s home town of Slough in Berkshire is named the best place to find a job in the UK for the third time in recent years because of the large number of vacancies and above average wages Slough named as best place to find job for third time in recent years, says study It … Read more
A British charity boss and her daughter are facing up to two years jail after they started a drunken mid-air ‘riot’ on board a passenger jet as they were flying out on holiday to Morocco. Karin Parkes, 56, and former civil servant Carrie Parkes, 34, triggered a ‘full on fight’ on the January 19 easyJet … Read more
Diesel dips below £1.20 a litre for the first time in 2 YEARS as Asda initiates a 2p per litre cut on fuel prices Asda has cut the price of both petrol and diesel by 2p a litre from today Motorists will pay no more than 116.7p for a litre of unleaded and 118.7p for … Read more
Hopes of the first new cough treatment in 50 years as scientist invent pill that slashes symptoms by two thirds Doctors from University of Manchester trialled the new drug called gefapixant Aided people with chronic cough – those who’ve had it for more than eight weeks Twice daily pill reduced frequency of coughing by 67% … Read more
Free-to-use cash machines could disappear across UK within two years unless Government steps in and forces banks to maintain them, consumer group Which? warns Free-to-use cash machines face disappearing within two years, it is claimed Estimated 9,500 free ATMs were removed or introduced charges since 2018 Banks are pushing people to switch from cash to … Read more
Advertising tycoon Martin Sorrell, 75, splits from his second wife, 45, after 12 years Sir Martin Sorrell married Cristiana Falcone in 2008 and had a daughter He is one of the country’s wealthiest and best-known advertising tycoons Lady Sorrell could become one of UK’s richest women after splitting from him By Matt Oliver City Correspondent For … Read more
The smart motorway lane that was closed for 39 days over two years because of a string of breakdowns A section of smart motorway suffered lane closures for 39 days in just two years Part of the M3 had 2,200 incidents where vehicles failed to reach a refuge area AA president reissued a call for … Read more