Lust, betrayal and reds in the bed: Kim Philby begged his long-suffering wife to join him in Moscow – and then demanded she share him with the partner of fellow traitor Donald Maclean On her return to Moscow from five months in the U.S. seeing her family, Eleanor Philby sensed […]

‘I want a good deal not a quick deal’: Boris Johnson dampens hope of signing US trade agreement any time soon saying he barely knows Joe Biden and American negotiators are ‘ruthless’ Mr Johnson said a number of longstanding trade issues had now been resolved He said that these included tariffs […]

BUILDERS from Brum show off the most bum according to a revealing survey. Brickies in Britain’s second biggest city are worst for giving the passing public an eyeful. More than half of manual workers in Birmingham, 54 per cent, admit to showing more than they should. Workers in London were […]

THIS is the heartbreaking moment a killer whale named Morgan leapt from her tank in an effort which animal activists argue was an attempted suicide. Footage of the moment the killer whale lay motionless for ten minutes as she beached herself on the edge of her tank went viral in […]

Love is in the air! Romantic flyboarder stuns crowd with 007-style tricks… and a marriage proposal Flyboarder James Prestwood scooped up his girlfriend while dressed as 007  He proposed to his girlfriend then soared away on his water-powered jet pack Onlookers watched the romantic routine with a surprise twist in Dartmouth Surging into […]

Man, 54, is killed and woman is seriously injured in paragliding crash in the Scottish Highlands A man has died and a woman was seriously injured in an accident involving two powered paragliders in the Scottish Highlands. Emergency services were called out to the incident, which happened south of Unapool […]

Chinese leader Xi Jinping ‘not yet confirmed’ as attending Cop 26 climate conference in Glasgow, admits minister, despite his country being world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter Alok Sharma unable to confirm China would even send delegation to Scotland China’s involvement seen as crucial for new agreement from November talks Sharma: […]

Collection of 650 coins, tokens, historical medals and paper money from Wiltshire is expected to sell for £20,000 at auction David Ward, from Wiltshire, began collecting coins and medals as a teen in 1968  Late numismatist’s collection on auction at Dix Noonan Webb on September 30  Collection includes rare coin […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. One day in the future, when lockdown is over and we are free to wander where we please, what will our attitude be to socialising? Will we come out of our shelters, blinking at the crowds and nervous about anyone getting […]