Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than £500m

A yacht from Ireland was siezed this morning in a raid, and 700 million euros worth of cocain was found on board. The capture follows an investigation which was launched after one of the yachts in the smuggling ring overturned off the coast of Cork and dumped 62 bales of...

London's Historic Views 'Under Threat'

One of the best views in London is to be minimized in a bid to build more skyscrapers, create more traffic, more pollution, and collect more council tax. "Through the carefully trimmed foliage, St Paul's majestic dome appears no larger than a thumbnail. Seen from 10 miles...

Maurice Papon died | France

"Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator, Second-highest official in France’s south-west Bordeaux region during the German wartime occupation, convicted of sending French Jews to Nazi camps in World War II and jailed for 10 years in 1998 died at the age of 96,Continue Reading"

Stolen rocket launchers 'hidden in Vic'

"Federal police fear five stolen rocket launchers may have been hidden in Melbourne by a terrorist group. An Australian Federal Police spokesman told Fairfax newspapers it was "common sense" to assume agents were in Victoria searching for the rocket launchers because the...

Red wine red wine's heart-protecting effect found

"Those seeking a longevity-boosting tipple should turn their attention to red wines from Sardinia and south-west France, a study concludes. UK researchers discovered chemicals called procyanidins were responsible for red wine's well-documented heart-protecting effect. And...

Blair's Wife: " Journalists have no morality"

"Cherie Blair has launched an extraordinary attack on the media claiming there is "no professional morality in journalism". The Prime Minister's wife took her revenge on a profession that has bedevilled her for years when invited to address students at Roehampton University...