From ecstasy to agony for Grand National hero Ryan Mania

RYAN Mania, the Grand National winning jockey, was recovering last night in hospital after a horrific fall left him with neck and back injuries. Ryan, 23, was still basking in the glory of his win on Saturday at...

Dementia sufferers robbed of £100m: Conmen prey on elderly

HEARTLESS criminals are targeting dementia sufferers in a bid to fleece them of their life savings.Charities estimate the gangs have pocketed more than £100million by conning the elderly and vulnerable on an...

Grand National 2013: Auroras Encore claims Aintree success

Auroras Encore sprang a 66-1 surprise to win the 166th Grand National by nine lengths at Aintree. The 11-year-old, trained by Sue Smith and ridden by Ryan Mania, jumped superbly as 17 of the 40 runners finished the...

£75 billion wiped off pensions as world stock markets plunge

BILLIONS of pounds was wiped from the value of pension funds today as stock markets around the world plunged. Fears over the health of the US economy saw the FTSE in London lose 1.49 per cent, a drop of nearly 100...

North Korea crisis piques tourists' interest

Kim Jong-un's government has made increasingly bellicose threats to deploy nuclear missiles in a conflict with South Korea that threatens to draw in China and the United States. But Regent Holidays, the...

Rolling Stones announce North American & British tour dates

LONDON, April 3 (UPI) -- The Rolling Stones announced on its website Wednesday plans for a "50 and Counting" North American and British concert tour. "Everyone was a bit reluctant to say how keen...

UK now has 7 social classes, as traditional model too simplistic

The British public no longer fit into just three social classes, with society now split into seven based on economic, social and cultural measures, a major new study has discovered. More than 160,000 people took...

Mick & Mairead Philpott face jail for killing their six children

A couple face jail today after they started a house fire which killed their six children. Mick and Mairead Philpott started the blaze in their Derby home in the early hours of May 11 last year in a bid to frame...

UK among states taking aim at Google's privacy rules

European regulators have moved a step closer to penalising Google for the way it handles user data after the search engine refused to change its privacy policy. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and...

470,000 challenge Iain Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week

The Work and Pensions Secretary's attempt to justify the benefits changes he is introducing appeared to backfire when he was challenged on whether he could live on £53 a week. "If I had to, I would," Mr Duncan...

Musician killed in coach crash release song written by him

The family of 18-year-old Michael Molloy, who was killed returning from Bestival in September, are to release a single of a song he wrote called Rise and Fall. Molloy was one of three people killed when the coach...

Bedroom tax is worthy of Stalin, says government's poverty tsar

Frank Field the Labour MP who is the Conservative parties poverty tsar and champion for the working-class, condemns changes to housing benefit as 'flawed' and says that Iain Duncan Smith's Lord...

Amazon increases fees for third-party traders

'Marketplace' traders in the UK and major European markets to be hit by fee hikes of up to 70% after Easter, following similar rises in the US. Trader fees on millions of electronic accessories listed on Amazon...

'Biggest cyber-attack in history' slows down internet worldwide

Internet users worldwide are having to endure slow connections after the biggest cyber-attack in history. Tonight there were fears that any worsening of the attack could affect web browsing and emails. The...

Dionne Warwick files for bankruptcy, owing $10m

Walk On By singer Dionne Warwick has filed for bankruptcy in the US after amounting debts of almost $10 million (£6.6m) in taxes since 1991. The singer's liabilities include nearly $7m owed to the IRS (Internal...
 

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