St Andrews’s Day on Friday (Scottish Gaelic La Naomh Anndrais), Celebrat4es Scotland’s patron saint. According to Christianity’s teachings St Andrew, was a fisherman and one of Jesus Christ’s apostles who was born in Bethsaida, in Galilee, now part of Israel. Like Jesus, Andrew died a martyr after being killed by the Romans and was crucified…
Dasha Fincher 41, from Georgia, was held in custody and spent three months in jail after her bag of candy floss was mistaken for methamphetamine owing to a defective drug test and because she could not afford her $1m (£780, 000) bond. Ms Fincher is suing Monroe County, the police and drug test company over…
Nora Es-Sadki Boughima 19, an Irate sex worker who was provoked resentment after being paid half of her £300 fee went to setting fire to hotel bead sparking a blazed which eventually killed maintenance worker Richard Staley. Boughima admits manslaughter and is jailed for six years for manslaughter . The Maintenance worker Richard Staley collapsed…
A new robot the InSight probe of Nasa the US space agency has landed on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red planet. The probe aims to study the world’s deep interior and the confirmation of touchdown came through on cue at 19:53 GMT. Nasa’s mission control at California’s Jet…
The party season is (almost) upon us…. think busy diaries, late nights and lots of sparkle with flutes of champagne! Now is the perfect time to start stocking up on beauty essentials to see you through the next few months. But where to start? Obviously lots of water and sleep are a must (you’ll never regret…
Ousmane, a baby boy born in the Paris Metro has been given free transport on the underground railway system for the next 25 years. Ousmane came into this world on Wednesday night on a train that stopped at Glaciere station in the French capital. The Metro service on line 6 was interrupted and somebody asked…
Selfridges which knocked up record profits of £181 million last year, were recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for the fourth time, now retaining the title until 2020. They offer huge discounts on items you’re unlikely to find elsewhere in their London’s Oxford Street flagship, Birmingham or Manchester and get off 20…
A three-minute video made by Samay, a NP~S student from Bangalore, India, won him a £195,000 ( Rs 1.8 crores) worth prize money, his science teacher £36,000 and his science school lab a grand of £100,000. Samay’s sense of unflappable curiosity make him one of the budding young scientist to make us understand how and…
Sainsbury’s half-year result show £302m profits and cost saving after adding Argos outlets to Sainsbury’s stores, which plans to merge with rival Asda. The fate of this controversial merger is being decided by the Competition and Markets Authority and a decision is expected early in the year. The UK’s second largest supermarket said pre-tax profits…