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ANDREW ALEXANDER Bad luck fear and historys gravest lesson
It was chance — pure chance — that France’s foreign minister Louis Barthou was killed during the assassination in Marseilles of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. He was the only statesman in the West who saw that Hitler could be stopped by an alliance eagerly offered by the ...
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Did Stuart Halls victims relive their agony just for this YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN says Halls lenient sentence shows judges learnt nothing from Savile
Perhaps it’s best that I wasn’t in court on Monday to witness Stuart Hall finally paying for his crimes against children, because I might have shouted at the judge or created a scene not allowed in our sombre houses of justice — if you can call this ...
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Jail reckless bankers Failed bosses could also lose right to claim bonuses for up to ten years says inquiry into financial malpractice
The bosses of failed banks should face jail or lose the right to claim bonuses for up to ten years for 'reckless misconduct', a report recommends ...
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Child porn summit that ended up a damp squib Internet giants still refuse to install automatic filters to force users to opt in
Britain's internet giants have agreed to put extra money into the fight against sickening child abuse images – but are refusing to install automatic filters that would force users to ‘opt in’ to online ...
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Camerons bid to spark Syria coup PM pledges not to remove Assad military if they overthrow tyrant
David Cameron last night made an appeal to Syria's military and security leaders in an extraordinary attempt to spark a coup against Bashar ...
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G8 Summit Michelle Obama Malia and Sasha have lunch with Bono in Ireland
The Obamas never miss an opportunity to mingle with the stars and during a two-day trip in Dublin, who better to have quintessential pub lunch with than iconic Irish rocker and philanthropist ...
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Dont try this at home Video shows man WALKING ON LAVA - and now scientists have explained exactly how he did it
A YouTube video showing a man taking five steps up a flow of lava on Mount Etna in Sicily has been analysed by a geoscientist who has confirmed it IS possible to walk on ...
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Labour politician admits an affair... with an ALIEN Father-of-three talks of his belief in extra-terrestial life and claims he fathered a love child with one
The married father-of-three, who represents Stakesby, said his wife had rowed with him after revealing he had a child called Zarka with an alien he refers to as the Cat ...
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Dangerous inmate escaped from prison after he stabbed himself and was taken to hospital where he was sprung by gunman
A prolific ex-convict who has committed almost 500 offences was today jailed for 10 years for breaking his cellmate out of prison in a terrifying gunpoint hold ...
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Former Army captain Britain Witty who preyed on women is guilty of more sex attacks on teenagers
A convicted date rapist was today jailed for life for three more rapes on teenage women - after publicity from an earlier case led to the victims independently reporting their own ...
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Man 20 appears in court accused of beheading 18-year-old woman then attacking five people while he was being treated in hospital
Hussein, of Sheffield, is also charged with assaulting five people at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital, where he was taken following his arrest by ...
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Global consumption of spirits is climbing thanks to Chinas thirsty middle classes - but Russia leads the way in vodka
Almost 28billion litres of spirits were drunk globally last year - an increase of 2 per cent - although this was a far smaller rise than 2011, when volumes went up by 7 per cent, figures ...
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Woman living on water-only diet stops on day 47 after realizing she could be encouraging others to starve to death
The retiree, originally from the UK, also says that she didn’t want to be responsible for others trying to 'live on light'; without having their 'belief systems lined ...
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One of the oldest pharmacies in the UK that once sold leeches in jars and took prescriptions in Latin celebrates its 190th anniversary
It was opened in 1823 by a 'chymist and druggist' and nearly 200 years later it is still serving customers as one of the oldest pharmacies in the ...
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Toddlers start using little words to form basic sentences far earlier than we realise
Dr Dye and her team found a clear, yet previously undetected, pattern of sounds which consistently replaced grammatical words in many of the children’s ...
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Its the end of the world as we view it The furthest extremes of the Earth visible on Google Maps
He said: 'I've always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by geographic features, international borders, or simply the lack of any further ...
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Japans kitsch Kawaii trend hits the UK as teenagers reject miniskirts and fake tan for cute animal outfits piles of ruffles and sugary schoolgirl chic
If you've noticed an unusually high number of teenage girls sporting pink hair or dressed up to the nines in Hello Kitty, Japan's kitsch 'Kawaii' trend could be to ...
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How a mothers love can extend across species Incredible pictures show a pair of pugs helping nurse abandoned tiger cubs
Born at the Oktyabrsky Health Resort in Sochi, on western Russia's Black Sea coast, the cubs have been taken in by the pint-sized dogs after their mother abandoned ...
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What an opera-tunity Standing ovation for first ever beach production of opera inspired by Suffolk fishing community
It is the stark tale of a lone fisherman ostracised by his local villagers that is still considered to have changed the face of British opera and propelled its writer Benjamin Britten to ...
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Losing weight not only makes you healthier it can also boost your MEMORY
Overweight women who lose weight through dieting change the regions of their brains important for memory - this reverses obesity-related memory ...
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85-year-old bride proves that you are never too old to find love as she walks the aisle with man she met in sheltered accommodation
The morning after the night before, Cambridge style! Revellers stumble home after famous Trinity College passing-out ball and it proves a little too much for ...
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Oasis of calm Photographs of an entire railway circuit around Paris abandoned in the 1930s gives a new insight into the busy city
Officially off-limits to the public, the national rail service SNCF has left the tracks largely untouched. The blog, an off-beat culture, travel and style blog based in Paris, states the tracks are 'open for pleasant summer strolls if you look hard enough for a way ...
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Warning over danger of falling toilet seats which send more than 1000 boys and men to hospital every year
Men have been warned that falling toilet seats pose a growing hazard, with the number of genital injuries caused by bathroom equipment rising every ...
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Stunning beach graced by Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare In Love bans nudists after becoming a haven for swingers and perverts
Nudists are to be banned from one of Britain's most famous beaches that featured in Shakespeare In Love amid fears it is being invaded by sex swingers and ...
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An irresistible temptation for any passing sailor Dazzling pictures of surfer sirens as they plunge beneath the crashing waves
Streamlined: A bikini-clad surfer slices through the deep blue on her way further out to sea in search of the perfect wave off the coast of ...
Rio de Janeiro Digest
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Rio's uphill battle to host the Games
Rio de Janeiro has many aspects, it is the party capital of Brazil, the internationally recognized face of the country, the most visited city in Brazil, the crime capital of South America, a city with some of the highest drug use statistics and, more recently, the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning that particular war has not been easy.
Rio de Janeiro, this bustling city of 6 million people (14 million if one includes the greater metro area) is the second largest city in Brazil and is famous for its statue Christ the Redeemer, which sits atop Corcovado Mountain and has looked down upon the city for almost 100 years. It is also famous for the internationally known Carnivale, the city’s samba schools, the fabulous beaches that grace our shoreline and Sugarloaf Mountain with its ancient cable car. Read more
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