THE game of knob eating has been removed from an event due to health and safety fears. The Dorset Knob Festival will take place in July after a gap of five years. 3 Knob Tossers take their positions at the Dorset Know FestivalCredit: Wessex News Agency 3 The game of knob eating has been removed … Read more
STEPPING off the boat at Patitiri village – Alonissos’ main port that connects the little isle to its more famous neighbours Skiathos and Skopelos – tiny tavernas and cafes dot the glistening seafront, while traditional white-washed villages, pine forests and olive groves complete the idyllic backdrop. Alonissos is the quietest inhabited island in the Sporades … Read more
A HUSBAND cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and then gave a friend £50 to help him dump her remains. Nicholas Metson, 28, stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times before dismembering her and storing her body parts for a week in their flat’s larder. 1 Nicolas Metson has admitted killing … Read more
ISRAEL yesterday revealed details of the drone strike which killed seven aid workers in Gaza and called it “a serious mistake and violation of orders”. An initial inquiry concluded commanders broke their own rules of engagement — and that an officer mistook an aid worker carrying a bag for a gunman. 9 Some survivors of … Read more
A JUNIOR doctor caught moonlighting at a private clinic while on NHS sick leave can go back to work. Oxford-educated Dr Daniel Coventry, 34, was supposed to be recuperating at home at the taxpayers’ expense after allegedly falling ill. 1 Daniel Coventry, an Oxford-educated junior doctor, was suspended after he was caught moonlighting at a … Read more
AN anti-knife campaigner who inspired a BBC show has died aged 61. Ray Lewis got hundreds of disadvantaged children into elite private schools. 1 Anti-knife campaigner Ray Lewis has died aged 61 The ex-prison chief set up Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy in 2002. The programme, in Forest Gate, East London, won 270 students places at … Read more
THE draw for tonight’s National Lottery EuroMillions (April 2, 2024) has taken place, with life-changing cash prizes at stake. Check the results to see if you have just won a fortune and bagged enough to start that jet-set lifestyle you always dreamed of. 2 Have you got the winning EuroMillions ticket? Every EuroMillions ticket also … Read more
MAY and June were the most popular months to travel to Europe last year, according to trade association Abta. And what’s the best way to visit all the hotspots? 5 Soak up the sun at the Sardinian treasure that is OlbiaCredit: Getty On a cruise, of course. Sophie Swietochowski picks top spring voyages, with tips … Read more
TRAIN companies will get £50million compensation for Easter engineering works — but have axed payouts to passengers. Network Rail will cover firms’ reduced ticket income as fewer people travelled due to 493 weekend projects. 1 Rail firms will get £50million compensation for Easter engineering works — but have axed payouts to suffering passengersCredit: PA But … Read more
THE funeral of chemical attack thug Abdul Ezedi was crowdfunded under a fake name. Sex offender Ezedi, 35 — granted asylum after a bogus conversion to Christianity — was buried under the name Abdul Wahed in an Islamic ceremony last month. 2 Abdul Ezedi’s funeral was crowdfunded under a fake nameCredit: PA 2 Ezedi was … Read more
