‘Vampire’ catfish which can swim up man’s urethra use larger host fish as Amazon water taxis

Notorious ‘vampire’ catfish which crave blood and can swim up a man’s URETHRA travel through the Amazon river by using larger host fish as ‘water taxis’, study finds A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several … Read more

Single cloud of dust and gas bigger than the Milky Way is in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies 

Single cloud of gas that is BIGGER than the Milky Way and has 10 billion times the mass of the sun has been discovered in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies An isolated cloud larger than the Milky Way has been discovered in deep space  The gas cloud has a mass of 10 billion suns … Read more

N-Dubz star Dappy helps save a man’s life by talking him down from Tower Bridge

N-Dubz star Dappy helps save a suicidal man’s life by talking him down from Tower Bridge after being recognised while filming a music video For help call Samaritans for free on 116 123 or visit www.samaritans.org  By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 00:48 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 00:58 BST, 19 June 2021 Dappy … Read more

Arsonist, 30, caught on CCTV torching neighbour’s cars and a disabled man’s wheelchair faces jail

Arsonist, 30, caught on CCTV torching neighbours’ cars and a disabled man’s wheelchair in random attacks in the middle of the night faces jail Kenneth Sherrington, 30, set fire to nine cars in Sunderland over six-week period Among his victims was disabled man whose wheelchair was in car at time of fire Sherrington admitted nine … Read more

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s record firm had more than £5million locked in the bank, financial records show

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s record firm had more than £5million locked in the bank by the end of September 2020 By Sam Baker For Mailonline Published: 17:55 BST, 16 May 2021 | Updated: 17:58 BST, 16 May 2021 Financial records submitted last year show that Rag ‘n’ Bone man’s record company was sat on more … Read more

Woman, 25, who vandalised young diabetic man’s grave is ordered to pay his family £500

A woman has been jailed for eight weeks after vandalising the grave of a 22-year-old diabetic man and mocking his death three years after he suffered a hypo. Simona Julius, 25, daubed paint on the headstone of Liam Scarman at Westerleigh Crematorium in Bristol in November and left a cruel note which read: ‘Ha ha … Read more

Woman, 25, who vandalised young diabetic man’s grave is ordered to pay his family £500

A woman has been jailed for eight weeks after vandalising the grave of a 22-year-old diabetic man and mocking his death three years after he suffered a hypo. Simona Julius, 25, daubed paint on the headstone of Liam Scarman at Westerleigh Crematorium in Bristol in November and left a cruel note which read: ‘Ha ha … Read more

Poole hospice carer who used dying man’s bank card on £17,000 spending spree is jailed for 14 months

Hospice carer, 54, who used dying man’s bank card for £17,000 spending spree on family holidays to Disneyland Paris is jailed for 14 months Lynn Hopkin, 54 of Poole, ’emptied every penny’ from her dying victim’s account She made 101 transactions from holidays to online shopping – costing £17,000 Hopkin’s shopping spree ended after a … Read more

‘Lazy man’s eBay’ MusicMagpie set to float for £208m

MusicMagpie – the ‘Lazy man’s eBay’ founded in a Stockport garage – is set for a £208m stock market flotation MusicMagpie intends to reduce debt and grow its smartphone rental business Most of its sales come from technology goods like laptops and games consoles One company survey estimated that Britons hold £16.5bn of unused technology  … Read more

Enter Eric Pickles, the thinking man’s John Prescott, writes HENRY DEEDES

Ey up! Who was this cheery peer beaming at us down the Zoom lens, with eyes like hooded ping pong balls, forehead shiny as a linoleum floor? Why it was Eric Pickles – ex-Tory minister, government flak jacket and seasoned Westminster trencherman. Been a while since we heard owt from ‘Uncle Eric’, as the former … Read more