Tokyo Olympics: Equestrian Andrew Hoy becomes Australia’s oldest EVER medallist aged 62

ATHLETICS Women’s 1500m Round 1 – Linden Hall – advanced to semi-finals, Jessica Hull – advanced to semi-finals, Georgia Griffith – eliminated Women’s 200m Round 1 – Riley Day – advanced to semi-finals Women’s Pole Vault Qualifying Round – Nina Kennedy, Elizaveta Parnova – both eliminated Men’s 400m semi-finals – Steve Solomon – eliminated Women’s … Read more

Scottish health minister Humza Yousaf accuses nursery of ‘discrimination’ amid row over daughter

Scottish health minister Humza Yousaf accuses nursery of ‘discrimination’ after he is told there is ‘no available space’ for his two year old daughter – only for a white friend’s son to be offered a place days later SNP high-flier said he complained to watchdogs and was seeking legal advice Little Scholars Nursery in Dundee … Read more

Boy, 3, releases butterfly after raising it from a caterpillar – only for his dog to EAT it

Gone in a snap! Moment three-year-old boy releases butterfly after raising it from a caterpillar – only for his dog to EAT it Ronnie Seddon, three, released a butterfly he had kept since it was a caterpillar Spent several weeks nurturing the butterfly and named it Ralph before freeing it Unfortunately the family dog spotted … Read more

Homeless people in Cornwall to be housed in bespoke CAR PARK portacabins

Homeless people in Cornwall to be housed in bespoke CAR PARK portacabins after council plans to slash £6m-a-year cost of hotels used for short-term urgent accommodation Eighteen temporary homes are being installed in the New County Hall car park Local authorities dealing with 1,000 residents currently without a place to live Construction has begun on … Read more

Moment whale-watchers are dwarfed by FOUR humpback whales

Moment whale-watchers are dwarfed by FOUR humpback whales who lunge feed at the surface Whale watchers were blown away as four huge humpbacks feasted on fish hiding underneath their boat The humpbacks lunge fed at the surface of the water in Monterey Bay, California, near the tourist boat The whales were joined by the sea … Read more

Driver does a ’31-point’ parallel park as she struggles to get into space twice the size of her car

Flop gear! Hapless driver does a ’31-point’ parallel park as she struggles to get into space almost TWICE as long as her compact car Driver struggled to park 11ft Toyota Aygo into a 21ft space in Streatham, London  She conducted a 31 point parallel park which took her more than seven minutes  Nearly reversed into … Read more

‘Misled’ glampers pay up to £2,000 for three nights at site ‘more Chernobyl than Champneys’

‘More Chernobyl than Champneys!’: ‘Misled’ glampers paying up to £2,000 for three nights say they were promised five-star luxury and cocktails but got overpriced beer and a fish and chip van instead Cloud Nine glamping company owns three sites running over summer holidays  It promises visitors luxury and claims to also ‘offer the ultimate family … Read more

‘Misled’ glampers pay up to £2,000 for three nights at site ‘more Chernobyl than Champneys’

‘More Chernobyl than Champneys!’: ‘Misled’ glampers paying up to £2,000 for three nights say they were promised five-star luxury and cocktails but got overpriced beer and a fish and chip van instead Cloud Nine glamping company owns three sites running over summer holidays  It promises visitors luxury and claims to also ‘offer the ultimate family … Read more

‘Misled’ glampers pay up to £2,000 for three nights at site ‘more Chernobyl than Champneys’

‘More Chernobyl than Champneys!’: ‘Misled’ glampers paying up to £2,000 for three nights say they were promised five-star luxury and cocktails but got overpriced beer and a fish and chip van instead Cloud Nine glamping company owns three sites running over summer holidays  It promises visitors luxury and claims to also ‘offer the ultimate family … Read more