CHOP gets the chop: Barricades at Seattles’ cop-free zone are torn down

Seattle’s ‘occupied’ protest zone was dismantled Tuesday a day after the second deadly shooting at the camp when its own security shot dead a black teenager.  Demonstrators have occupied several blocks around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct and a park for about two weeks. Police had abandoned the precinct following clashes with protesters calling … Read more

Chinese man has his colon torn apart by a 16-inch live eel after sticking it into his rear

Chinese man has his colon torn apart by a 16-inch live eel after sticking it into his rear to ‘treat his constipation’ The man in his 50s went to a hospital in Guangdong after having abdominal pain Doctors were shocked to find a 16-inch eel in his body during emergency surgery The patient said he … Read more

MasterChef fans shattered as ‘heartbroken’ Reece Hignell is torn apart from best buddy Brendan Pang

Breece is no more! MasterChef fans shattered as ‘heartbroken’ Reece Hignell is torn apart from best buddy Brendan Pang following elimination By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:58 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 15:00 BST, 21 June 2020 On Monday night’s episode of MasterChef: Back To Win, Brendan Pang was eliminated – … Read more

78 statues and monuments at risk of being torn down by ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign

The campaign to tear down monuments in towns and cities across Britain gathered pace today as a ‘hit list’ of statues and memorials deemed to be ‘celebrating racism and slavery’ reached 78. A website called ‘Topple The Racists’ has controversially identified dozens of landmarks from Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert’s Bodmin Beacon to Lord Kitchener’s memorial in … Read more

The murders most foul: Torn between two loves – but did it really drive this chicken farmer to kill?

This is the final instalment of our gripping true crime series. Last Saturday we began with a countdown of the 80 best TV shows and podcasts in Weekend magazine, and throughout the week we’ve been looking at super sleuths, crimes of passion, serial killers and unsolved murders. In today’s concluding part, Christopher Stevens explores fascinating … Read more

The murders most foul: Torn between two loves – but did it really drive this chicken farmer to kill?

This is the final instalment of our gripping true crime series. Last Saturday we began with a countdown of the 80 best TV shows and podcasts in Weekend magazine, and throughout the week we’ve been looking at super sleuths, crimes of passion, serial killers and unsolved murders. In today’s concluding part, Christopher Stevens explores fascinating … Read more