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Armed police officers who worked alongside a copper involved in an altercation at Manchester Airport have refused to carry weapons on duty in protest of the handling of the incident.The protest comes after the male officer was suspended, with a criminal investigation also being announced.A source close to the firearms unit told The Sun: “There is real anger at the way this has been handled and they didn’t feel they could safely carry their weapons after the officer was suspended.”CCTV […]

A man has been arrested after the memorial to murdered soldier Lee Rigby in southeast London was damaged.Footage emerged online on Sunday of a topless man in black trousers and shoes being detained by police officers at Fusilier Rigby’s memorial.A clip filmed from a car nearby appears to show the same man being arrested and jostling with cops as he is taken into a police van.A caption on a photo of the scene claimed that a man damaged the memorial […]

Kemi Badenoch has launched her bid to be Conservative Party leader.Writing in The Times, the Shadow Housing and Communities Secretary said the party deserved to lose in the General Election because it was "unsure of who we were, what we were for and how we could build a new country".Announcing her bid to replace Rishi Sunak, the MP for North West Essex wrote: "The country will not vote for us if we don’t know who we are or what we […]

Jeremy Clarkson has hit back once again at the complaints he's had to deal with after installing a series of beehives at his Oxfordshire farm.The Clarkson's Farm star has been accused of "strategically erecting 11 beehives behind a five-foot high hedge at the start of a lane that leads to his Cotswolds farm", according to the Daily Mail. The decision prompted Chadlington residents and local ramblers to moan about being stung by the flying swarm of bees when they walk […]

Antiques Roadshow items often draw a crowd, but one watch valuation left onlookers gasping as expert Richard Price was able to hand out some very welcome and unexpected news.In the classic instalment of the BBC favourite from Salisbury Cathedral, which aired again on BBC One on Sunday, Price was analysing an Omega "Moon" Watch that had an interesting backstory.The guest who owned the watch explained he had bought it in 1968, to which Price replied: "So what the collectors call […]

A landlocked UK town has been invaded by a swarm of 3,000 seagulls with locals saying that they have “never seen anything like it”.Residents in Hyndburn, Lancashire, have been shocked by the birds’ appearance, as they live 30 miles from the nearest coast.Locals have likened the unusual scenes to those in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film The Birds, as thousands of birds a day sweep through their town. The birds descended on Hyndburn when workers at a nearby landfill site began […]

A manhunt has been launched to locate a “sickening” horse killer after the animal was found mutilated in a field.Alfie, a 16-year-old traditional tri-coloured cob, was found butchered on Owday Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop in Nottinghamshire on Thursday morning.He was last seen alive around 7.00pm the previous day, when his owner washed him and let him out into a field for the night.Officers say that the “heartless” attack has left Alfie’s owner “distraught”, and are now urging horse owners in the […]

Barbara Butch, the DJ and LGBTQ+ activist involved in the Last Supper parody at this year's Olympics opening ceremony, has claimed her aim has always been to "unite people" with her performances.The Paris-based performer was part of an ensemble of drag queens, trans models and a half-naked blue-painted man as they parodied Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting. The Last Supper scene has become one of the ceremony's biggest talking points due to its "anti-Christian" connotations.In fact, the organising committee of […]

Evander Holyfield has warned Jake Paul that he'll be facing the biggest test of his boxing credentials when he goes up against Mike Tyson later this year.The duo had been due to fight on July 20. However, with Tyson recently suffering from ulcer flare up, their bout was pushed back to November 15 instead.Paul won his 10th professional fight last weekend, with the 27-year-old getting the better of Mike Perry.Yet Holyfield believes Tyson will be a difficult test, warning Paul […]