Pilot kills 70 in crash after betting he could land plane with his eyes closed

A bizarre tragedy unfolded when a pilot dared to land a plane with his eyes closed, resulting in a fireball crash that claimed dozens of lives. The grim aftermath of the Russian Aeroflot Flight 6502 disaster in October 1986 was shrouded in secrecy by the KGB for years. Hidden from the public eye, the horrifying truth emerged through smuggled photos […]

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Extinction Rebellion stunt turns Venice’s water green in COP28 protest

Activists turned the water of Venice’s main canal fluorescent green to denounce the “failure” by governments to tackle the climate emergency. Members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) poured fluorescein, a fluorescent tracer used by plumbers and divers, into the main canal in the Italian lagoon known as Canal Grande on Saturday.   Astonishing pictures show the iconic gondolas crossing the green waters […]

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Ryanair issues flight warning to British tourists over ‘disruption’

Ryanair has issued a flight warning to British tourists over potential “disruption” on flights to and from the UK. A spokesperson said: “Potential disruptions to/from the UK on Sunday December 10, due to high winds. “Affected passengers will be notified and any passengers travelling to/from the UK on Sunday December 10 should check their Ryanair app for the latest update […]

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The happiest country in Europe named but you’ll need more than £3k a month

The happiest country in Europe has been named but you will need deep pockets if you want to live there. Switzerland has topped a ranking of life satisfaction carried out by the European Union’s data crunching service. The landlocked country scored eight in the study and was closely followed by Austria with an average score of 7.9. They were followed […]

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Inside the huge abandoned airport which has stood still in time since 2001

A jumbo airport three times the size of Monaco which was abandoned in 2001 has been left to rot ever since. The Ellinikon International Airport in Athens was built in 1938 and even used by the Nazis in the Second World War, but when the new Eleftherios Venizelos airport opened for the 2004 Olympic Games, it was decided the space would […]

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Man reveals what it's like to visit 'the weirdest place on Earth'

Man who is trying to visit every country documents his journey to TURKMENISTAN – where ‘there is no internet’, driving dirty cars is a crime and the cities are ‘ghost towns’ US-based content creator Chris has been documenting his travels online Recently, he visited Turkmenistan – an isolated landlocked country in Asia It is his 159th country to date and he dished […]

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Meet the couple who are selling their house to live on a cruise ship

EXCLUSIVE Meet the couple who’ve been on more than 200 cruises – and love life on the high seas so much they’re selling their house in Florida and paying $1.7million to LIVE on a cruise ship Helen and Norman D’Silva will spend their golden years on the MV Narrative They’ll set sail aboard the cruise liner in 2026 and circumnavigate […]

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Robert Jenrick delivers brutal attack on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan

Robert Jenrick delivered blow-after-blow to Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda plan this morning, warning that the Bill simply “won’t work”. In his first television interview since sensationally quitting the Government earlier this week, Mr Jenrick refused to deny that the Prime Minister is intentionally misleading voters about how successful the new illegal migrant plan will be. The former immigration minister also […]

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Three dead and dozens evacuated as horror fire destroys Italian hospital

Three people died after a fire broke out at an Italian hospital. Emergency services rushed to San Giovanni Evangelista Hospital in Tivoli, on the outskirts of Rome, to quash the blaze and help evacuate the building. The flames, which firefighters took several hours to fully extinguish, are believed to have started in the basement and to have first involved a […]

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