David Jones

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Jones

The apartment door opens on a scene that would scare the living daylights out of an unsuspecting visitor. Shelves sag beneath the weight of 100 huge, custom-built chainsaws similar to the ones wielded by the cannibalistic psycho Leatherface in the 1974 horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. ‘This isn’t exactly the sort of place you’d bring a girl back to on your first date,’ shivers the female interpreter accompanying me to the third-floor flat in the back streets of Buenos Aires.

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Jones

A quarter of a century ago, when Diego Maradona was (supposedly) recovering from cocaine addiction in Cuba at the invitation of his friend Fidel Castro, Argentina's genius and arch-cheat granted me an unforgettable audience. Though he was massively overweight and had narrowly survived a near-fatal, drug-induced seizure, copious supplies of white powder were still being smuggled into his chalet. Yet, deluded as ever, he assured the world of his invincibility.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Jones

Set amid the post-industrial backdrop of western Manchester, Blackleach Country Park serves as a tranquil oasis for residents of the nearby semis and redbrick terraces. Parents bring their children to feed tufted ducks and great-crested grebes that glide serenely across its reservoir, anglers fish for carp and bream, and dog-walkers stroll around the shady perimeter path.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Jones

One of Stephen Lawrence’s killers is set to admit his involvement in the racist attack for the first time as he makes a bid for freedom. David Norris, 48, has always denied his involvement in the 1993 murder but a ruling released tonight as he looks to win parole states this had now changed. ‘Recent reports now suggest he has accepted he was present at the scene and punched the victim but claims that he did not wield the knife,’ Parole Board vice chair Peter Rook KC wrote.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Jones |Jack Hardy

Two of the burglars who stole a golden toilet from Blenheim Palace were facing long jail sentences last night – but inconvenient questions remain over the audacious crime. Despite a five-year investigation, police are under fire for failing to find the £4.8 million sculpture or track down the bullion merchants feared to have melted it down. Defence barrister Crispin Aylett KC also attacked them for allowing three other gang members to cheat justice.