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1 day ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
Joe Biden’s aides discussed putting the former President in a wheelchair if successful in a second term, a new book has claimed. The 46th President’s deteriorating health - which was most apparent in his “halting walk” - had become so “severe” that his aides had discussed whether he would be safer off his feet.
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1 day ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
A Chinese student turned the tables on a phone thief last week, chasing him through Tottenham Court Road Tube station before detaining him until police arrived. The dramatic incident, captured on video and uploaded to Red Note, shows the student pursuing the suspect down an escalator and onto the platform. Police confirmed a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft following the incident on Wednesday, May 7.
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2 days ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years for murdering an e-bike rider by deliberately ramming him with his car. Abdirahman Ibrahim was found guilty of killing 22-year-old Liam Jones following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Ibrahim, who was 19 at the time of the incident in August 2023, twice drove into the back of Jones' off-road electric bike. The second collision catapulted Jones into a concrete bollard, causing catastrophic injuries.
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2 days ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
A fairground company has closed after one of its rides broke off its track and crashed with three children inside. Galactic Carnival Edinburgh (GCE) said it was "truly sorry" for the incident, which occurred at its fair in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, on Saturday evening. No one was seriously injured when the carriage separated from the carousel, with no ambulance required. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an investigation into the accident.
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1 week ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
A man who has been bitten by snakes over 200 times could provide an “unparalleled” antivenom that could save countless lives. Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has been deliberating injecting himself with venom from some of the world’s deadliest snakes for 18 years. Friede has received venom from multiple species of mambas, cobras, taipans and kraits, with one incident resulting in him spending four days in a coma.
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1 week ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
The BBC has been slammed as “sexist” and misogynistic” over comments made about Dame Andrea Jenkyns after she was elected as Reform UK’s first-ever Mayor. The ex-Conservative Minister, who defected to Reform UK last year, received widespread support in Lincolnshire, a former true blue Tory heartland. The 50-year-old scooped up 104,133 votes, putting her around 40,000 ballots ahead of Tory Rob Waltham, and around 60,000 ahead of Labour’s Jason Stockwood.
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1 week ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
An 80-year-old pensioner has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after losing his appeal against a noise abatement conviction for his "nuisance" cockerel. Harold Brown, from Calmore in Southampton, was found guilty of failing to comply with a noise abatement order at Southampton Magistrates' Court last November. He was initially fined £580, but after his appeal was rejected at Southampton Crown Court, he received a further £200 fine plus legal costs of £3,651.95.
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1 week ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
Just days before Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘Great Reset Summit’ with the EU, his supposed plans to submit to the bloc’s fishing demands have been staunchly opposed in a new poll, Facts4EU and GB News can reveal. Starmer's Government is allegedly planning to grant European boats greater access to UK waters, a move that experts have warned will be “selling the industry down the river” if a new post-Brexit deal fails to deliver benefits for British fisheries.
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2 weeks ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
An Australian woman is on trial for allegedly poisoning her in-laws and relatives with deadly mushrooms during what she described as a "special meal". Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder following a lunch at her home in July 2023. The case has drawn global attention as prosecutors allege Patterson deliberately poisoned her guests with death cap mushrooms in beef Wellington.
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2 weeks ago | 
gbnews.com | Holly Bishop
Parents at a Surrey school are furious after the headteacher banned students from wearing jumpers until November. Winston Churchill School in Woking implemented the controversial rule when pupils returned from Easter holidays on April 22. The ban will remain in place until the end of October, sparking outrage among families who claim the policy ignores Britain's unpredictable weather. The mixed secondary school's decision has triggered a heated dispute between parents and administrators.
