Hollywood Ripper Michael Gargiulo, 44, pleads with LA judge to spare his life after murder trial

A man dubbed the Hollywood Ripper, Michael Garguilo, appeared in court in Los Angeles in a last ditch effort to avoid being sentenced to death after having been found guilty of the murder of two women. Garguilo, 44, was found guilty at his 2019 trial of murdering 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin in 2001 and 32-year-old Maria … Read more

This stunning property in Saint-Tropez is yours if you have a spare £20m

Opportunities to live in one of Europe’s most exclusive housing estates don’t come along very often – but one has just arisen. A villa has gone on the market in the ultra-prestigious Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez enclave with incredible views across the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and neighbours that include former Harrods and current Ritz Paris … Read more

Covid: UK ‘could send spare vaccines to Ireland’ after EU climbdown

The UK could send spare coronavirus vaccines to Ireland after the EU humiliatingly backed down in the bitter row over threat to British supplies. The success of the drive to secure jabs could mean that by the summer stocks can be shared with other countries – as Boris Johnson warned the pandemic cannot be tackled … Read more

UK ‘could send spare vaccines to Ireland’ after EU climbdown over embargo

The UK could send spare coronavirus vaccines to Ireland after the EU humiliatingly backed down in the bitter row over threat to British supplies. The success of the drive to secure jabs could mean that by the summer stocks can be shared with other countries – as Boris Johnson warned the pandemic cannot be tackled … Read more

One in EIGHT NHS hospitals didn’t have any spare intensive care beds last week

One in eight NHS trusts in England did not have a single spare intensive care bed last week, official figures show as hospitals continued to grapple with the winter wave of critically ill coronavirus patients.    NHS England figures published today reveal 18 out of 140 major trusts had 100 per cent occupancy in their ICUs … Read more

Savvy mum transforms her spare room into a homeschooling nursery for £350

Parents have been forced to resume the chaotic routine of homeschooling their children amid the third national lockdown. But Emily Webb, 36, from Devizes, Wiltshire, has renovated her spare room into a school nursery in a bid to make the task of homeschooling less hectic, and impressively only spent £350.  The mother-of-four has spent lockdown … Read more

Simple gel injection can spare agony for men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer could be spared one of the treatment’s most distressing side effects – thanks to a simple injection of gel Almost 50,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK Surgery is one option but can often lead to impotence and urinary incontinence Radiotherapy is another option … Read more

Spare a thought for these poor people who are definitely having a worse day than you

It could be worse! Hilarious snaps of mishaps reveal there’s always someone who’s more down on their luck than you People from all over the world shared pictures of very bad day they were having  One unlucky person managed to stick their eyelid into the zipper of their jacket  Another showed what happened when a … Read more

Spare us from a tax raid which would throttle entrepreneurs

In the red: Rishi Sunak has to service a £2trillion national debt The Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not live in never-never land. As a Tory with a strong City background, he knows that the ‘magic money tree’ is a myth and that as the pandemic retreats, he will have to take an axe to annual … Read more

Moment jogger wearing headphones runs across tracks in front of a train with just seconds to spare 

Moment jogger wearing headphones runs across tracks in front of a train with just seconds to spare The jogger darted across the tracks in Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire The driver of the London to Oxford service filmed the near miss on November 6 Network Rail said the jogger ignored safety advice when crossing the tracks  … Read more