Storm Darcy is set to bring SIX more inches of snow today amid -7C chill

Storm Darcy is set to bring six more inches of snow today amid a -7C chill with warnings of travel chaos and power cuts after blizzards shut vaccine centres and schools. Snowfalls have continued over parts of England and Scotland overnight, with temperatures remaining below freezing across the country this morning. A yellow weather warning … Read more

‘Beast from the East II’ strikes: Storm Darcy brings a FOOT of snow, -10C chill and 50mph gales

Storm Darcy has brought a foot of snow and bitter temperatures plunging to -10C as the Beast from the East batters Kent with 50mph winds – threatening travel chaos and power cuts until Wednesday.   The Met Office has warned of ‘significant disruptive snowfall’ in London and the South East, especially parts of East Anglia and Kent, … Read more

Beast from the East II looms over UK: Snow hits parts of the South East as Storm Darcy moves in

Snowy blizzards are set to cause travel chaos and power cuts to parts of Britain from today as Storm Darcy rolls across Europe from Russia and Ukraine and brings up to four days of freezing weather.  The Met Office has warned of ‘significant disruptive snowfall’ in London and the South East, especially parts of East Anglia … Read more

Beast from the East II looms over UK: Storm Darcy is threatening travel chaos and power cuts

Snowy blizzards are set to cause travel chaos and power cuts to parts of Britain from today as Storm Darcy rolls across Europe from Russia and Ukraine and brings up to four days of freezing weather.  The Met Office has warned of ‘significant disruptive snowfall’ in London and the South East of England, especially parts of … Read more

Chernobyl helicopter hero who survived lethal radiation levels while sealing off reactor dies

The Russian helicopter pilot who endured lethal radiation levels to contain the Chernobyl disaster has died after contracting coronavirus. General Nikolai Antoshkin, who was 78, died in his home country last Sunday.  He commanded an operation to seal off the number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl power station just outside the town Pripyat in Ukraine, … Read more

Two children ‘who were made to eat stray dogs by their mother’ rescued from filthy house in Ukraine 

Two starving children who were allegedly forced to eat stray dogs to survive have been rescued from their cockroach-infested home in Ukraine.   Neglected four-year-old Masha and her two-year-old brother were found surrounded by piles of rubbish and taken away by police officers after they raided the filthy flat in the city of Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine.   … Read more

Moment gang of thugs viciously attack Ukrainian schoolboy

Sickening moment gang of hooded thugs viciously kick and punch Ukrainian schoolboy, 14, as he lies on the ground in the centre of Paris leaving him in a coma Schoolboy Yuri from Ukraine was left in a coma following an attack in Paris  CCTV shows the boy surrounded by assailants wielding metal rods and bats   … Read more

Emotional moment photographer discovers portrait of his mother in forgotten 34-year-old camera roll

Emotional moment photographer discovers stunning portrait of his mother in forgotten 34-year-old camera roll from when his parents were students in Ukraine Bogdan Grygorenko, 33, from Canada, found the  old film roll in family camera He had the film developed and discovered picture of mother Olena from 1986 Picture was taken by Mr Grygorenko’s father … Read more

Mother who stabbed her newborn son to death is jailed for two years in Ukraine 

Mother who stabbed her newborn son to death with nail scissors then hid his body among rubbish is jailed for two years in Ukraine Anastasia Skorychenko, 30, stabbed her newborn son 22 times with nail scissors At a court in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, she was handed a two-year sentence Skorychenko delivered the baby into a … Read more

World’s loneliest bear who spent her entire life in a cage will finally get to meet other bears

World’s loneliest bear who spent her entire life in a cage and was forced to perform for a circus will finally get to meet other bears after being rescued and taken to Swiss reserve Circus bear Jambolina, 11, was rescued from a tiny cage in a garage in Ukraine last Tuesday She was taken on … Read more