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Arsenic. Gunpowder. Burning a bale of straw in your bedroom. How they tackled bedbugs in the good old days! Visitors to medieval Paris were left in no doubt that the city was in the grip of a venomous scourge. Its bedrooms, they were told, were infested with tiny black creatures, which at night would ‘sit […]

Polls close in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections as Rishi Sunak faces anxious wait to see if he’ll suffer further demoralising Tory losses Voting ended tonight in two crunch by-elections to leave Rishi Sunak with an anxious wait to see if he’ll suffer further demoralising losses. Polls closed at 10pm in contests in Tamworth and […]

How hackers could use your DNA as a weapon: Warning over £100 swab ancestry sites after cyber-crooks leaked profiles of 4million 23andMe customers The firm 23andMe has warned users to change their passwords after the hack Cybercriminals who have hacked into an ancestry website could use the data to target hundreds of thousands of Britons. […]

Storm Babet claims life of woman, 57, who was swept into river as 80mph gales and heavy rain batter Scotland sparking mass chaos as town is evacuated and 10,000 homes left without power Storm Babet news LIVE: Follow as Met Office issues rare ‘risk to life’ warning  The body of a 57-year-old woman who was […]

AN UNASSUMING lawyer from India has been identified as a possible heir to the French throne. Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon, 65, believes he is a senior descendant of France's Bourbon kings and the rightful ruler of the defunct Kingdom of France. The Bourbon dynasty ruled France from 1589 to 1789. Balthazar claimed his royal […]

HORRIFIC pictures have revealed what was left of an autistic girl's home after she was killed by Hamas terrorists. What was once the home of Harry Potter fan Noya Dan, 12, has been reduced to burned and bloodstained ruins. A once-white mattress was turned red with splattered blood all over it, also spilled over to […]

Pensioner, 77, who lost an arm and leg during horrific mauling by two crazed Rottweilers was ‘dragged around like a rag doll’ – and woke up asking if ‘everyone was safe’ A pensioner who lost an arm and a leg during a horrific mauling by two Rottweilers was ‘dragged around like a rag doll’, it […]

Lucy Letby inquiry will investigate hospital nurses, midwives, doctors, managers and board members and will probe wider NHS culture as 30 questions it will seek to answer are revealed The Lucy Letby inquiry looking into how the depraved child killer was able to commit her crimes will investigate hospital nurses, midwives and doctors, as well […]

Kirsty Wark will step down as lead Newsnight presenter after the next election, BBC reveals The corporation said the 68-year-old will continue to present BBC shows  Kirsty Wark will step down as a lead presenter of Newsnight after the next election, the BBC has announced. The corporation said the 68-year-old will continue to present BBC […]

I broke out of North Korea TWICE only to become a slave in China before finally escaping to the West: Brave defector who now lives in Britain shares her incredible life story Jihyun Park revealed the incredible story of how she fled North Korea for good A North Korean defector has revealed how she bravely […]