You’re walking down the high street when someone comes straight towards you. There’s plenty of room to pass, but they manage to walk directly into your shoulder. You stop, look slightly startled and, before you’ve even worked out what’s happened, the word has already left your mouth. “Sorry!” The other person carries on walking, apparently unaware that they’ve just collided with you. Meanwhile, you’re left wondering why on earth you […]

The victim of the tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park told the animal to stop being naughty shortly before the incident. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the young man dancing with headphones on before entering the compound. Bystanders frantically urged him to play dead as the tiger's composure changed, but he failed to understand. Visitors Anthony Hunt and his girlfriend witnessed the animal, called Altai, react before attacking. Saudi Arabia's energy minister […]

There was a time when Sunday had a very particular feeling in Britain. It was the day when things slowed down, shops had shorter opening hours, the Sunday roast was practically compulsory and the thought of doing anything too energetic could be dismissed with a simple explanation: "It's Sunday!" For many of us who grew up in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Sunday was different from every other day of […]