Lancashire accent is dying out and could disappear ENTIRELY within ‘the next few generations’, study warns

Lancashire accent is dying out and could disappear ENTIRELY within ‘the next few generations’, study warns

There might not be long left to hear one of Britain’s most distinctive accents. Celebrities like Eric Morecambe, Jane Horrocks, and Jim Bowen made the Lancashire accent famous, but scientists say it is now disappearing.  The Lancashire accent is unique for its use of the ‘Arr’ sound in words like ‘car’ or ‘father’.  However, researchers … Read more

Thousands of XL bully owners told they will NOT have to put their dogs down as vets issue urgent warning ahead of breed ban

Thousands of XL bully owners told they will NOT have to put their dogs down as vets issue urgent warning ahead of breed ban

Jonathan Halstead, 35 Jonathan Halstead, 35 – January 29, 2020 Jonathan died from a severe neck injury and bites after being attacked in his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester by his pet Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Bronson. It is believed the dog attacked him when its owner suffered an epileptic fit. Jack Lis, 10 Jack Lis, … Read more

Defiant XL bully owners to take their dogs on a ‘final freedom’ walk

Defiant XL bully owners to take their dogs on a ‘final freedom’ walk

Jonathan Halstead, 35 Jonathan Halstead, 35 – January 29, 2020 Jonathan died from a severe neck injury and bites after being attacked in his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester by his pet Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Bronson. It is believed the dog attacked him when its owner suffered an epileptic fit. Jack Lis, 10 Jack Lis, … Read more

Inside Alex Batty’s ‘nomadic’ life while living in a commune with mother Melanie as British boy is found six years after disappearance

Inside Alex Batty’s ‘nomadic’ life while living in a commune with mother Melanie as British boy is found six years after disappearance

The British boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother and grandfather to live in a ‘spiritual commune’ has spent the last six years travelling from house-to-house with his ‘solar panel obsessed’ family while foraging for food, it was revealed today.  Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return … Read more

Pictured: Isolated farm where Alex Batty spent the last two years living under a false name and doing odd jobs in return for board and lodgings

Pictured: Isolated farm where Alex Batty spent the last two years living under a false name and doing odd jobs in return for board and lodgings

This is the isolated farm in the Pyrenees mountains where British schoolboy Alex Batty lived for the past two years, MailOnline can reveal. Situated in the tiny hamlet of La Bastide with a population of just 15 people, the local mayor confirmed that Alex, now 17, had lived there with his grandfather David Batty since … Read more

Elisabeth Moss, 41, cuts a low-key figure as she goes make-up free while sporting a casual ensemble in LA

Elisabeth Moss, 41, cuts a low-key figure as she goes make-up free while sporting a casual ensemble in LA

By Carly Johnson For Mailonline Published: 09:36 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 14:53 GMT, 15 December 2023 Elisabeth Moss cut a low-key figure as she stepped out in LA on Thursday. The Handmaid’s Tale actress, 41, was seen wearing a white T-shirt adorned with the words ‘Los Angeles‘ alongside a pair of baggy black sweatpants and … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Harry the GLUM! The Duke of Sussex is no fun since he married Meghan Markle, says his close friend rugby player James Haskell

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Harry the GLUM! The Duke of Sussex is no fun since he married Meghan Markle, says his close friend rugby player James Haskell

By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 01:17 GMT, 16 December 2023 The Duke of Sussex admitted in his tawdry memoirs that he was slammed by some of his oldest friends for the explosive interview that he and his wife, Meghan, gave to Oprah Winfrey. One friend … Read more

Islamist threat to Britain is at an ‘unprecedented level’ amid Gaza war, with calls by the public to anti-terrorism hotline DOUBLING amid fears Hamas propaganda could ‘energise’ jihadis, Met chief warns

Islamist threat to Britain is at an ‘unprecedented level’ amid Gaza war, with calls by the public to anti-terrorism hotline DOUBLING amid fears Hamas propaganda could ‘energise’ jihadis, Met chief warns

Britain is facing ‘unprecedented levels’ of counter-terrorism arrests as people are being ‘energised’ towards extremism amid the war in Gaza.  Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, who leads national counter-terrorism policing, has warned Hamas‘ atrocities on October 7 have heightened the danger of an attack on London. He told MPs that in the last two months there has been … Read more

What happened to Alex Batty, the British boy found in France after vanishing in 2017 aged 11?

What happened to Alex Batty, the British boy found in France after vanishing in 2017 aged 11?

A British boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother six years ago was found by a medical student in the mountains in southern France where he’d been wandering for four days having fled a ‘spiritual commune’.  Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to … Read more

Councils will be told they DON’T have to build new homes on ‘Green Belt’ as Michael Gove plots measures to protect England’s green fields

Councils will be told they DON’T have to build new homes on ‘Green Belt’ as Michael Gove plots measures to protect England’s green fields

The Green Belt may be saved by new plans set to be announced by Michael Gove  By Chris Matthews Published: 01:37 GMT, 13 December 2023 | Updated: 01:43 GMT, 13 December 2023 England’s green and pleasant land looks set to be saved by a plan the Government will announce. Housing Secretary Michael Gove will tell … Read more