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In the race to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA) when it leaves London after Brexit, Bulgaria has launched a low-cost campaign to prove that it could do just as well as the others - but for less money.

"Cost-effectiveness will be key," deputy minister of health Miroslav Nenkov said,

North Korea was issued a major warning from Donald Trump, whose speech was met with applause in New York this afternoon. 

He said if America “is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea”. 

The US president

A criminology student who dreamed of becoming a police officer has been jailed after she made up a false rape claim against a cab driver.

Sophie Pointon, 22, told the vicious lie when the driver refused to accept a kebab-soaked tenner.

Poniton told police officers that she had been

One of the four people who died in a crash on the M5 has been identified at father-of-two Adrian Beaumont.

The 46-year-old, from Bristol, was driving a Seat Leon with his partner, 42, and their two children, aged 10 and 12, also in the car when they were involved in the horrific

A woman who thought she had buried her cat after it died was in for a bit of a shock when he walked through her kitchen door.

Karen Turner, 50, found a black cat on the roadside after her own pet, Sammy, failed to return the night before.

She picked the cat up and carried it to her

A woman with cancer was fined for moving her van forward a few feet in a parking bay so that she could get vital medication from the boot.

Gabriella Gratrix, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, drove up their home in Preston to the Lake District with her partner last

Users of TV set-up boxes that let viewers stream content expect a knock on the door could face years in jail for digital piracy.

Around 25% of Britons are thought to be accessing digital material illegally, but are totally unaware their TV set-up boxes are illegal.

More than one

A 19-year-old girl has been raped during fresher’s week in an area popular with students.

Police said the girl was attacked at Sutton Harbour, a waterfront location in Plymouth where there are lots of bars and clubs.

Many students had been nearby to celebrate the start of the

A father convicted of beating his baby girl so badly he fractured her skull insists he’s innocent despite being jailed.

John Robinson, 23, was convicted of assaulting Grace Bowstead while she was in his care – but he still claims he was not responsible for the infant’s

A student who allegedly held down a teenage girl and raped her claims he was doing it to help her ‘get over her ex-boyfriend’.

Bartolomeo Joly de Lotbiniere, 21, told his alleged 19-year-old victim that he had ‘fantasised’ about having sex with her after a drunken

A woman believes she saw a puma eating a cat in her neighbour’s back garden.

Nora Rothrock, a City executive, took photos of the tan-coloured ‘beast’ from her window in Hampstead, north London, last week.

She insists that it is a puma, and is definitely not a

Making packed lunches for your kids every day can seriously drain a parent’s bank account, but one mum has figured out how to make them affordable and healthy.

Louise Smith from Kent manages to send her sons to school each day with a healthy packed lunch that costs her just 90p to

Boris Johnson has denied he would resign as Foreign Secretary before the weekend if Teresa May doesn’t listen to his objections to her latest Brexit plans.

Johnson, who was previously the Mayor of London and has been a big name in the Tory party for many years, is opposed to the UK

Social media trolls should be banned from voting, the Electoral Commission has suggested.

Taking away trolls’ voting rights could deter them from attacking and harassing MPs – something that has been found to have been particularly bad in the run-up to the general election in

Wetherspoon’s pubs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be cutting the price of all food and drink for one glorious day this week.

For one day only, the pub chain is slashing its prices by 7.5%, meaning that you’ll be able to bag even more bargains than usual.

It is

The Foreign Secretary believes he will have no choice but to resign from his role if Mrs May wants to pay for single market access, the Telegraph reports.

His role is balancing on whether Mrs May angles towards a "Swiss-style" arrangement with the European Union (EU) in her Brexit speech

A woman enjoying a romantic weekend away had her world turned upside down after a simple accident left her unable to walk, talk - or even feel emotion.

Two years ago, hair stylist Zalehka Price-Davies was on a break in Dublin when she went for breakfast and fell down nine steps in a

A woman enjoying a romantic weekend away had her world turned upside down after a simple accident left her unable to walk, talk - or even feel emotion.

Two years ago, hair stylist Zalehka Price-Davies was on a break in Dublin when she went for breakfast and fell down nine steps in a

A prominent figure in the EDL (Eglish Defence League) who campaigned against child grooming kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and took semi-naked photographs of her in a bath.

Paul Whiteside, 47, had met the teenage girl through the EDL and assisted her when she ran away from home in October

A pupil has been expelled from a top private school after going to a Sunday chapel service high on ecstasy.

The 16-year-old boy – who had only been at the school for a week – was taken to hospital after he foamed at the mouth in front of his classmates.

He recovered but

Three teenage boys have been charged in connection with the brutal murder of a man in Leicester.

The boys, two aged 14 and another 15-year-old, have been charged with murder in connection with the death of 64-year-old John Donovan, who was found fatally injured in the street.

Mr

A child sex offender who made indecent images of children has become the first criminal convicted by one police unit for failing to give police his iPad passcode.

Alan Charles Godfrey, 60, was ordered to give officers the passcode for his device after they seized it as part of an

Bomb-making ingredients are being suggested to people innocently looking to purchase other items on Amazon.

An algorithm used by Amazon suggested purchasing chemical ingredients which are harmless on their own, but can be combined to make explosives, incendiary devices and pyrotechnics, a

Even if you haven’t eaten from this takeaway, you’re probably about to feel grossed out.

When it was inspected, Harvey’s Chicken and Pizza was found to have dirty socks in the food preparation area and food covered in mould.

There was no hot water for staff to wash

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Footage of the moment police pounced on the Parsons Green ‘bucket bomb’ suspect – by pretending to wait for a bus.

Undercover counter-terrorism

A worried mother filmed a man chewing through electric cables in an apparent attempt to break into the flats next door.

The mum-of-three, who is too afraid to be named, shot the footage on her mobile phone as the man tried multiple methods to get into the building next door.

The

A serial funeral crasher who turns up at wakes for free food has been defended by a priest.

Grieving relatives complained about the woman who is said to have turned up at funerals at Church of the Holy Redeemer in Slough, Berkshire, for 14 years.

Afterwards she has attended buffets

Cecilia Malmstrom said Britain must wait until it leaves the Brussels bloc before starting to negotiate any deals.

However, she admitted she cannot stop the Prime Minister tapping up global leaders for new economic pacts with the UK, which are set to go into force the day Britain quits the

Anti-establishment politicians like Marine Le Pen and Donald Trump will continue to be popular as they electrify the electorate, a report by the German bank has found.

The march of populist parties led by charismatic leaders in Europe and abroad and movements like Brexit’s

Last month North Korea issued an emergency warning telling citizens to “stand by” over fears of an attack on Pyongyang amid growing tensions with the US.

High ranking officials at the Civil Defence Department received the stark message in an email on August 7, two days after

The mandatory security training has been put in place to ensure residents do not discredit leader Kim Jong-un.

Government personnel ordered the citizens to have the sessions as it is believed that information about life in North Korea is being leaked out too easily.

A source told

It’s been almost half a year since the last trailer for Star Wars The Last Jedi.

Meanwhile the latest rumours for the next teaser suggest it will drop around mid-October.

But now Making Star Wars Net have noticed what appears to be a quickly covered up leak by The Last

Cancer kills someone every four minutes in the UK, according to Cancer Research UK - but scientists may have moved a step closer to finding an effective treatment for solid tumours.

Current ways to treat icancer include chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

However, researchers have

Cardigan Connor, who is also a former Hampshire county cricket champion, revealed islanders are at their wits end as they thought they had prepared for Irma, the Category 5 hurricane which hit last week, but it was “stronger than expected”.

Irma ripped metal roofs from

Hurricane Maria is gathering strength as it hurtles toward the Leeward Islands, having already brought “widespread damage” to Dominica and is on track to hit Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a dangerous and powerful Category 5 hurricane.

Incredible satellite footage of

Army bomb squad experts had to be drafted in to blow up the lethal Second World War device in a controlled explosion.

But the fisherman actually took the hand-held bomb home with him before raising the alarm after catching it in the River Wensum at Hellesdon, Norwich, on

iOS 11 is almost here, with the release date today and the big update from Apple expected to drop around 6pm BST.

The iPhone and iPad update will bring with it a number of great new features, including updates to Apple Maps, Siri and Apple Pay.

There will also be a customisable

Two people were seriously injured when a Ka-52 helicopter suddenly struck at an enclosure for spectators at Luzhsky military field near St Petersburg.

A missile is seen hitting the area close to where a man filming the exercise was standing. 

Unconfirmed reports said that the

Mary Alford and Charlotte Faulkner are serving up steaks, mince, sausages and burgers - all produced from Dartmoor ponies - through an online shop and at some West Country pubs and restaurants.

And their online store is even preparing to launch its take on a traditional Devonshire snack -