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A tree surgeon who swallowed a goldfish at a fun fair before washing it down with half a pint of lager has avoided a prison sentence. Josh Coles was filmed by his girlfriend during the incident, who then posted the video to social networking app Snapchat with the caption “He

A man has been charged with the murder of a French film maker who was found buried in a shallow grave in her garden in west London. Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, was reported missing on March 5 having failed to turn up for work at PR firm Golin, where she was

A young father’s body has been found handcuffed in a river, months after he disappeared after allegedly running away from police. Reece Hillier’s family and friends have appealed for news of his whereabouts since he went missing in January. The 22-year-old’s body was recovered from the River Itchen in Southampton over the weekend and

Many people say that it is no one’s business how many children a woman has; that if it is not someone’s own uterus, they need to butt out. They are true, these questions and assumptions about the number of children a woman wants are inapt and uncomfortable. However, some women

A postman has been jailed after swindling more than £30,000 in disability benefits claiming hip problems left him nearly immobile – when he was actually doing five-four rounds every day.   Anthony Linaker, 46, told the Department for Work and Pensions his hips were so bad he struggled to get out

Most employers do not believe postgraduate degrees give workers an edge in terms of their skills, a new poll has suggested.   Only 19 per cent of employers said graduates with a master’s had better skills than those who did not take a postgraduate qualification, a survey from the Institute

UK unemployment hit a 44-year low and wages rose in the three months to January, the latest official figures show. The number of people in work jumped 222,000 to 32.7 million, the highest since records began in 1971. Unemployment fell from 4 per cent to 3.9 per cent, its lowest since the start

Police have shot a man in east London after reports that threats of murder had been made by someone wielding knives. Firearms officers were called to reports of a domestic disturbance at a home in Hackney’s Knights Close at 9.43pm on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said. A 28-year-old man was said to have been

A Hibernian fan who was left unable to talk after suffering a stroke shocked nurses by using his first words in three months to brand his team’s bitter rivals, Hearts, “s***e”. Darren Thomson was left with brain damage after a blood clot the size of a 10p coin caused a

Welcome to Spodcast, the sports update on Firstpost. The Indian Premier League announced the schedule for the first two weeks of the 12th edition of the tournament on Tuesday. The IPL will begin on 23 March in Chennai with a match between old rivals CSK and RCB. Defending champions Chennai