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Picture shows horse racing with the British racehorse named "Smart Latch.", undated. An investigation has been launched after a digital chip was found inside a dish of roasted meat distributed at a soup kitchen in Mersin, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Dinner Shock As English Champion Racehorse Is Slaughtered And Served In Public Kitchen Complete With Microchip

Post author:Ajda Ender
Post published:March 13, 2026

A champion English racehorse with three career victories was secretly slaughtered and turned into food before its identity was exposed when an electronic microchip was discovered by a diner inside…

Holger Spreer-Wree poses with the bottle in undated photo. The bottle washed up in Suderoog, Germany. (CEN)

British Mother’s Ashes Found By Germans After Washing Up On North Sea Island

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 9, 2025

The ashes of a British mother whose family set them adrift as a message in a bottle have been found by a German couple after they washed up on a…

Picture shows Nicholas Dodd, undated. There are rumors about Crown Princess Elisabeth's relationship for the first time. (Newsflash)

Rumours That Princess Elisabeth Of Belgium Is Dating ‘Ordinary’ English Lad

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:February 26, 2024

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium is reportedly dating an 'ordinary' English lad. Belgian media have reported that the 22-year-old heiress apparent to the Belgian throne has fallen in love with an…

Photo shows a medieval double ax, undated. It was stolen from the Frankenstein Castle in Hesse, Germany. (Polizeiprasidium Sudhessen/Newsflash)

Police Hunt Thieves Who Plundered ‘Monster’ Castle

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:October 20, 2023

Thieves who plundered a hoard of medieval weapons from a castle said to have inspired English novelist Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' are being hunted by police in Germany. The arms -…

Picture shows the car being removed from the side of the road, at Sella Pass, Italy, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. The car was driven by a 46-year-old Englishman wo lost control and was injured. (Newsflash)

Brit Survives As GBP 100k Sportscar Goes Flying Off Mountain Pass

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:September 12, 2023

A 46-year-old English driver has survived a terrifying Italian Job-style crash after his yellow Lotus sportscar flew off a mountain pass in Italy. The crash happened on the 6,000-foot-high Sella…

Fabio Rampelli, poses in undated photo. He introduced the legislation for Italians who use English and other foreign words in official communications to face fines of up to EUR 100,000. (@fabiorampelli/Newsflash)

Italy To Ban English Words Because Britain Left Europe

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:April 10, 2023

Italian politicians are trying to ban English words from their language in revenge for Britain leaving the European Union. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy party wants all…

Image shows police crews from the Canton Police Valais discover the remains of a 32-year-old Englishman, undated photo. He was reported missing on the Grand Combin mountain massif, in Valais, Switzerland, on Dec. 31, 1974. (Canton Police Valais/Newsflash)

Brit Hiker’s Remains Revealed On Alps By Melting Ice

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:February 24, 2023

Human remains found five months ago in the Swiss Alps have been identified as an English hiker who went missing nearly 50 years ago. The preserved skeleton of the 32-year-old…

Thor the walrus makes an appearance in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in England, in an undated photo. According to Em Mayman, there hasn't been a walrus in this part of the UK in a very, very long time. (Em Mayman of BDMLR/Newsflash)

Walrus Leaves UK For Colder Waters

Post author:Michael Leidig
Post published:January 10, 2023

Thor the walrus, who caused New Year's Eve fireworks to be cancelled at an English seaside town, as he leaves the UK to head north to colder waters. His arrival…

Picture shows a close-up of the "invisible" heron filmed in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (Newsflash)

Invisible Heron Shows Its Amazing Camouflage Skills On Busy Cycle Path

Post author:Darko Manevski
Post published:December 29, 2022

Incredible camouflage skills of a grey heron blending in with the wall as it soaks up the rays of the sun on Christmas Day. The footage was shot in the…

A boulder bearing Caroline Lucas' name is placed in the sea. Greenpeace UK place 18 limestone boulders on the seabed in the South West Deeps Marine Protected Area to block destructive industrial fishing. Campaigners and crew on board Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise sail to the western English Channel to make a portion of the South West Deeps off-limits to bottom-trawling. (Kristian Buus,Greenpeace,SWNS/Newsflash)

Greenpeace UK Creates Underwater Boulder Barrier To Block Destructive Industrial Fishing

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:September 7, 2022

Greenpeace UK has placed 18 limestone boulders on the seabed in the western English Channel to block destructive industrial fishing. On Thursday 1 September, campaigners and crew on board Greenpeace…