Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMeet the voice of Peppa Pig US toy maker Hasbro will acquire Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One for around £3.3bn ($4bn), the firms said in a statement. Hasbro said the deal would expand its entertainment and “family-oriented storytelling” portfolio. UK-listed Entertainment One owns other preschool titles including […]
Boy dead at Center Parcs after falling ill on holiday with family
The resort said it was supporting the family and staff who tried to help the boy (Picture: Wenn) A child has died after being ‘taken ill’ at Center Parks in Longleat Forest, Wiltshire. Moments before his death he had been playing with three other children but after falling ill efforts were made by staff at […]
Ilkley Moor arsonist jailed for over two years
Mohammed Zulkifl admitted arson (Picture: PA) A man who started a fire on ‘precious’ Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire has been given 27 months in a young offenders’ institution. Mohammed Zulkifl, 20, used a cigarette lighter to start a blaze, while fire crews were already battling two large fires on the moorland. He admitted setting fire […]
Couple ‘treated like criminals’ after easyJet banned them for buying fake tickets
They paid almost £200 for their tickets (Picture: Liverpool Echo/Rex) A couple who accidentally bought fraudulent easyJet tickets say they were treated like ‘criminals’, Kenny Rainford and Marie Rylance bought their tickets through a page recommended by a friend which advertised plane tickets at cheaper prices. They paid almost £200 for a five-day return trip […]
Is this all that remains of Gizmo the dog that was carried off by seagulls?
A woman who saw a flock of seagulls fighting over something believes it may be the remains of Gizmo (Picture: SWNS) Pictures have emerged of an animals paw that some people fear may be all that remains of missing dog Gizmo. The chihuahua vanished from his home in Paignton, Devon, last month, with his owner […]
Boy, 4, found with knife at school as epidemic worsens
The number of cases where children were found to be carrying knives in school has doubled over the past five years (Picture: Getty) Police had to be called into a school by teachers after a four-year-old was found with a knife. The incident was among more than a 1,000 cases where children were found to […]
