A teacher from a school in Nottinghamshire has died while on a trip with students to Austria after a 'freak walking accident'.Jonathan Taylor, who taught IT at the Christ the King School in Arnold, was reportedly killed after he stumbled over a log and hit his head when out on a walk with colleagues and pupils.David Wilson, chair of governors at the school, confirmed the teacher, who was married,

Britain's greatest playwright William Shakespeare was a tax avoider and profiteer, a study claims.He hoarded grain and sold it to the poor at inflated prices, say researchers.The Bard was hauled before the courts and threatened with prison for dodging taxes. And he was fined for stockpiling food at a time when Europe faced famine.His business deals helped him become one of Warwickshire’s largest

An army veteran has sparked outrage after tattooing his dog and publishing the results on his Facebook page.Ernesto Rodriguez tattooed his 5-month-old purebred American Pit Bull at his tattoo parlour last week.Mr Rodriguez inked the dog's name, Duchess, and an emblem representing her bloodline on his pet's stomach.He then posted an image of the tattoo on Facebook, prompting a mass outcry from anim

Interesting Easter customs around the world.Easter eggs and Easter bunnyRabbits are believed to be associated with the springtime since ancient time. The hare is a symbol of fertility and rebirth. And later Christians changed the symbol of the hare to the Easter bunny. Whipping girls with ribbonsMen and boys in the Czech Republic and Slovakia whip girls and women with decorated instruments, usuall

A policewoman is suing a man who rang 999 about a suspected burglary — after she tripped on a kerbstone responding to the call.Kelly Jones has demanded up to £50,000 in damages from Steve Jones, who phoned cops during the night about a possible break-in at his petrol station.The officer claims Mr Jones failed to keep her safe after she tripped on the 6ins kerb while checking the garage, injurin

A lucky toddler has been handed more than a silver spoon after her mother splashed out £4.25million for her on a luxury New York apartment.The fortunate two-year-old may still be in diapers but it appears her future is already mapped out with the purchase of the luxury condo in the 90-storey Manhattan building.Sotheby's real estate Kevin Brown was showing a Chinese client around the property when

When a 13-year-old prostitute tried to leave her pimp, the Miami man forced her to tattoo his street name on her eyelids.The teenager now has her torturer's nickname, Suave, on her right eyelid. On her left eyelid, she was inked with the word House, suggesting that she belonged to him.Suave, known formally as Roman Thomas III, was arrested last Monday by Miami police. The 26-year-old and a female

An 89-year-old woman in Delaware was carjacked and locked in her own boot for two days before being dumped at a cemetery.State police have charged five teenagers over the kidnapping of Margaret Smith, who was found wandering around the headstones of the graveyard east of Seaford in Sussex County.She was treated at a local hospital and later released.By chance, troopers spotted her car being driven

An old folks ' bingo night descended into farce when two rival players had a punch-up.UK Police were called as the OAPs in their late 60s traded blows after one accused the other of shouting "house" too early.The clash stunned residents and staff ­gathered for the social evening in a community room of the council sheltered ­accommodation.Officers were called by a housing official as the situatio

A man who has been in prison without trial in a Nigerian prison for 8 years has finally been released.Speaking with Daily Sun, Mrs. Samuel, a police corporal at Egbe Idimu Local Government Area, said she had tried to get her son released from prison – all to no avail. Her son, who was 17 years old when he was arrested was to be arraigned over a charge for armed robbery in the name of another

A 25-year-old, second year Bachelor of Tourism student at Makerere University in Uganda took a year off his studies due to a lack of school fees.One day in January while Sande was looking for a job says he came across a smartly-dressed man near a bar. The man only identified himself as Charles and he said he could help.Sande and Charles agreed to meet the following day at Makerere University wher

A 65-year-old man says a young female nurse raped him while he was recovering from a motorcycle accident at a Philadelphia hospital last month.The man, who has not been identified, said a Temple University Hospital nurse in her 20s entered his room at around 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 27, offered to bathe him and then sexually assaulted him in a bathroom, NBC Philadelphia reported.Police are investigating

J & D’s Foods has decided to follow up its successful bacon lubricant with bacon flavoured condom.The Seattle based company is apparently serious this time round despite the lubricant having been intended as a previous April Fool’s joke.The condoms come with the tagline ‘make your meat look like meat’ and will be coated in water-based lube.One half of J & D’s Foods, Justin Esch,

A Chinese video game addict has spent the last six years living in an internet cafe, according to reports.Li Meng apparently almost never leaves his chair, except to buy food and take the occasional shower, at the cafe in China’s north-east city of Changchun, in the Jilin province.Reports suggest the ‘bespectacled youth clearly hadn’t been to a hairdresser for a long time’.One person told

A 41-year-old woman has been arrested after a toddler was found abandoned in a pram outside a house late at night.The two-and-a-half-year-old girl was discovered outside an address in Warwick Road in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK at about 11pm.A woman rang the doorbell of the house and fled, leaving the youngster in her pram outside.The residents of the house alerted police who have traced the child's mot