The women of the Charis Missionary Church in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, South Africa were preparing food for the homeless in the church when they were told to take everything they could and move outside.Then they stood helplessly and watched as roaring bulldozers turned their church into rubble on Monday.The church Pastor Jerry Makananisa said he was called by women at the church who told him that the c

Charlene Dowsell, 28, of Welland Circle, Bettws, Newport, has been banned from having more than two friends in her flat overnight after holding regular all-night raves.Up to 20 people would arrive in a van for the parties at her flat and, in the summer months, they became a nightly event. Throughout the night, loud rave music was played which could be heard from the adjacent streets and the partie

A New York mother, Judy Viger, 33, has been arrested - after booking two strippers for her son's 16th birthday party.The strippers performed lap dances on the boy and his teenage friends, who police allege were as young as 13.One photo posted online from the party showed a "scantily clad, tattooed woman clinging upside down to a seated teen", the New York Daily News reports. Viger was charg

The 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh made the off-the-cuff comment yesterday during a visit to Luton and Dunstable University Hospital.Prince Philip made another one of his famous gaffes, telling a Filipino nurse: “The Philippines must be half empty - you’re all here running the NHS.”Philip unveiled a £5.5m cardiac centre and met staff at the hospital including the unidentified Filipino nurse

Saleh Hadri, a murder suspect wanted to surrender after being on the run for more than a year but his plans were thwarted when he turned up to the station in Malmö, Sweden, and was told they were closed for the day.The 45-year-old was taken aback by the response and reportedly replied: ‘Closed? I said I’m suspected of murder and a wanted man.‘You guys really want to get a hold of me.’De

Marina Voinova caught her fiancee cheating when was searching for an address using Yandex Maps, which is a Russian alternative to Google Maps.Marina immediately recognised Sasha, her partner of five years, when she spotted him embracing another woman in the picture taken last year. This is because at the time he was wearing a cast on his arm.‘When Sasha came home, I immediately called him to th

Edson Mashoko from Zhombe, Zimbabwe is alleged to have set his in-laws’ hut in Zhombe’s Mutandi village on fire after a misunderstanding with his wife.A family dispute turned into tragedy when Mashoko followed his wife Dorica Dube to her parents’ home where she had gone to seek refuge after a misunderstanding.On Sunday the 10th of February, Mashoko is suspected to have doused his in-laws’

President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 89th birthday at the State House in Harare this Wednesday. He turns 89 on Thursday 21 February.His 89th birthday party was attended by the First Lady Grace Mugabe; the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu, the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Didymus Mutasa; Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda and senior

UK - A man fears he will never father a child after bungling surgeons removed the wrong testicle in a cancer op.His healthy testicle was removed by mistake – then sewn back on after doctors realised their mistake 40 minutes later.The victim, now suing for compensation, said: "They definitely took out the wrong testicle. It should have been the cancerous one."It seems I can no longer father child

USA First Lady, Michelle Obama jokingly says a midlife crisis is what inspired her new haircut with bangs, philly.com revealed.The US first lady revealed the new hairstyle last month on her 49th birthday, which came a few days before the festivities for President Barack Obama's second inauguration.Mrs. Obama was asked about the new haircut during an interview with talk-show host Rachael Ray.Said M

USA - Investigators say in the early morning hours of December 16th, 33-year-old David Taundi's Toyota Camry hit a pole on the 5200 block of Henry Avenue, flipped over and caught fire.A witness told police a man climbed out of the driver's side and simply walked off, never to be seen again.His father has spent the past two months working with police, searching.In an Action News exclusive, Josiy

An 11-year-old cancer survivor has survived another, more unusual health scare. She burst into flames at a hospital in Oregon, USA.After hitting her head at school and losing consciousness, Ireland Lane was taken to Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. In years past, Ireland had received extensive treatments for kidney cancer.Ireland Lane was staying at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital fo

A 13-year-old girl claims she was taken from Maputo, Mozambique to South Africa by her mum’s friend and was promised a better life and a chance to go to school.Instead, when she got to Katlehong, east of Johhanesburg, she was sold to a man as a sex sl*ve for R250 and was allegedly raped daily by a 38-year-old man."I came to SA three weeks ago and I have been locked up with an old man since I a

Vincent Dube of Ratanyana Village, Matobo, Zimbabwe, who has been on the run for the past 12 years has finally been arrested.Dube who was 27 at the time, allegedly struck his wife Memory Nobukhosi Ndlovu, who was aged 19 twice on the head with an axe leading to her death because he suspected that she was having an affair with a local teacher, Mr David Nunu. The accused was arraigned before Bulawa

Delan Nyandoro, (36), general manager of Premier Optometry stands accused of showing his female subordinate a pornographic video recorded in his laptop.He appeared in court facing charges of possessing pornographic material and criminal insult.Nyandoro was not formally charged when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei who remanded him to February 28 this year on his own cognisa