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How to call a snap election: Theresa May's next moves explained

May intends to use the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 to secure an early UK general election in 2017.

Apr 18, 2017

General Election 2017 Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn

Funny then scary footage captures helpless driver chasing his runaway truck

Man runs after lorry as it rolls driverless down a slip road and onto a motorway.

Apr 12, 2017

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A history of chemical weapons: From the Ancient Greeks to Assad's Syria

Chemical weapons have been used in war since ancient times.

Apr 11, 2017

Kuwaiti civil defense forces rehearse contingency plans for a biological weapons attack. (Getty)

The first chemical weapons ban was the Strasbourg Agreement against poison bullets in 1675

The history of chemical and biological warfare spans the Ancient Greeks, Leonardo da Vinci and WWI.

Apr 10, 2017

Russian forces were at the Syrian base hit by US missiles – are we on the brink of WWIII?

President Trump ordered a US missile strike on Syria after Assad's chemical attack.

Apr 7, 2017

Donald Trump Syria Russia Vladimir Putin

From moving glasses to yanking handshakes — Donald Trump's weird habits

President Trump has some strange ways about him.

Apr 6, 2017

Donald Trump

There's a really angry guy in Manchester who shouts abuse at cyclists as they go past

Cyclist films pedestrian swearing at people on bikes as they go past.

Apr 6, 2017

David Baddiel gave Ken Livingstone the perfect slapdown over his Hitler-Zionism claim

Livingstone claimed Hitler supported Zionism but Baddiel quotes Mein Kampf to prove him wrong.

Apr 6, 2017

Israel

Tony Blair did an impression of the Italian prime minister during a hilarious anecdote

Blair told the funny story during his appearance on Dave's Unspun with Matt Forde.

Apr 6, 2017

This is what millennials and Generation Z teens think is cool (according to Google)

Generation Z versus millennials: The coolest brands according to young people

A Google-commissioned study concludes that YouTube, which it owns, is the coolest.

Apr 5, 2017

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Angry Christians who think Easter is being erased are getting trolled with Bible quotes

Easter Watch takes aim at Twitter's angriest and most hypocritical Christians.

Apr 5, 2017

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Taiwan's president guest raps in this music video that'll make you want to visit the island

Taiwanese rapper Dwagie has launched Light Up Taiwan to promote the island.

Apr 4, 2017

Arab News shamed a guy who tried to get his pro-Clinton columns deleted to get a job with Trump

Andrew Bowen, a visiting scholar with the American Enterprise Institute, didn't get the reaction he expected.

Apr 4, 2017

Donald Trump White House

Why Britain, not Spain, has sovereignty over Gibraltar

Britain won Gibraltar in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession.

Apr 3, 2017

Spain European Union

Hobbyhorsing: The surreal new craze in Finland where teenagers gallop around on toy horses

Hobbyhorse Revolution is a documentary about teenage girls taking part in hobby horse dressage shows.

Mar 30, 2017

Remainers aren't taking Brexit Day very well

Theresa May triggers Article 50 on 29 March and some Remain voters are taking it better than others.

Mar 29, 2017

Brexit Theresa May

An amateur football team in Scarborough has a goal-proof way of defending corners

Edgehill FC third team sends the goalie out onto the pitch as everyone else stands on the goal line.

Mar 28, 2017

Countries where cannabis is legal for recreational use in 2017

Canada looks set to become latest country where marijuana is legalised for everyday use.

Mar 27, 2017

The EU-founding Treaty of Rome turns 60 days before Brexit begins

The Treaty of Rome created the EU's 'common market' and the UK will be the first member state to leave.

Mar 24, 2017

Brexit European Union

The day Theresa May triggered Brexit was also the anniversary of England's bloodiest battle

The Battle of Towton in the Wars of the Roses claimed the lives of 1% of the English population.

Mar 24, 2017

Theresa May Brexit

Articles by Shane Croucher