3 d. ago Primary school teacher horrified to find bizarre dead body part under public toilet

A small Japanese village was shook by a body found dead in the cess pit of the toilet. The man was so filfthy he had to be cleaned up twice before he could be identified.

Events

8 d. ago Welsh village primary school set to be sold as council ignores community pleas

It has been on the market since 2024 but has so far failed to attract any offers

Politics

8 d. ago Public toilets in Falkirk 'Outlander' village will be sold as bids close

Blackness is on the John Muir Way but Falkirk Council says the toilets are unaffordable

Politics

1 week ago Public toilet king on hunt for 'heir to the thrones' successor to continue his mission

Loo legend Raymond Martin - boss of the British Toilet Association - has been potty about bogs for years but as he nears 70 needs to find someone to take over his push for better privies

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2 w. ago ‘I dream about toilets, I admit it’: the man on a mission to improve Britain’s loos

Poor accessibility, questionable hygiene, scattered needles and budget cuts the UK is in the midst of a public toilet crisis. Thankfully, Raymond Martin is fighting backThe first thing Raymond Martin looks for in a toilet, he says, is cleanliness. Does the tissue paper on the floor mean this public lavatory has failed his inspection? “You have to understand that it’s a working toilet, it’s now mid-afternoon – a few bits of tissue on the floor is neither here nor there,” Martin says. “If there were cigarette packets, bottles on the floor – that I’d be worried about.” We’re in Knutsford, Cheshire, and Martin is on a toilet-inspection tour of the north and west of the UK. He’s just come from the Lake District and Blackpool. When we part ways in a couple of hours, he’ll head on to Wales to inspect the public conveniences of Pembrokeshire.Do people laugh when Martin, who is managing director of the British Toilet Association (BTA), tells them he does toilet inspections? They do, he says....

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2 w. ago Fed governor urged by Trump to resign will not be ‘bullied’ into stepping down

Lisa Cook, first Black woman to sit on Fed board, responds after allegation by ally of president of mortgage fraudUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called on a Federal Reserve governor to immediately resign, renewing his extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence as officials mull next steps on interest rates.A close Trump ally accused Lisa Cook, an appointee of Joe Biden, of “potentially committing mortgage fraud” and urged the US Department of Justice to investigate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign, renewing attack on central bank

Ally of the president has accused the first Black woman to sit on the central bank’s board of mortgage fraudUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called on a Federal Reserve governor to immediately resign, renewing his extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence as officials mull next steps on interest rates.A close Trump ally accused Lisa Cook, an appointee of Joe Biden, of “potentially committing mortgage fraud” and urged the US Department of Justice to investigate. The claims have not been confirmed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman stuck inside locked public toilet needs fire crew rescue after door malfunction

Firefighters were called after a woman got trapped in a locked public toilet in Exmouth when it malfunctioned, and her desperate boyfriend called emergency services for help

Events

2 w. ago Peter Andre forced to climb through window to rescue trapped son

Peter Andre was forced to come to the rescue when his eight-year-old son Theo got trapped in a public toilet cubicle during a family holiday in Cyprus

Events

3 w. ago Peter Andre climbs through window to rescue son from public toilet in Cyprus

The rescue didn’t quite go to plan when the Australian pop star realised he was stuck himself

Events

3 w. ago Syrian asylum seeker, 18, appears in court to deny raping woman, 20, in Bournemouth seafront public toilet

Mohammed Abdullah, 18, allegedly attacked the 20-year-old woman in the toilet in Undercliff Drive, Bournemouth, at about 2am on July 6.

Events

3 w. ago The village ‘ripped apart’ by scrapped HS2 line – while taxpayers foot bill for empty homes

Villagers sold their homes over plans for the scrapped HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester

Economics

4 w. ago Be warned summer travellers: Airplane loos are full of human faeces

A study found there are “worrying levels” of faeces and dangerous bacteria in toilets when you are travelling

Events

4 w. ago Furious locals set up 'vigilante' army in 'Wild West' seaside town overrun by feral yobs, sex predators and murders

When temperatures hit the mid-30s last month, brawls broke out in broad daylight, while a woman in her late teens was raped in a beachside public toilet just days later leading to the arrest of a man.

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4 w. ago Transfer news live: Arsenal’s Eze bid, Man Utd close on Sesko, Liverpool given boost for Isak move

Follow all the latest transfer rumours, gossip and signings

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