37 h. ago Top Italian mountaineer is accused of faking selfies from summits to inflate the number of peaks he has scaled

Marco Confortola, 54, declared last month that he had conquered all 14 of the world's peaks higher than 8,000metres - including Everest - an achievement claimed by only around 50 climbers.

Politics

3 d. ago UK consumers risk inflation hit to savings for first time in two years

Banks slash interest rates paid to customers in response to base rate cuts; inflation forecast to peak at 4%

Economics

4 d. ago Katie Price shares bombshell 'playing victim' statement as Peter Andre feud deepens

Katie Price has admitted she was "not the mother" she should have been and hit out at "fake" people in an explosive statement after ex Peter Andre accused her of lies

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7 d. ago Anna Sorokin ‘horrified’ after rabbits used for photoshoot dumped in New York park

Fake heiress denies responsibility as social media users accuse her of mistreating the three bunniesAfter years of prison and conniving her way into luxury, Anna Sorokin has New York talking about her again.This time, it is not posing as a German heiress or being jailed for four years, instead the convicted fraudster has been left “disturbed” and “horrified” after three rabbits used in her photoshoot were found dumped in a nearby park. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fake nurse in Florida is arrested and accused of treating over 4,000 hospital patients without a license

Autumn Bardisa, 29, of Florida, was arrested Wednesday following a seven-month-long investigation revealing she is not a registered nurse

Science

2 w. ago Colorado funeral home owner accused of sending fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud

A Colorado funeral home owner admitted to sending customers fake ashes and defrauding the federal government in a plea deal with federal prosecutors

Politics

2 w. ago Rescued British hiker billed €14,225 for ignoring rockslide signs in Dolomites

Local rescue service chief says two helicopters had to be used after man, 60, ventured on to path closed due to riskA British hiker has been charged more than €14,000 (£12,000) by the Italian mountain rescue service after ignoring danger warnings in the Dolomites.The man, aged 60, had to be rescued after venturing to the Ferrata Berti, a rocky mountain path at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200ft) in the San Vito di Cadore area of the northern Italian peaks where dozens of paths were closed last week because of the high risk of landslides. Continue reading...

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