A new study by the University of Essex has revealed that an elder child’s education achievements can boost their younger siblings by forcing them to raise them to raise their game.

The Hoegh Osaka, pictured, left port at around 20:21 but ran aground less than an hour later, within sight of the Isle of Wight. The RNLI and coastguard have been involved in an operation to rescue the crew.

An X-ray has revealed for the first time the full extent of the injury to Bono’s arm in a bicycle accident – and how it has been pieced back together by metal implants.

Phil Baker, Benji and his girlfriend Kathryn (Picture: Facebook) After surviving a near-death experience, a young man came round to see his saviour was the father he had not seen in 13 years. Benji Baker, 21, had hoped to calm his nerves by kayaking just off Bondi beach in Australia before reuniting with his father, Phil, at a pre-arranged meeting. While out […]

Iga Jasica, 19, after her operation to remove a cancerous growth (Picture: CEN) Halfway through brain surgery aimed to remove a cancerous growth, a teenager allegedly woke up and asked the doctors, ‘How’s it going?’ Iga Jasica, 19, went through this serious procedure at Central Clinical Hospital in Katowice, south-west Poland. On prematurely waking from anaesthesia, she was […]

This is a pack of biscuits and not a set of instructions (Picture: Will Dean/Twitter) This isn’t an instruction, it’s actually the name of a snack. The Rich Tea Biscuit has long been preferred in England to its Marie counterpart, which can found in many other countries across the world. After seeing this packaging from Sweden […]

Doughnut sale sounds much better than the diet club (Picture: imgur) Possibly the best (or worst) juxtaposition ever. A sign informing people that the popular Weight Watchers club has been cancelled was placed directly above an advert for a Krispy Kreme doughnut sale. The slimming classes were not on over a two week period due to […]

A father lets his young daughter play with a 13ft Burmese python because ‘he wants to prove they’re safe’. An unsettling video showing 14-month-old Alyssa Guarino rolling around with pet Nay Nay at her Michigan home has been criticised. YouTube user TechXSoftware wrote: ‘That guy doesn’t get it sadly, she still can be unsafe if […]

We don’t blame you for crying (Picture: Mark Melaccio/Facebook) It’s hard enough being a baby without your uncle making you sleep in a terrifying shark crib. Two-month-old Michael Joseph Melaccio had to brave the scary looking bed after his uncle Joseph Reginella decided to make it for him because he loves Jaws. ‘I’ve been waiting […]

The Formula One world champion, who is making a ‘long, slow recovery’ at his home in Switzerland after a skiing accident, apparently cries when he hears a known sound, showing he is ‘alive and understands’.

Experts fear Britain could soon be in the grip of a new heroin crisis after figures showed prescriptions of the highly addictive opioid painkiller oxycodone have soared in recent years.

The sitcom, Hungry, was recently revealed by Dublin-based writer Hugh Travers but has been met with strong opposition – with thousands signing a petition to prevent the show being aired.

The Bank of England figures showed the biggest rise in unsecured borrowing since February 2008, when Northern Rock was nationalised and the credit crunch took hold.