Pen News

05/09/2024

The girl's mum literally screamed

The disconcerting playtime encounter left a mum screaming in shock

21/08/2024

Experts say it could appear on beaches worldwide

Experts say the Amphinomidae could appear on beaches all over the world

20/08/2024

The experts don't agree on everything, but they agree it's time to act

It's feared the ship's explosive cargo could unleash a tsunami in the Thames.

20/08/2024

It could prove controversial!

The mummy is known for its contorted expression, but a forensic reconstruction of her features reveals a 'pleasant face'

18/08/2024

"People are a bit shocked that this type of thing swims in our rivers"

The creature with it's mouth full of swirling teeth reminded people of a sci-fi monster

09/08/2024

How many of them are dying right now?

Before she escaped North Korea, Kim Jeong-ae lived close to the Yongbyon nuclear facility, where her brother's experiences as a guard were harrowing.

08/08/2024

Pass the salsa!

Prehistoric oddity revealed to be among oldest ancestors of modern animals

03/08/2024

It wasn't a poor mummification, the truth is far, far worse

A new study revealed it wasn't a botched mummification to blame, but som**hing far more sinister

02/08/2024

She lived so close to the nuclear test site that her home physically shook when the bomb went off

Youngran Lee lived so close to the blast zone that her home physically shook during North Korea’s nuclear test in 2013

26/07/2024

So the latest survey of Britain's most alarming shipwreck revealed some pretty grim details 👇

Government pledges action 'as soon as possible' after new report exposes deterioration of the ship

25/07/2024

It was here that the cruel emperor famously snubbed a plea from his desperate subjects

It's the place where the cruel emperor told a Jewish delegation that he would not put a stop to history's first pogrom

25/07/2024

We're entering the time of maximum danger

Experts warn even they're keeping clear as giant hogweed risk surges

18/07/2024

"What little boy doesn’t dream about buried treasure?"

The Spanish fleet foundered off the coast of Florida during a hurricane in 1715.

16/07/2024

She's known only as the gilded lady, because of her golden headdress

Scientists have reconstructed the likeness of the enigmatic 'gilded lady'

14/07/2024

One surfer had already fled the water

If a shark was a surprise, this was som**hing else entirely.

04/07/2024

Get out there and vote you 'orrible lot.

Also: I'm trying to think of some appropriate tipples for tonight, to have if a big name loses their seat

For example:
Old fashioned for Jacob Rees-Mogg (self explanatory)
Old Peculier for Michael Fabricant (again)

Any more suggestions? The more obscure the link, the better!

30/06/2024

They accept that not everyone will like the finished outcome

But the team behind the effort are braced for controversy about the skin colour of the finished reconstruction.

27/06/2024

This place hasn't had a non-Tory MP since the 1960s, but that's all about to change if these voters are anything to go by

Conservative MPs have represented Hitchin since the 1960s; is that finally about to change?

26/06/2024

Nobody deserves this

Samantha Morgan said she'd been left with shards of bone in her gums and eating was agonising

19/06/2024

It could produce up to 10kg of contraband per day!

Police, dubbing the drug bust 'Operation Heisenberg', said the lab could produce up to 10kg of m**h per day

19/06/2024

The face was recreated from the earliest human remains ever discovered

Science rebuilds 'strong' likeness of 300,000-year-old human from the earliest known Homo sapiens remains

18/06/2024

The numbers are getting uncomfortable for the Prime Minister

With every bad poll that lands for the Conservatives, the unthinkable becomes more realistic.

17/06/2024

You might not know it's got you until it's too late

Giant hogweed sap is causing nasty burns across Britain by stripping people's skin of its natural protection against the sun.

16/06/2024

Don't be fooled — som**hing very dark is happening here 👇

The dictator and his daughter are often seen holding hands, caressing each other’s faces, or kissing each other’s cheeks – but the reason why is horrifying.

11/06/2024

Who do you think he chose to stand here?

Nigel Farage is standing for Reform in Clacton, but can the right-wing populist win in the most deprived place in the constituency and the country, Jaywick?

07/06/2024

And THIS is why you don't skip school, kids 👇

Kim Yo-jong was studious, her biographer says, but her tyrant brother skived off school

04/06/2024

We went to talk the voters of a safe Tory seat about the possibility of the seat going Green.

Things went a little bit off the rails 👇

Hertford and Stortford is meant to be a safe seat for the Tories, but an unexpected rival has risen to challenge them here.

31/05/2024

Now that HAD to hurt!

Scientists rebuild likeness of 'freedom fighter' mummy – complete with the axes that killed him

30/05/2024

Yikes!

Giant hogweed exposure left George Parsonage sensitive to sunlight on his wound, but the injury flared up badly when a spray was given to treat it

29/05/2024

The island has faced anti-tourism protests in recent days

Dramatic footage captures the moment their car was chased and rammed near the airport.