Joseph Loftus

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Joseph Loftus is a writer and editor from the north west of England. He has worked as editor of UNILAD, LADbible, and now works as Senior Social Editor at JOE.

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  • Multiple people dead after train crashes into school bus

    Multiple people dead after train crashes into school bus

    BREAKING. At least four people have been killed after a train crashed into a school bus. The accident took place in Buggenhout, Belgium. According to Sky News, the level crossing was shut at the time of the crash. VRT Nws said the “barriers were down, traffic lights were red” when a train hit a bus […]

    3 weeks ago

  • WATCH: RAF plane ‘dangerously intercepted’ by a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea

    WATCH: RAF plane ‘dangerously intercepted’ by a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea

    Worrying scenes. Two Russian warplanes ‘repeatedly and dangerously’ intercepted an unarmed RAF surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea last month, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Officials are calling it the most dangerous Russian action against the UK since 2022. A Russian Su-35 fighter flew so close to the RAF’s Rivet Joint spy plane that […]

    1 month ago

  • Three women who died off Brighton beach were sisters as police release their names

    Three women who died off Brighton beach were sisters as police release their names

    Just heartbreaking. The three women whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach last week have been named by police as sisters Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walter, 32, and Rebecca Walter, 31. They were from the Uxbridge area of London. Their father, Joseph, has paid a devastating tribute to his daughters, saying his […]

    1 month ago

  • Three women who died off Brighton beach were sisters as police release their names

    Three women who died off Brighton beach were sisters as police release their names

    Just heartbreaking. The three women whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach last week have been named by police as sisters Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walter, 32, and Rebecca Walter, 31. They were from the Uxbridge area of London. Their father, Joseph, has paid a devastating tribute to his daughters, saying his […]

    1 month ago

  • Three people stabbed in major UK city centre

    Three people stabbed in major UK city centre

    Horrific. Three men are recovering in hospital after a violent late-night brawl in one of Britain’s biggest cities erupted into a knife attack. The incident brought armed officers, a police helicopter and a full-scale emergency response onto the streets. Witnesses described scenes of chaos, with bloodied bandages seen on the pavement inside police cordons. A […]

    1 month ago

  • UK Police investigating child sex abuse allegations linked to Epstein files

    UK Police investigating child sex abuse allegations linked to Epstein files

    Just in. A UK Police Force are investigating allegations of child sexual abuse following the release of the Epstein files. Surrey Police are looking into two separate allegations of sexual abuse. In a statement released today (Tuesday 19 May), the force said that the abuse at the centre of the allegations is ‘non-recent’. They said: […]

    1 month ago

  • Multiple schools in UK sent bomb threats as pupils told ‘stay indoors’

    Multiple schools in UK sent bomb threats as pupils told ‘stay indoors’

    Schools and businesses received the threats. A number of schools in the UK have received bomb threats. The threats were sent to at least two school in an email which claimed pipe bombs had been left at the schools, reports the Belfast Telegraph. The sender also threatened to come to the schools with guns and […]

    1 month ago

  • GTA 6 leak hints at major pre-order and trailer news coming soon

    GTA 6 leak hints at major pre-order and trailer news coming soon

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. After a year of making fans wait for fresh footage, Rockstar Games may finally be ready to drop new information on its long-awaited crime sim and it could be happening today. The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer dropped […]

    1 month ago

  • Two Married At First Sight UK stars say they were sexually assaulted on show

    Two Married At First Sight UK stars say they were sexually assaulted on show

    A BBC Panorama investigation Two women on Married At First Sight UK have claimed they were sexually assaulted by their onscreen husbands on the show. Another woman said she faced sexual misconduct from her husband while filming the Channel 4 social experiment, according to a BBC Panorama investigation. The show, which is also a huge […]

    1 month ago

  • Netflix doc star Hannah Aberegg shot dead by police

    Netflix doc star Hannah Aberegg shot dead by police

    She was just 25. Hannah Aberegg, who appeared in the second series of Netflix’s Girls Incarcerated, has died at the age of 25 after being shot by police. The mother of two died on May 6 in South Bend, Indiana, after a confrontation with officers at a Phillips 66 petrol station on Portage Avenue. Her […]

    1 month ago

  • Here’s why Tyson Fury’s daughter Venezuela could legally marry at the age of 16

    Here’s why Tyson Fury’s daughter Venezuela could legally marry at the age of 16

    Venezuela got married to Noah Price yesterday. Tyson and Paris Fury’s eldest daughter, Venezuela, has married Noah Price in a lavish ceremony on the Isle of Man. However a lot of people watching online have one obvious question: how is this legal when she’s only 16? The 16-year-old tied the knot with her 19-year-old fiancé […]

    1 month ago

  • WHO declares global public health emergency over Ebola outbreak

    WHO declares global public health emergency over Ebola outbreak

    Health officials have warned of the risk of wider spread. The World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. Nearly 90 people have died and a rare strain of the virus spreading that has no approved vaccine or treatment, reports […]

    1 month ago

  • Eight people injured after car ploughs into crowds in Italy

    Eight people injured after car ploughs into crowds in Italy

    Four people are in a serious condition. Eight people have been injured after a car drove into pedestrians in an Italian city. Police said they arrested the driver, a man in his thirties, after he drove into pedestrians in the city of Modena, reports Sky News. Four people are in a serious condition, and a […]

    1 month ago

  • Gogglebox star dies after ‘short illness’

    Gogglebox star dies after ‘short illness’

    Very sad news just in. Gogglebox star Ken Harwood has died. The 77-year-old passed away following a short illness. His death was confirmed by the Gogglebox bosses who said that he passed away last week. They’re set to pay tribute to him on tonight’s show. Ken and his wife Anne were popular Gogglebox cast members […]

    1 month ago

  • MP stands aside to give Andy Burnham route to become Prime Minister

    MP stands aside to give Andy Burnham route to become Prime Minister

    The route is on. Andy Burnham’s route back to Westminster has now been revealed. Former minister Josh Simons has said that he will stand aside in his Makerfield seat in Greater Manchester triggering a by-election which he wants Burnham to contest and win. It’s widely believed that the mayor of Greater Manchester wants to challenge […]

    1 month ago

  • Three women who died off Brighton beach have been identified

    Three women who died off Brighton beach have been identified

    BREAKING. Police believe they have identified the three women who died off Brighton beach. Sussex Police say that emergency teams were called on Wednesday at around 5.45am to reports of a person in the water near Black Rock car park in Madeira Drive. When police arrived they found two more bodies in the water. A […]

    1 month ago

  • Famous TV chef arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault

    Famous TV chef arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault

    BREAKING. A television chef has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault following a complaint made to the Metropolitan Police. The Telegraph reports that the man, who has appeared on multiple TV programmes, was held on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. He […]

    1 month ago

  • British passengers of hantavirus cruise land back in UK

    British passengers of hantavirus cruise land back in UK

    They landed in Manchester Airport. The 20 British passengers and crew evacuated from a cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak have landed in the UK. The group flew into Manchester Airport on a chartered flight from Tenerife, after the MV Hondius finally docked yesterday morning following weeks on the high seas. Footage […]

    1 month ago

  • Kneecap absolutely obliterate Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer

    Kneecap absolutely obliterate Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer

    “If you’d told us ten years ago that two PMs in a row would be writing about an Irish rap band in the tabloids, you’d be in a padded cell.” A few years ago, I was quietly asked to leave a bar when I started playing Guilty Conscience on the jukebox. Just last week, that […]

    1 month ago

  • UK music festival shut down after two people stabbed

    UK music festival shut down after two people stabbed

    Hundreds of people had to evacuate. Two men were stabbed and hundreds of people were forced to evacuate a Birmingham music event on Saturday night. West Midlands Police were called to Luna Springs on Lower Trinity Street in Digbeth at approximately 7pm following reports of a double stabbing at the Cru2 event. Both victims were […]

    1 month ago

  • Labour MP urges party to pick new Prime Minister today

    Labour MP urges party to pick new Prime Minister today

    Big news. A Labour MP has issued a dramatic ultimatum to the party’s cabinet ministers, urging them to close ranks and push Sir Keir Starmer out of Downing Street before the end of Sunday. Catherine West, a former Foreign Office minister who served under Starmer before being sacked in September last year, made the call […]

    1 month ago

  • Person hit by plane and sucked into jet engine on airport runway

    Person hit by plane and sucked into jet engine on airport runway

    Horrific news. A person has been killed after being struck by a Frontier Airlines aircraft during takeoff at Denver International Airport late on Friday night. Frontier Flight 4345, an Airbus A321 bound for Los Angeles, was departing Denver when the collision occurred at approximately 11:19 p.m. local time. The pedestrian was partially consumed by one […]

    1 month ago

  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor threatened by ‘balaclava-clad’ armed man

    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor threatened by ‘balaclava-clad’ armed man

    BREAKING. The former Duke of York was reportedly walking his dogs when a balaclava-clad man jumped out of a vehicle and ran at him, sparking a chase as Andrew and his bodyguard fled the scene. A man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was allegedly threatened by a […]

    1 month ago

  • TOWIE star Jake Hall dies aged 35

    TOWIE star Jake Hall dies aged 35

    Heartbreaking news just in. Reality TV star Jake Hall has tragically died at the age of 35. Hall was found dead at a Spanish holiday villa in Majorca after suffering head injuries. Hall was said to be found in a pool of blood with a number of wounds to his head reportedly caused by shards […]

    1 month ago

  • Major UK high street chain ‘could close 100 stores’ as part of restructure

    Major UK high street chain ‘could close 100 stores’ as part of restructure

    Another potential blow for the British high street. TG Jones, the high street retailer that snapped up most of WHSmith’s former stores, is facing the potential closure of around 100 branches under a new debt restructuring plan. Sky News reports that owner Modella is looking to replace its current lender, Secure Trust Bank, in a […]

    1 month ago

  • Reform vow to open mass deportation centres across UK in Green constituencies

    Reform vow to open mass deportation centres across UK in Green constituencies

    Zia Yusuf tweeted the plans last night. Reform UK have said that they will be setting up immigration removal centres in areas that are controlled by the Greens. Areas that vote in a Reform council or a Reform MP will be guaranteed not to have a centre nearby, so they have said. The Greens have […]

    1 month ago

  • Four people injured after ‘chaotic’ shooting in London

    Four people injured after ‘chaotic’ shooting in London

    Horrific scenes. Four people, including a 70-year-old, were taken to hospital after shots were fired from a moving vehicle in Brixton in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police have described the incident as an act of “indiscriminate violence.” Officers were called to Coldharbour Lane at 1.14am following reports of a shooting from a vehicle. […]

    1 month ago

  • Major incident declared as UK house ‘suspiciously’ explodes killing two people

    Major incident declared as UK house ‘suspiciously’ explodes killing two people

    Police are investigating. Two adults have been killed following an explosion at a residential property in Bristol early on Sunday morning. The blast occurred at around 6.30am at a house on Sterncourt Road in the Frenchay area of the city. Avon and Somerset Police declared a major incident and confirmed that both victims’ families had […]

    1 month ago

  • Man masturbates every day for a week and makes dangerous discovery

    Man masturbates every day for a week and makes dangerous discovery

    One small step for man, one giant goon for mankind. Breaking news. A man has gooned for seven days and revealed the effects it had on him. Chris Ivan decided to give the practice a go for a full week. The reason? To show the ‘real dangers’ that it can pose to people who give […]

    1 month ago

  • Two Green Party candidates arrested for antisemitism

    Two Green Party candidates arrested for antisemitism

    BREAKING Two Green Party council candidates have been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred after allegedly posting antisemitic content online. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the news on Thursday morning. The arrests came just hours after a knife attack in Golders Green, north London, was formally declared a terrorist incident. One of the candidates […]

    1 month ago

  • Major London station evacuated after number of passengers begin feeling ill

    Major London station evacuated after number of passengers begin feeling ill

    Major delays to journeys have been reported. A major incident at Farringdon railway station in central London caused widespread chaos across the capital’s rail network this morning. The incident was sparked after passengers reported feeling unwell following a suspected gas leak on an Elizabeth line platform. British Transport Police were called to the station at […]

    1 month ago

  • MPs vote against Starmer facing parliamentary inquiry over Mandelson scandal

    MPs vote against Starmer facing parliamentary inquiry over Mandelson scandal

    BREAKING. MPs have voted against Starmer facing an inquiry into the Mandelson scandal. MPs voted 223 to 335 against referring Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee. A No 10 spokesperson has commented after the vote, saying: “This Labour government is delivering for Britain including bringing down energy bills, cutting hospital waiting lists and lifting half […]

    1 month ago

  • Prostate cancer symptoms as Chris Hoy issues new health update

    Prostate cancer symptoms as Chris Hoy issues new health update

    The former Olympian shared his devastating diagnosis in 2024. Chris Hoy has issued a new update on his terminal cancer battle nearly three years after he was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. The cyclist was given two to four years to live after being diagnosed with primary prostate cancer which had spread to his […]

    1 month ago

  • Urgent warning issued after deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

    Urgent warning issued after deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

    Worrying news. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued an urgent warning following a deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was seized by Russian forces in 2022. Russian forces claim that a worker at the Zaporizhzhia plant was killed in what they call a Ukrainian […]

    1 month ago

  • Urgent warning issued after deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

    Urgent warning issued after deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

    Worrying news. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued an urgent warning following a deadly attack at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was seized by Russian forces in 2022. Russian forces claim that a worker at the Zaporizhzhia plant was killed in what they call a Ukrainian […]

    1 month ago

  • Social media star Klaudia Glam dies after being hit by car in London

    Social media star Klaudia Glam dies after being hit by car in London

    BREAKING. Social media star, Klaudia Zakrzewska, has died after being hit by a car in London last weekend. Zakrzewska, who went by Klaudia Glam, was 32 and from Essex. She was involved in a collision on Argyll Street, Soho, in the early hours of Sunday morning. She was rushed to hospital but died earlier today. […]

    1 month ago

  • Coronation Street legend shares cancer diagnosis

    Coronation Street legend shares cancer diagnosis

    Sad news just in. Former Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Shaw played Maxine Peacock on the show between 1995 and 2003 before her character was murdered by Richard Hillman. Shaw has also starred in the indie film Finding My Voice. She shared the news of […]

    1 month ago

  • Falklands War hero Simon Weston slams Trump’s suggestion to hand islands to Argentina

    Falklands War hero Simon Weston slams Trump’s suggestion to hand islands to Argentina

    The US said that could reconsider their diplomatic stance on the territory. It’s been a whirlwind few days regarding the Falkland Islands. The latest update is that Argentina have called for new talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands. This comes after the US said that they are “considering reviewing the British claim to […]

    1 month ago

  • Two children tragically killed in UK house fire

    Two children tragically killed in UK house fire

    Awful news just in. Two young children have tragically died in a house fire in the UK. Officers from West Midlands Police were called to the fire in Wolverhampton at 20.30 last night (Friday April 24). Firefighters attended a property on Mason Street in Wolverhampton where they were able to rescue the children from the […]

    1 month ago

  • Argentina calls for new talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands

    Argentina calls for new talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands

    The US said that could reconsider their diplomatic stance on the territory. Argentina have called for new talks with the UK about the Falkland Islands. This comes after the US said that they are “considering reviewing the British claim to the Falkland Islands”. The US made the claim allegedly to ‘punish’ the UK for their […]

    1 month ago

  • Major UK supermarket close to administration with 300 shops at risk

    Major UK supermarket close to administration with 300 shops at risk

    They have hundreds of stores. A major UK supermarket could collapse into administration. The supermarket, which has hundreds of stores, could put thousands of jobs at risk should it fall into administration. Southern Co-op have explained that three consecutive years of financial losses mean they are now on the brink of insolvency. Their ‘best case […]

    1 month ago

  • Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu treated for cancer

    Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu treated for cancer

    BREAKING. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been treated for prostate cancer. He shared an update after the publication of his annual medical report revealed that he had a malignant tumour removed. He said that during routine medical monitoring following successful surgery for an enlarged benign prostate, doctors found an early stage malignant tumour. He […]

    1 month ago

  • British woman with no illness to end life at Swiss assisted dying clinic this week

    British woman with no illness to end life at Swiss assisted dying clinic this week

    Warning: This article includes discussion of suicide and assisted dying A devastated mother has flown to Switzerland to end her own life at a euthanasia clinic. Wendy Duffy was granted permission to end her life at Pegasos clinic after a year long application process. While Wendy is physically healthy she has been struggling with grief […]

    1 month ago

  • Woman perfectly describes why Keir Starmer is in trouble in 30 seconds

    Woman perfectly describes why Keir Starmer is in trouble in 30 seconds

    Keir Starmer is in trouble. There’s no ifs or buts about it. Not only is Keir Starmer in trouble but Labour as a whole are in trouble. In fact, Labour are expected to have their worst London election in over 50 years in the coming weeks, as more and more people turn to Green and […]

    2 months ago

  • Chelsea sack Liam Rosenior and announce new interim manager

    Chelsea sack Liam Rosenior and announce new interim manager

    BREAKING. Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior and announced their new interim manager. The news was confirmed just moments ago by David Ornstein. Ornstein wrote: “BREAKING: Chelsea part company with head coach Liam Rosenior. #CFC wanted to give 41yo much longer but results dictated otherwise. FA Cup + CL push key factors. “Calum McFarlane to take […]

    2 months ago

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