A CRUISE ship carrying 266 passengers to England was left drifting in the North Sea yesterday after losing power.
A large wave is thought to have caused the outage on the MS Maud.
The ship’s windows were smashed by overflowing water, as the blackout wreaked havoc on the Hurtigruten Expeditions cruise ship.
The outage is understood to have been caused by a large wave - leaving 266 passengers and 131 crew members temporarily stranded in the middle of the North Sea.
TWO Staffordshire bull terriers were saved from their owner after a diet of cheese and rice-pudding made them so fat they couldn't walk.
RSPCA officers were horrified by the condition of Lucy and Brucie, whose legs buckled under the weight of their "barrel shaped" bodies.
Owner Martin Harrison, 58, from Christchurch, Dorset, allowed the pups to become "grossly obese" and had the animals permanently removed from his care.
Despite admitting to treating the dogs to cakes and doggy treats, he blamed his late mum for their mistreatment.
EASTENDERS' Gillian Taylforth, 67, risked a wardrobe malfunction in a plunging black and sheer gown at The British Soap Awards. Gillian plays Kathy Beale in the BBC soap, but gave her younger co-stars a run for their money in the glam stakes on the red carpet on Saturday night. The annual soap ceremony took place in Manchester and Gillian looked incredible in a black gown which featured a sheer panel from her collarbone to her navel.
BEING late to the party only works if you walk in with some top-shelf tequila.
Everyone wants you to be there. It’s like: “Waheeeey! Get the shots in.”
Turn up late and empty-handed and no one notices you’ve come through the door. That’s my problem with this car.
It has taken Nissan so long to bring out Ariya, the market is already loaded with electric SUVs.
And Ariya doesn’t move the game on.
A “BIG hearted” mum who fell to her death from a cliff after rowing with her boyfriend did not kill herself, a coroner has ruled.
Mum-of-one Danyell Sinckler, from Ramsgate, Kent, died a year ago on May 8 after falling near South Foreland Lighthouse in St Margaret’s Bay, Dover.
An inquest at County Hall in Maidstone heard the tragedy happened after the 32-year-old had argued with her boyfriend, Leon Morris, at the Cramptons pub in Broadstairs.