By Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard Michael Pezzullo has been stood aside as Home Affairs secretary.Credit: Marija Ercegovac Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Suspended Home Affairs chief Michael Pezzullo provided a big tobacco company access to one of his department’s highest-ranking officials after a request from a lobbying […]

Belarus parades gun-wielding beauty queens in a bid to ‘inspire’ girls to join the military and fight for Putin-ally Lukashenko Beauty queens in Belarus posed in army uniform with guns in a propaganda stunt Putin’s closest ally Alexander Lukashenko is seeking to inspire women to fight An online backlash has hit Russia’s bid to indoctrinate schoolgirls to fight for Vladimir Putin. […]

Proportion of Britons identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual rises by more than half between 2017 and 2022 – with the figure for young woman at more than 10% One in 10 young women aged between 16 and 24 identify as lesbian or bisexual The number of men identifying as gay or bisexual at the same age is 7.9%  The […]

THE alleged kidnapping and gang rape of a 12-year-old girl, by 11 men in Bolivia, is being investigated after she was snatched from a family event and plied with booze. Only three of the suspects have been arrested so far, with police still hunting the other eight. The men are said to have “intercepted” the young girl at a cultural […]

STORM Agnes is set to hit TODAY bringing 80mph winds as the Met Office warned of possible power cuts and travel chaos. The first named storm of the season is due to make landfall on the west coast of Ireland on Wednesday before its strong winds hit the UK closer to midday. A string of Met Office alerts will activate, […]

Daughter of homeless Florida woman eaten by a 13ft alligator Breauna Dorris reveals the moment she found out she was dead after ‘praying’ it wasn’t her mom Sabrina Peckham, 41, was eaten by an alligator after being dragged into a canal by the 13-foot beast  Her daughter Breauna Dorris announced the news of her mother’s passing on social media Dorris […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive is trudging on, but winter is just around the corner. Progress in its fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion has been slow, bloody and draining, with troops at times spending weeks to make advances of as little as 500 metres in […]

THIS is the moment Pete Doherty allegedly ran past a dying reveller after he fell to his death from a balcony. Actor Mark Blanco was 30-years-old when he plunged to his death outside a party attended by Babyshambles rocker Doherty in December 2006. In a new Channel 4 documentary, Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son? his heartbroken mother claims Met […]

A FEMALE staff member died at Center Parcs in Woburn Forest in a tragic accident. The horror unfolded at the resort in Bedfordshire on Friday night. Center Parks said: “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our team at Woburn Forest, our thoughts are with her family, friends and her colleagues at this time. "We […]

From rambling about her ‘vegan cats’, parading her turkeys along the street and telling a neighbour he has a ‘skivvy wife’ – the most bizarre videos posted by retired accountant who waged YouTube hate campaign Noelle Obcarskas, 64, is facing jail after she was found guilty of harassment  A retired accountant who waged a bizarre YouTube hate campaign against neighbours […]