Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There has always been “something of the night” about Russell Brand, to use Ann Widdecombe’s phrase. Widdecombe may indeed be one of the few women that Brand would not try to seduce, but Brand has always revelled in his own shadow – a […]

AT LEAST 20 diamond mine workers have been killed in a horror bus crash in South Africa. Employees of diamond giant De Beers were travelling from a major mine when the bus they were on smashed into a truck on Sunday. The workers were being driven from the Venetia mine, one of the biggest in the country, at the time […]

The move to using electric cars will cost £9 billion in lost duty by 2030, ministers warn Experts said this is due to the Government’s ban on new petrol and diesel cars The rush to electric cars will blow a £9billion black hole in the public purse by 2030, ministers were warned yesterday. Experts said fuel duty receipts would fall by […]

SIR Keir Starmer has been married to his wife Victoria since 2007. But who is she and do the couple share any children? Here’s everything you need to know about Starmer, Victoria and their family life. Who is Keir Starmer's wife Victoria? Victoria Starmer, also known as Lady Victoria Starmer, is a former solicitor turned NHS occupational health worker and […]

Sara Sharif’s fugitive father and stepmother land in Britain: Parents now face Surrey Police for questioning over 10-year-old’s death – after spending a month in Pakistan Detectives will escort Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool from the Emirates plane  Sara Sharif’s runaway father and stepmother have tonight landed back in Britain to face police questions over the murder of their 10-year-old […]

Teachers and parents are ‘crying out’ for clarity on trans issues in schools, Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza warns Sunak promised in March the plan would be published before summer holiday Advice was delayed amid legal wrangling over teachers using pupils’ pronouns Teachers and parents are ‘crying out’ for school trans guidance to give ‘clarity’, the Children’s Commissioner has […]

Future of Top Gear will be decided ‘after health and safety review into show is concluded’ – as Freddie Flintoff shares laugh with England’s cricketers with his facial injuries from horror crash continuing to heal Show has been on hiatus since near-fatal crash at test-track in Dunsfold, Surrey Flintoff was recently seen in public for the first time with scars […]

Police detective is jailed for 26 years for raping and sexually abusing girl from the age of 12 as he used her like a ‘puppet or sex object’ Stephen Hardy found guilty of offences following trial at Liverpool Crown Court A police detective has been jailed for 26 years for 20 offences including multiple counts of rape and sexual assault […]

Channel migrants will face x-rays and MRI scans to determine their age and stop men from sneaking into Britain posing as children Officials will use X-rays and MRI scans to determine the age of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be unaccompanied children, the Government announced today.  MRIs of knees and collar bones could be used to check people arriving across […]

How US explorer Mark Dickey was lifted to the surface from 3,400ft-deep Turkish cave on a stretcher through labyrinth of narrow passages during incredible rescue mission involving 200 international experts An international team completed the dramatic rescue of an American caver who had become stuck 3,200 feet beneath the earth’s surface in Turkey The elaborate plan involved the team separating […]