In a trip to California this week, President Trump blamed California's record-breaking wildfire season on forest mismanagement and dismissed the role of climate change. However, climate change has exacerbated wildfire seasons all over the world, from Australia to Alaska.  Warming temperatures dry out soil, increase the likelihood of dry lightning, and make heat waves more common — all of which […]

RUDY Giuliani has lashed out at Bill de Blasio and Black Lives Matter protesters, claiming the heated anti-racism demonstrations in New York foreshadow the city's lawless future. The former New York City mayor attacked Hizzoner and BLM supporters in a racially charged speech on restoring safety to the city following a surge in violent crime on Wednesday in Manhattan. Giuliani […]

Roads chief who built ‘death trap’ smart motorways pocketed £487,500 last year… including a £75,000 bonus for good performance  Jim O’Sullivan got £487,500 last year, becoming one of Britain’s top-paid civil cervants  He oversaw the building of smart motorways, which police leaders called ‘death traps’, after  38 people died  in the past five years He resigned last month, after being accused of […]

Touchdown in the jumbo boneyard: As the coronavirus pandemic forces the Boeing 747 into early retirement, JANE FRYER visits the ‘aviation abattoir’ where the Queen of the Skies is being laid to rest after half a century of glorious service After 23 years of loyal service, this is likely to be the very last flight for G-CIVO Planes are stripped […]

A pair of maskless cops inside a subway stop snapped back at a New Yorker who questioned why they weren’t covering their faces — calling the straphanger a “male version of Karen,” a new clip shows. The back-and-forth comes just days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo tapped the NYPD and MTA police to hand out $50 fines for flaunting the mask […]

THESE are now the most testing times for the government. After weeks of promises that a return to normal life is hinged on an ever increasing testing capacity, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock is now preparing to ration what tests we have available. Children and parents, who were promised testing would be part of a return to school, are now […]

BRITAIN'S first gender fluid family has reached another milestone – after biological dad Louise Draven underwent a sex change op to become mum. And birth mum Charlie Draven, 33, also hopes to undergo gender reassignment surgery to become their seven-year-old son Star's dad. Star already calls Louise 'Mummy' and Charlie 'Daddy' but the couple, who wed in 2012, were desperate […]

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange withheld 15,000 documents about Afghanistan war to ‘protect innocents from being harmed’, investigative journalist tells extradition hearing US claim WikiLeaks published the names of informants in Iraq and Afghanistan This was disputed at the Old Bailey by former Der Spiegel reporter John Goetz Mr Goetz, who worked on the Afghan files, said WikiLeaks ‘protected innocents’ WikiLeaks […]

Stupid truckers! Police use unmarked HGV to snare reckless lorry drivers using FaceTime or watching MOVIES while rumbling along M40 Police in Warwickshire shared a series of clips of motorists caught on phones  Drivers seen using their mobiles during Operation Tramline earlier this year  One motorist was spotted watching a film while driving a HGV on the M40 Reckless drivers […]

UK economy is recovering quicker than expected from coronavirus carnage, OECD think tank reveals – but warns a second wave could HALVE global growth next year and wipe 15% off stock markets The UK’s economic crash will not be as bad as thought – but the bounceback will be weaker and a second wave of coronavirus could wreak havoc. The […]