A violent bang to the head woke me up in the dead of night. Then came the kicks to my ribs. As the searing pain hit me, I shouted for my mum. But this was no intruder; she was known to both me and my mother...

Speaking after the energy price cap was raised by £221, the energy secretary vowed to go 'further and faster' in his dash for wind and solar farms, which he claimed would one day bring down bills.

Donald Trump threatened to bomb a key US ally in the Middle East if they don't 'behave' while responding to a question about who will control the Strait of Hormuz.

It began with what seemed like an awkward attempt at flirting. Uncomfortable as she already was, what Dilara did not realise, however, was that the entire interaction was being secretly recorded...

EDEN: She has long entranced generations of men, but it was Dame Joan Collins' tempestuous 13-year relationship with art dealer Robin Hurlstone that appears to have left the deepest mark...

The £2.4 million project claims to have improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians. But critics say the money could have been spent better elsewhere and questioned how much safer it is.

Matthew Perry's one-time assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected the Friends star with ketamine on the day he died, has been sentenced to jail.

In a sobering assessment in his long-awaited report, Alan Milburn says the number of so-called Neets is on course to jump by a quarter to 1.25million.

Growing up in a small suburb of Sydney, Russell Crowe could never have believed he would become a household name and Academy Award-winning actor. 

A stable groom at a British racecourse was sent to hospital after being kicked by a horse in a brutal incident caught on camera.

Young migrants are snapping up three times as many jobs as young Brits - with 27 migrants from outside the EU hired for every British youngster.

The Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, the former New York magazine writer who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault.

Restore reinstated the Dundee member following backlash from other hard line party supporters, with James Munro confirming he will now 'continue as a member of Restore Britain, and as an activist'.

The construction of 27 luxury flats, consisting of four blocks with associated parking, has destroyed the panorama of Poole Bay flat-owners previously enjoyed in the affluent area of Bournemouth

The tech tycoon's $300million vessel pulled up on Tuesday, casting a shadow over the metro area where 1,400 workers had just been made redundant.

Work with heavy machinery began at a site in West Chiltington, in West Sussex, on Friday, near the world-renowned English sparkling wine estate Nyetimber.

Katie Price's husband Lee Andrews was arrested over a 'private civil matter' despite claims he was detained for espionage, new reports have 'revealed'. 

The US military carried out ​new strikes overnight in Iran targeting a military site that ‌officials believed posed a threat to American forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Dawn French has called for assisted dying to be legalised in the UK, saying 'it's a no-brainer' decision.

The 86-year-old cook admitted that one of her favourite books discusses 'all the different ways to kill yourself'.

A gadget-obsessed dating app guru who transformed the basement of his London mansion into a Bruce Wayne-esque 'Batcave' has put the house on the market - for almost £30million.

Brits are ditching Marbella for Margate as surprising new research reveals many holidaymakers are opting for staycations this summer.

Some 13 fines issued in Oxford's £5 congestion charge zones and LTNs were cancelled due to the vehicle owners being dead, Oxfordshire County Council data revealed

Of the myriad problems facing the UK economy, the worst of all is the number of youngsters who have been consigned to the scrapheap before their working lives have even begun.

The incident happened on Golders Green Road, north west London, close to the Iranian memorial wall where a suspected arson attack took place in April.

Anne Keast-Butler disclosed the staggering scale of the military losses yesterday as she piled pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Residents living in Surrey have been warned to 'stay vigilant' after oak processionary moths were spotted in areas such as Woking, Weston Green and Ditton Common.

Hundreds of revellers descended upon the Model Boating Pond in north London on Wednesday, which is supposed to be a 'no swimming zone' and safe haven for nesting birds.

Sentencing data shows that in the past five years nearly three out of every four under-18s convicted of rape avoided immediate custody.

The couple spent £2.4million on renovations to join the existing swo semi-detached houses into one big family home after the late Queen gifted the property to them as a wedding present in 2018.

'As I watched it, I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death.'

Police were called to reports of criminal damage on Monday afternoon at a golf club in Molesey, Surrey.

Rachael Bell will never forget the day 30 years ago an environmental health officer visited her home in Morecambe Bay. Her two young sons, Matthew and Tom, were in bed, horribly sick...

Phone footage shows at least 20 vehicles, including Mercedes, Jaguars and BMWs, parked on private land near Rydal Water, in the Lake District, Cumbria, covered in muck.

Diabetes UK warns obesity is a 'significant' risk factor for type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to poor lifestyles and has historically been associated with older people.

Data from property website Zoopla reveals that first-time buyers are buying homes worth £10,000 more than a year ago, despite mortgages being more expensive.

The Trump administration is drawing up plans to set up a facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola, the White House has confirmed.

On Tuesday Tony Blair gave Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet of political makeweights a withering rebuke. And today it was the turn of another New Labour big beast to tell some hard truths...

The 750-kilogram beast has a distinctive quiff of blonde hair, bemusing locals who decided to nickname the cow Donald Trump after his likeness to the American leader.

Jordan Weems, 16, will be tried as an adult for the January 27 murder of his adoptive mother Spring Weems.

Kyle Busch, 41, died on May 21 after being rushed to the hospital when he was found unresponsive inside a race simulator near Charlotte, North Carolina.

The 41-year-old, who is nicknamed Gaou, leaves behind his wife, Camille, and three children: Hugo, 12, Jules, nine, and Lou, six. His passing has left the gymnastics world in mourning.

The NASA chief said the declassified UFO files reveal decades of 'real unexplained phenomena' that have been hidden away from the American public.

Igor Lytvynchuk, 38, from Washington state, went viral earlier this month after footage showed him launch a coconut-sized rock at an endangered monk seal in Hawaii.

While a pair of Birkenstock sandals might seem like the obvious choice, Angela Rayner made the case for white Crocs as she headed to Brighton Beach over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Adrian Cole, 68, and Christine Tallon, 62, from Bexley, south-east London, quit their city law jobs and snapped up the 500-year-old Y Fan mansion in Caerphilly, south Wales in 2016.

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: A battle is erupting in the Pacific Northwest as officials push to expand the killing of sea lions in three US states.

Gangs of thieves operating on mopeds in the city have targeted elite clubs and stigmatised them in the process, particularly given the high-profile of some of their victims.

Hundreds of Muslim faithful attended prayers in fields across the UK to celebrate the second day of Eid al-Adha this year, which began on Tuesday evening and will last three days until Saturday.

Despite a slew of damaging headlines about its Makerfield candidate's online history, the party has surged back into a commanding lead over all other parties.

New details have emerged about a missing Air Force general and the secret meeting he had just hours before he vanished without a trace.

The Daily Mail revealed on Saturday that Lee had been arrested and is locked up in a Dubai prison, according to his father, which Katie debunked at the time.

Andy Burnham hit out at Tony Blair today, saying the former Labour prime minister 'does not understand' people's lives.

Digital creator and photographer Shanice Brookes, 30, was killed in the early hours of Monday morning in a shooting in Sheffield.

The UK's vetting agency is reported to have flagged the peer's associations with a series of individuals when it concluded he should be denied clearance.

Seven teenagers, a grandfather in his 60s and a woman in her 70s are known to have died. Pictured: 12-year-old Junior Slater, who died on Tuesday.

There were 585,396 live births in England and Wales last year - down from 594,677 the year before and the lowest since 1976 (584,270). It was also the 4th lowest in 100 years.

An ancient map may have been hiding the location of Noah's Ark for centuries. It features a striking detail that aligns with where the Bible says the biblical boat landed.

Over the weekend an opinion poll was published showing Andy Burnham holding a small lead in the Makerfield by-election - three points behind were Reform.

One Sunday, about five years ago, I decided to 'leave' my husband. Our dog was sick and he demanded that 'for once' it should be me that worked from home.

Hyperia and Colossus both broke down on Bank Holiday Monday at the Surrey-based theme park, leaving riders stuck in mid-air in baking sunshine.

Jamie Varley, 37, said there 'must be another explanation' for the serious injuries Preston Davey, 13 months, suffered before his death.

From linen midis and white dresses to gingham prints, denim styles and minimalist silhouettes, these are the best summer dresses on the high street for 2026.

Videos on TikTok showed rows of insects crawling over kitchen cabinets and window sills in homes across the UK.

As the relentless heatwave rumbles on, it can be tempting to jump in a cold shower to bring your temperature down.

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Four people have been stabbed at a Swiss train station. 

Sir Tony, who was Labour premier between 1997 and 2007, this week made an explosive entry into the party's infighting as MPs mull whether to ditch Keir Starmer.

The Channel 4 show was the subject of a recent Panorama investigation that saw two former cast members claim they were raped while another said she was subjected to a non-consensual sex act.

The Labour-run authority racked up more than £472,000 in charges and penalties after non-compliant council vehicles entered Birmingham's CAZ since the scheme was introduced in 2021.

Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke out about the protests - one of which led to Democrat Sen Andy Kim being pepper sprayed - at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday.

The former glamour model, 47, has said Lee called her claiming to be in Al Awir prison in Dubai this morning, after he first went missing two weeks ago today.

The addition of the Israeli Prison Service to the 2026 list has sparked outrage in Israel , as terror organisations such as Hamas and ISIS are also included in the catalogue.

Lubin warned the consequences for Britain will 'not be pleasant at all', with structural weaknesses compounded by shaky political confidence in the country.

MV Hondius passengers who were days from ending their quarantine in Perth will remain isolated for longer after two new hantavirus cases were recorded.

The young man's body was recovered on Tuesday after multiple search efforts over the course of nearly a month were unsuccessful.

The British Museum has postponed a talk about Ancient Israel and Judah over security concerns after a group of attendees intended to 'deliberately disrupt the event'.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards ​said on Thursday they responded to the attacks by targeting a US airbase early in the morning. The ​IRGC did not say ‌where ⁠the base is.

A growing split is reported to be opening up within the Government over Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's opposition to North Sea oil and gas.

Jim Haynes, 62, was laying concrete slabs at the University of Liverpool during the sweltering bank holiday weekend, when temperatures in the city reached 31C.

Kathleen Thomas, 36, was pulled over along North Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach, about one hour north of Miami, by a a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy.

Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke gave an update on the investigation after detectives and specialist officers returned to Oak Park Station this week to scour new locations.

Behind the public smiles and polite Southern hospitality, many residents feel a visceral distrust of their famous new neighbor and see his religious transformation as carefully staged theater.

Teenage driver Mackenzie Shirilla made a number of self-centered and fame-seeking demands as she languished behind bars for the murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan.

Lauren Huxley, then 18, suffered life-changing injuries, including permanent brain damage, after she was attacked by Robert Black Farmer, 39, in her Northmead home in November 2005.

A raging house fire that left a man dead and his wife severely injured in Michigan may have been sparked by the husband in a twisted murder-suicide attempt, cops believe.

An MP has been caught on camera confronting a group of unruly pubgoers after a State of Origin watch party.

A resident of a leafy Sydney suburb has slammed their 'entitled' neighbour after finding an angry note on their windshield.

A Washington sheriff shocked the internet with a scathing comment on George Floyd just a day after the sixth anniversary of his murder.

The government has turned to a Scandinavian-style solution to its housing problems.

The Trump administration has put forward a proposal that would stop Aussies flying directly to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Democratic Party issued a foul-mouthed insult to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller after he called Texas Senate candidate James Talarico 'transgender.'

A woman who allegedly smashed a plate into a French waitress's face, causing her to undergo dental work, has been pictured.

Sherri Wright's life was changed forever on January 9, 2017 when an illegal migrant crashed into her vehicle, leaving her permanently paralyzed.

Police have spent the last three days searching numerous locations on the remote property where Gus Lamont last last seen eight months ago.

Residents of a quaint town in New Hampshire are in uproar over a new data center, as the company withdrew its proposal just hours ahead of a town meeting.

Victims of scams could soon receive automatic compensation under plans from the federal government.

Richard Babos, 36, from Bundaberg West, has been charged with murder, attempted murder and other offences following his alleged crime spree on the Fraser Coast on Wednesday.

A motorist has yelled at a fellow driver to 'wake up' after he was captured fast asleep behind the wheel of a self-driving car on a busy highway.

Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, 29, told police he was bound by the wrists, shocked with electrical wires, pistol-whipped, cut on the leg with a saw and forced to smoke from a crack pipe.

Michel Germani's financial desperation led to a plan to rob his own jewellery store, a court has heard.

Emma Benli had sent eight planners to customers via Australia Post when the vehicle burst into flames.

Surveillance footage released by the Kentwood Police Department appeared to show John Moore, 29, suddenly rushing out of the driver's seat.

Australia can't afford to wait for AI to become an electoral battleground before treating it as the system-shifting challenge that it is, Daily Mail political editor Peter van Onselen writes.

Lee McCutcheon, who claims he was seated two rows back from the women on a flight to Sydney, has accused authorities of giving the brides 'special treatment' upon arrival.

One of Australia's worst paedophiles, childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith, has launched a bid to slash the life sentence he received for abusing dozens of young children.

Embattled minister Anika Wells has come under fire again.

A 34-year-old woman from Broadmeadows has been charged with terrorism offences after returning from Syria.

The controversial candidate has taken on haters from throughout liberal LA to challenge Bass and leftist Councilmember Nithya Raman in the upcoming primary.

Sky News scrambles after airing claims by Karl's cancer-stricken ex-wife. Plus, what radio industry insiders are saying about Jackie and her 'bestie'.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has stood by the Albanese government's contentious changes to capital gains tax as the first instalment of tax reforms is introduced.

Brodie Stokes suffered critical head injuries during an alleged altercation near Geraldton in Western Australia's Mid West region.

The issue has sparked criticism within Coalition ranks, with Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson questioning whether it passes the 'pub test'.

As Australians battle cost of living pressures, some of the nation's richest people have continued to grow their fortunes.

A man given months to live has revealed his plan for the money.

Billionaire Adrian Portelli has accused an unnamed rival of 'copying' his new LMCT+ venture, as the company expands to supermarkets.

Matthew Walter Baird, 29, was arrested on Tuesday after matching a disabled woman on Tinder last year. He had a serious run-in with the law just a few years earlier.

The tree also hit and severely injured an adult man. The little girl's back was broken in 12 places, and she now has a rod and screws in eight vertebrae.

Seven years ago this week, one Trump supporter in a brick-patterned suit was plucked from the crowd at a Pennsylvania campaign event and thrust into the spotlight.

The Daily Mail has revealed exclusive photos of Ken Paxton, who easily defeated longtime Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn, as the secrets of his $2m love nest emerged.

The Federal Communications Commission has warned that scammers are increasingly using AI to emulate voices known to people in order to steal money and information.

The exchange unfolded amid growing political clashes over gender, following Australia's landmark Full Federal Court ruling in Tickle v Giggle.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council apologised for the failing, describing it as 'completely and utterly unacceptable'.

Clifton George (pictured), 45, blamed the killing on a loss of control and denied claims he often lost his temper during a ten-year relationship with charity worker Annabel Rook, 46.

The inquiry launched by the Treasury Committee is examining whether repayment terms are 'reasonable' for students after graduation.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council said that scores of visitors decided to park illegally - despite there being empty car parks just minutes away.

The 78-year-old man from North Isis was walking his dog on Wednesday afternoon when he was allegedly attacked by a random man.

The botched heist took place at the Masonic Hall in Swinton, Greater Manchester, where a jewellery and antiques event was set to be held throughout the day.

New welfare reforms have been unveiled by the Albanese government, which will see a huge shake up for Centrelink recipients.

A small town in Massachusetts, which primarily served as a prisoner camp during the Revolutionary War, has canceled its July 4 celebrations.

In one eerie photo, the sardines briefly formed into what appears to be a grinning skull.

They are treated to a special tax service, known as Public Department 1 which sees their phone calls for queries relating to tax or National Insurance answered faster than the general public.

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I found myself sitting in an isolation room in Texas. I had started feeling unwell late the previous evening, was sweating through the night and woke up nauseated and with an upset stomach.

One seething critic of the changes called the move 'completely antithetical to the ethos' of the chain and 'a profound and upsetting mistake.'

Veteran banker Brent Bodner awarded $4.25 million claimed he was wrongfully fired over a disputed $642.50 deli platter expense tied to a gathering at his California home.

Under plans announced today, the Tories will comb through 720,000 claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefits for conditions such as anxiety, depression and ADHD.

Pedro Ramirez, 17, was identified as the sole fatality in a shooting on Tuesday morning in Chicago. The beloved teenager was walking to school when shots rang out.

Researchers backed by the Nippon Foundation, Japan's largest philanthropic organisation, and Oxford-based charity Nekton, made the discoveries as part of the Ocean Census.

The unidentified driver was traveling through Milwaukee County, on Lake Michigan, when they came across a road closed barrier on May 12.

A Queensland mother cleared of killing her son with a drug-spiked smoothie has been charged with murdering her daughter.

Dreu Murin says surveillance cameras captured multiple mountain lions roaming near his parents' backyard deck in rural Northern California.

The SNP being led by a married couple was 'central' to the Peter Murrell scandal, Alex Salmond's former chief of staff has said.

With its 'chocolate box pretty' houses, it was to be a showcase of eco-living, dreamed up by the then Prince of Wales.

John Swinney has been blasted for trying to 'dodge scrutiny' after ruling out any further probe into the SNP's financial scandal.

A teacher carried out a sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl by pretending to carry out the Heimlich manoeuvre on her while giving a drama lesson.

It was late on Sabbath evening and my little dog was pawing the door to go out. I grabbed his lead and out we trotted, into the thin 'white night' typical of Hebridean midsummer, thinned further by waxing, gibbous moon.

The Conservatives have stepped up pressure on the Crown Office to explain why Nicola Sturgeon was not prosecuted with her husband Peter Murrell.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and AOC spoke at a celebration for the holiday in the Bronx on Wednesday attended by hundreds of people.