Keir Starmer is hunkered in No10 as he reels from the resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey - who accused the PM and Rachel Reeves of failing to keep the country safe.

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A makeshift barrier was set on fire near homes in Belfast on the third night of protests over Monday's incendiary knife attack.

Sorry if I come across all Angry From Arnos Grove, Daily Mail Central. But please give it a rest, Keir. Just go away. We've heard it all before.

The former Defence Secretary had been considered the most loyal of Starmerites, a long-time friend of Sir Keir and a most unlikely of political assassins.

Storm clouds were gathering over the Ministry of Defence 24 hours earlier when the former defence secretary had what friends describe as a 'stand-up row' with Rachel Reeves.

Healey's letter of resignation blamed both Sir Keir Starmer ('unable to commit the resources needed to defend the country') and Rachel Reeves ('unwilling').

An astonishing amount of oxygen has been consumed by ferocious disputes between Nigel Farage's party and their rivals in Restore, a hard-Right outfit led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.

The US broadcasters sparked fury by showing commercials during both of the mid-half hydration breaks, with commentator Ian Darke introducing them as being 'powered by Powerade.'

Irate business owners said they were promised more than 5,000 people would be attending Kent Food Fest across the two-day event in May, but instead were greeted by empty fields.

Jubilation turned to renewed frustration after villagers said at least one of the barriers had been rehung. Owner David Moore, pictured, and his wife Dawn have spent up to £400,000 on the case.

The row over ticketing pricing is proving to be a PR disaster for FIFA on the opening day of the tournament.

Darren Summers, 50, was pouring pints during a busy shift when the Omaze team walked in to tell him he'd won a spectacular new clifftop home.

Gardens, a self-described 'luxury dining and shisha experience' near Manchester, faced backlash after videos online appeared to show a live parrot housed in a glass box.

Meerkats, a 16ft snake, owls, iguanas and genets all died in the blaze at The Jungle Box, a soft play centre owned by Jade and Paul Webster which housed the animals in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.

GDP dipped by 0.1 per cent over the month, with the powerhouse services sector bearing the brunt of the pain.

Shakira officially opened the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as the football extravaganza kicked off against a backdrop of chaos that threatens to derail the tournament.

Kevin Sinfield, 45, has raised more than £11million for motor neurone disease charities after his former Leeds Rhinos teammate, Rob, was diagnosed with the disease in 2019.

Data shows four in five vapes and cigarettes consumed in Australia in 2025 were bought on the black market, sparking fresh debate about cutting the tobacco excise.

The Armed Forces minister followed his boss, defence secretary John Healey, out of the door as he said the long-delayed document was 'not built for the threat we face'.

The maritime museum aboard the ship in Bristol has declared it will discard the name SS Great Britain in favour of 'Bristol Dockyards' after a 37 per cent drop in visitors since the Covid-19 pandemic.

A German model missing for almost 11 years has been named in the Epstein files, heightening her family's fears about her fate. 

Maysum Abdullah, 27, suffered injuries to his neck and hand after intervening when a teenage girl allegedly attacked fellow students with a knife at a school in Blackley, Manchester.

Police Scotland was expected to send around 90 officers, including five inspectors, under a mutual aid agreement with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Twenty-five fire engines and around 150 firefighters have been rushed to the scene on Oxgate Lane in Brent in an effort to tackle the blaze.

Circumcision is a medical procedure common in Jewish and Muslim communities, often undertaken eight days after a child is born.

Do you think Keir Starmer is providing enough funding for defence?

An article published on 8 June, now removed, reported that newly elected Green Party councillor Kamel Hawwash had called the 7 October attacks 'courageous'.

A major town hall has admitted that officials saw groups of people trying to go into polling booths together and had to step in and tell them it was against the law.

Take That fans Jennie and Hazel Summerbell from Thirsk, North Yorkshire paid £150 to see Take That for the first time in 30 years at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland - but were left feeling deflated.

Tom Trueman, 42, received a complaint from the animal welfare charity after reports that his border collie had been seen 'worrying' sheep.

Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Shropshire are among the local authorities urging locals not to attach flags to lampposts or signs without permission.

John Healey announced he was leaving Cabinet with a brutal parting shot at Keir Starmer after months of bitter wrangling over the Defence Investment Plan.

Johannes Natland, 19, agreed to assassinate a target in Britain in return for £21,000, which he would use 'to buy a lot of drugs', the Old Bailey was told.

Pakistani national Sheraz Malik's immigration status was exposed by Mr Anderson after the drunken victim was targeted by Malik and his friend last summer in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Marine engineering worker Stephen Sexton, 38, strangled Joanna Derkacz, 37, a recruitment consultant after their relationship broke down, jurors were told.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Chilling CCTV captures Lawrence Worville, 51, driving his silver Volkswagen Polo into a woman in Hull.

Lucy Stemp, from Tonbridge, Kent, was reported missing after travelling to France for a music festival.

William Lunnon, 43, pictured, and a 15-year-old boy are accused of the murder of Bobby Bloomfield, 12, also pictured. The schoolboy was allegedly hit by a car on Sunday.

Outraged locals posted pictures of the man claiming he killed the innocent seagull in St Ives, Cornwall yesterday in revenge for trying to steal his savoury treat.

The girl was allegedly assaulted by five or six boys during a birthday party at a public venue outside their school in Burgos, Spain .

Peter Murray was sitting in his car with a cup of tea in Poole, Dorset when he went to remove the used bag.

The little girl managed to hang on to the ledge for almost ten minutes before letting go. Police have confirmed the incident happened in Ilford High Road in east London on Tuesday.

A British couple have been arrested after they left their three young children in a Costa del Sol hotel to go out partying.  

Meerkats, owls, iguanas, snakes and genets all perished in the blaze at The Jungle Box, a soft play centre which also housed the animals in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.

Horrifying footage shows the man lighting a fire in front of the house before smashing a front window and spraying the flames inside with a can of propellant.

A planned snail racing event at Nottingham's Central Library has been pulled by Nottingham City Council after animal rights activists complained it could cause injury to the creatures.

Footage emerged in March of one of the state-of-the-art stealth fighter jets appearing to be struck in mid-air - with US Central Command later confirming the aircraft was forced into an emergency landing.

Sarah Frost, 29, delivered son Albie on Sunday evening 'in the back of daddy's car', which had been forced to pull into the forecourt of Esso in Sedgefield, County Durham.

Apple has agreed to install a 'kill switch' that will make snatched devices worthless.

Ben Szutor, who earned £110,000 a year, upgraded himself to first class when making international business trips without telling the company's investors, a tribunal heard.

Renowned botanists Rachel Saunders, 63, and Rodney Saunders, 74, had been searching for rare seeds in a forest in KwaZulu-Natal province when they disappeared.

While Trump was absent from the meeting, Vance advocated for the immediate release of all Epstein files.

Members of the Tartan Army arrived at the property in Massachusetts 'in the dead of night' on Wednesday, bedecked it in Scotland flags and treated the neighbourhood to a musical performance.

Pauline Hanson has parked a massive billboard outside Anthony Albanese's office with a message for the PM as an event she was set to speak at was cancelled due to a protest threat.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Bawan Harwe, 28, messaged the girls, aged between 12 and 16, under a fake name, earning their trust before raping and abusing them.

California has been rocked by a massive fraud scheme that has reportedly seen billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars going to fake claims.

Billy Schmidt, 22, was shot dead around 1.30am on Saturday as he walked back to his family's home in South Philadelphia during an apparent robbery.

Satellite images released by Denmark's national broadcaster in cooperation with intelligence services show a flurry of construction work over the past two years.

The BBC should sell off costly buildings such as its Scottish headquarters and reinvest the cash in programmes, former Ofcom chairman Lord Grade has said.

If Reform and Restore's vote shares were added together, the right would overtake Labour and quash Mr Burnham's dreams of returning to Parliament.

Italian businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, was caught on street CCTV ramming the Moroccan man with her white Mercedes GLE in Viareggio, Tuscany, in September 2024.

John Healey accused the Prime Minister of being too weak to face down Rachel Reeves over the defence of the nation.

Two adults were arrested by ICE agents at a Maryland preschool graduation ceremony, drawing condemnation from top elected officials in the state.

The UK Defence Secretary suddenly quit his role just 90 minutes before an AUKUS media event with Richard Marles.

Senator John Cornyn said opponent Ken Paxton and other candidates chosen by Trump were given the nod because of the President's desire for 'slavish' loyalty.

The fugitive partygoer was initially charged with a fatal hit-and-run, but he is now facing charges of murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

The mayor of the upstate New York town said the bizarre event served as a reminder not to explore the culvert.

Weeks before the start of trial of Karmelo Anthony, a black 19-year-old charged with the murder of a white teen at a Texas track meet, a pack of bigots held a rally at the stadium where it all went down.

Students at a Melbourne private school have been put into lockdown amid fears of an alleged intruder armed with a machete.

Martha Holladay, 43, posted the Bible verse to her Instagram story, which included a cryptic message about 'the end' and showed her volunteering with a church gardening group.

The daughter of a maths teacher who was found drugged and bashed to death has issued a heartbreaking update just days after four of her family members were charged over his murder.

Fatima Jabbe-Bio retained the tenancy of a two-bedroom flat in Southwark after relocating to Sierra Leone in 2018, when her husband, President Julius Maada Bio, took office.

Gus Lamont's grandmother Josie Murray faced Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday, before scuffling with TV reporters.

Melissa Lynn Beisel, 41, was arrested last week on murder charges following her son's tragic death in 2025.

The Albanese rumour rocking Canberra is unlikely to be true. Here's why.

Authorities spent more than 30 hours searching for the little girl and covered more than 90 miles before her body was recovered.

Trump said Congress should work to correct what he believes were unfair political attacks against his presidency.

A shocking split-second moment unfolds as a driver strikes a pram on a busy pedestrian crossing, sending it hurtling down the road in front of horrified onlookers.

His arrest came just hours after he was filmed confronting a man amid racially-charged protests outside the Collin County courthouse where Anthony, 19, was found guilty.

Planter secured the nomination in Tuesday's primary despite an avalanche of scandals, including the tattoo, affairs and accusations of misconduct by past partners.

Patrick Clancy was already on the phone with a 911 dispatcher when he found his three children strangled to death in the basement of his Duxbury, Massachusetts home on January 24, 2023.

Cody Mames Maluck, 32, was indicted in front of a federal grand jury for interfering with flight crew members by assault or intimidation during a flight from Florida to California.

As 73-year-old Julie Brandon was walking her dog during a peaceful stroll through a park, she claims she was violently shoved to the ground.

Millionaire trust fund dad James Blue threw away his easy life of privilege when he killed two young men on a drunken joyride in his Bentley. But the torment didn't end there for his victims' families.

The home of former NRL star Matt Utai's son has been deliberately torched just months after the premiership winner was shot twice in a drive-by shooting in February.

The woman was working at the Kiddiwinks Play Laugh & Learn centre in Warriewood when she allegedly assaulted a 10-month-old baby multiple times.

Police have located suspected human remains believed to be those of a Sydney woman who vanished nearly eight years ago.

A woman and two kids were run over by an 18-wheeler in Jersey City, New Jersey on Wednesday morning. Chilling footage caught the whole moment on camera.

A Stawell Gift finalist has tragically died while on an overseas trip of a lifetime in Thailand. 

The former childcare worker has pleaded guilty to 307 child sex offences against 65 victims aged between one and nine.

A leading scientist has warned Aussies to buckle in for extreme weather conditions to hit later this year as a 'Godzilla' El Nino makes its Down Under.

In 1992 Flowers became an instant sensation when she came forward with claims of a 12-year extramarital affair with Bill Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The bulk of the Tartan Army headed off to America yesterday as the World Cup finally got under way.

The 23-year-old was last spotted swimming on Peneco Beach in Albufeira with a 19-year-old man, also from the UK.

'Xav' dropped his first single just weeks after his famous father announced his resignation as Canada's prime minister. He has since been criticized for being a 'nepo baby.'

The Wicomico County executive has denied the existence of nude photographs of herself, but a recently published private letter she wrote contradicts that claim.

Trisha Paravas claims broker Glenn Davis made several 'gender-based and derogatory' comments towards her, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Former reality television star Spencer Pratt hit out at Los Angeles' vote-counting delays as he broke his silence after losing the mayoral race.

Christophe Ellul, 51, received a suspended four-year sentence after DNA tests showed his dog, Curtis, was responsible for the 2019 attack that killed Elisa Pilarski.

One Nation's Pauline Hanson took to social media to declare the 'fire the liar' fundraising site and $2.3M in donations were 'ridgy didge'.

A childcare worker has been charged after allegedly assaulting a baby boy at a centre in Sydney's north.

The cost of President Donald Trump's backyard birthday UFC fight was revealed after two Virginians sued to try and get the event canceled.

A man has been charged with murder over the alleged kidnapping of a woman who vanished after telling her family she was meeting a relative in Sydney's northwest.

Sky News star Peta Credlin shared her theory on Anthony Albanese's political career on Thursday.

Vanessa Sanchez was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in 2023, and on May 30 her body was found dead inside a suitcase at her apartment in Berkley, California, police said.

It is a trip of a lifetime for the thousands of Tartan Army footsoldiers descending on the United States for the World Cup.

Donald Trump's political operation is trying to avoid 'another f*** up' by not endorsing any more losing candidates after the President's endorsement streak was recently broken.

George Pino, 55, hugged his wife Cecilia on Thursday morning after she took the stand in his trial in South Florida, where he faces charges of manslaughter and vessel homicide.

Taylor Wendell, 31, was charged with eight counts of child abuse and neglect after a five-year-old boy escaped her Nevada home daycare.

Francisco Javier Alvarez Beret, better known by the mononym Beret, is understood to have been held in his home city of Seville this morning.

Juniper Flett was on FaceTime to her grandmother when the ceiling fell in at the property in Edinburgh, on June 7, despite her parent's reporting the leak six days earlier.

Kieran Morris, 21, kept his dogs in 'appalling' conditions, a court heard, before they attacked the volunteer who was delivering a food parcel in Newcastle's West End on August 19, 2023.

While President Donald Trump's 80th birthday has dominated the conversation, two other former Presidents are also turning 80 in the coming months.

Days after Trump's reported call with Kirk, there was a marked shift in the TPUSA founder's demeanor.

Katie Miller told the Daily Mail how she and husband Stephen Miller came up with the unusual name of their fourth child: Hawthorne Hayes Miller.

Juror No. 2, who also served as the foreperson and did not want to be identified, was the only member of the jury who disagreed with Wednesday's $22M punitive damages award.

Donald Trump has nominated the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission to lead the nation's top intelligence agency after Republicans were stunned by his previous pick.

Iowa congressman Zach Nunn's book ' Stratagem' is described on his self-built website as a 'breakneck thriller that propels the reader into the future of technology and conflict'.

Trump's personal physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbarella made the staggering submission after the President's visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The Daily Mail has discovered the originator of the prolific meme of Secretary of State Marco Rubio sitting on a couch in the Oval Office.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump, saying he opposed releasing the Epstein files because 'his friends would get hurt'.

It has been a must have toy for little girls for more than 65 years and shows no sign of losing its popularity.

Two Bulgarian siblings have been convicted of assaulting a Scottish schoolgirl and her sister in an incident which went viral and sparked a global response.

Amy Irons is still taking inspiration from her career hero; after revealing she's been watching archive footage of Jackie Bird's World Cup reporting ahead of her own stint covering the event.

Perhaps you are already in Boston, giddy with anticipation in your Scotland top and kilt. You may already have found a local hostelry to serve you lager. It's just a wild guess.

I can't remember the last time there was a First Minster's Questions like it. The air was charged with fury and indignation, irreconcilable certainties slamming into one another

A powerful Westminster committee is under growing pressure to launch a probe into the fallout from the Peter Murrell scandal after John Swinney rejected calls to

The Sudanese Belfast knife attack suspect was a policeman in Khartoum before he travelled to the UK through the asylum 'back door', friends have revealed.

Adolfo Salas, 42, has been charged with aggravated assault of a minor after he allegedly kicked a non-verbal, autistic boy at the Soar Autism Center, in Arizona.

A disturbing new online trend has emerged in the wake of the Karmelo Anthony conviction.

Aberdeen's SNP-led council has been branded an 'embarrassment' after spending cash raised from fining drivers on 'urban bees'.

Adam Montgomery was granted the shocking ruling on Thursday morning. He was convicted of killing Harmony, five, in 2024 after she went missing in 2019.

Quick-thinking 10-year-old Elizabeth Morgan saved her sleeping family from a devastating house fire in Oakley, California.

The parents of convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony have vowed to keep fighting after their fundraiser seeking $1.3 million for 'pre-trial needs' was shut down.

Megan Frost, 35, was killed after she fell headfirst from a branch inside Swanny City Park

Asylum seekers who were staying at The Bell Hotel, which was at the centre of anti-migrant protests, have all been removed from the site.

Italian authorities are desperately hunting for a female British hiker who seemingly vanished into thin air during a solo trek through a mountainous region. 

A California father who killed his 10-year-old twin boys in a horrific murder-suicide shot at their mother and missed, her family has revealed.

A new flu strain that could infect half of Britain and cost the economy £2trillion is among the biggest risks the country faces, health chiefs have warned.

DC Metropolitan police have rushed to another reported hazmat-type incident outside George Washington University, less than two and a half miles from the Pentagon .

The Tempest Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is a joint venture between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a sixth-generation stealth jet, with a proposed target of 2035 for it to enter service.

White sharks are about four feet long when they are born and can grow up to roughly 20 feet while weighing more than 4,000 pounds.

Iran has threatened to target all of Elon Musk's companies in the Middle East, including SpaceX's Starlink service. 

Hristo Iliev, 32, spent around seven minutes looking at clips on the social media platform before smashing into a stationary car near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, in March 2025.

Figures from the Ministry of Justice showed the backlog in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber increased by 68 per cent year-on-year to 151,767 at the end of March.

Pamela Holmes, 78, was staying at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex on April 19 when a 'blocked waste pipe' caused a gush of liquid to come down on her bed.

Mohammad Ali Atayi was killed during a visit back to Afghanistan after he was confronted in the Ghazni province.

One of the children in the vehicle said that his legs started shaking and he began crying after the traumatic moment on Wednesday afternoon.

Inconsolable pupils at historic Abbotsholme School who believed it had been saved were left to say a final goodbye to their friends as staff attempted to comfort them.