RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Britain's gold medal hero is talking about the fight between art and science when descending head-first down an ice chute at 90mph

Matt Weston dominated the rest of the field to win a superb skeleton gold at the Winter Olympics to end Team GB's long wait for a medal in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

It was only when he saw this seemingly altruistic moneyman a second time that Carl realised he was not only driving commuters and tourists over the border into the UK, but dozens of asylum seekers.

Siobhan Whyte's last words to her dying daughter Rhiannon were both tender and defiant. 'I will always love you,' she said.

In the early hours of November 25, 2004, a Gulfstream IV executive jet touched down in Rotterdam. On board were a crew of three, and a solitary male passenger, the Daily Mail can reveal.

As President Trump tightens the screw with a strict oil embargo, it could very soon collapse altogether, bringing down with it hardline communist gerontocracy.

It's just a 'flash of orange' amid the concrete grey of a bleak New York detention centre. But for some it could be the most significant of the three million Epstein files. recently released.

The 21-year-old, who has earned the nickname the 'Quad God' for his impressive talent for quadruple jumps, had been the standout favorite to top the Olympic podium.

Taxi driver Octavian Codreanu and his passenger Moyra Whelan died after being hit by Liberty Mitchell, who was travelling at 96mph in a 60mph zone in December 2022.

Rosie O'Donnell has revealed she secretly returned to the United States to test the waters after President Trump threatened to revoke her citizenship following her move to Ireland last year.

Sydney's account of her rags-to-riches story has omitted some of the most extraordinary details of her rise from rock bottom - in particular the toll which America's drug crisis has taken on her wider family.

US figure skater Maxim Naumov may not have won a medal but he made his late parents proud on Friday night as he competed on the Winter Olympic stage over a year on from their deaths.

The latest big screen version of Emily Bronte's 1847 classic novel opened in cinemas yesterday, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

Under seige from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and facing separate accusations of rape and other criminal offences, the Norwegian royal family faces new alarming challenges ahead.

In a contradictory and deeply concerning ruling, Dame Victoria Sharp, Mr Justice Swift and Mrs Justice Steyn agreed the group had 'organised and undertaken actions amounting to terrorism.'

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor attempted to arrange a meeting with Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi for Jeffrey Epstein, newly-released emails suggest.

Millions expect to be disappointed by their other half's attempts at romance today, with 38 per cent faking their delight with gifts and gestures and 44 per cent claiming the occasion is a washout.

Police think the scammers, who included migrants from China who should not have been in France, were also involved in a similar racket at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris and enquiries are ongoing.

The United States is deploying the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to bolster American forces already stationed in the region, a source familiar with the plans confirmed on Friday.

The former Duke of York is already facing a police probe over claims he leaked confidential data to Jeffrey Epstein when he was the UK's special representative for trade.

Zack Polanski's party will decide whether to debate the motion - which says the defensive alliance 'drives arms races' - at its spring conference next month.

Peter Mandelson accepted luxury flights aboard a Gulfstream jet controlled by one of the Kremlin strongman's favourite tycoons - aluminium billionaire Oleg Deripaska.

Boots has launched an in-store service for weight loss drugs aimed at people 'popping out on their lunch break.'

Labour sources said the Prime Minister offered to put Ben Wegg-Prosser in the House of Lords when he was trying to recruit him as a minister after  the election in 2024.

Labour councillor Liron Velleman, who has admitted being a paedophile, was joined on the campaign trail by Keir Starmer and eight ministers, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The PM is being urged to look at a series of debacles that took place on Dame Antonia Romeo's (pictured) watch at the MOJ before deciding if she should become Cabinet Secretary.

In his first major security speech since Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland, the Prime Minister is expected to say Nato must change fundamentally.

This stretch of Nigeria's Middle Belt - the faultline where the largely Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south - has convulsed in recurring waves of bloodshed.

Rupert Murdoch was 84 when he fell in love with the supermodel Jerry Hall. It was an unlikely pairing: he a conservative media mogul who lived for the next business deal, she a liberal fashion icon.

Chic in a white suit, with her hair tucked in an elegant up-do, there's no doubt this moment was the social pinnacle of Coleen Rooney's life - and a marker of how very far the Scouse WAG has come.

It is somewhat easier to understand why the balding, flabby diplomat would be drawn to the ­glamorous Italian intern almost half his age, a woman not much older than his children.

After the worst week of Starmer's leadership, in which McSweeney resigned, leaving the PM's career hanging by a thread, those at the top of government are asking where it all went wrong.

Amid the spiralling scandal which continues to plague the House of York, Princess Eugenie was at an art show in Qatar this week, standing in front a painting said to represent the turmoil of the world.

In the files released by the DOJ Mandelson appears to have given the disgraced financier 'critical information' while serving as business secretary during the 2008 financial crash.

Jean Martin moved out of her one-bad retirement flat in Wilton Court, in Kenilworth, into a nearby care home Kenilworth Manor in November 2018, where she died aged 91 three years later.

An article on 3 January about a protest outside an animal testing facility included several inaccuracies, including details of proposed changes to laws around the right to protest and...

Thousands of tonnes of rock and mud slumped onto the beach in Charmouth, Dorset, taking with it a chunk of the popular South West Coastal Path.

Richard Wilson, 44, had created fake profiles on TikTok and started speaking to seven different children aged between 10 and 15, asking them 'are you horny?' and using emojis and kisses.

Ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is facing allegations he embezzled £459,000 from the party over more than 12 years, it was claimed today.

Baroness Spielman said pupils will take advantage of a loophole in long-awaited proposals to stop their families finding out they are 'socially transitioning' at school.

Weston clinched Team GB's first medal of the event in Italy in style, finishing nearly a second clear of his rivals - his 0.88sec margin being the second biggest ever at an Olympics.

Willer Lafeuillee, who is black, had only worked at The Running Horses in Dorking, Surrey, for a few weeks before he was sacked for 'unprofessional' behaviour.

Harriet Cowan revealed she was rushed to the hospital on Monday after chopping the end of her finger off in a horrific accident that required emergency surgery.

The deaths followed a rare, day-long red alert across the south-eastern Savoie region on Thursday - a danger level issued only twice before, since the system was introduced 25 years ago.

Over a year has passed since the world saw the terrified face of Arbel Yehoud forced to walk through a baying mob of Hamas terrorists to freedom.

The brother of Simone White, a British tourist who died in a mass ethanol poisoning in Laos has lambasted £135 fines being issued to offenders as 'an absolute joke'.

Authorities are looking to identify a truck that may be connected to Nancy Guthrie's abduction and is reviewing local camera footage that may have spotted it.

Paul Page, who served between 1998 and 2004, has claimed that officers working for Andrew were 'not allowed' to know the names of the girls who visited him.

Files reviewed by the Daily Mail reveal the self-help mogul cultivated a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein - exchanging eyebrow-raising jokes and arranging mansion visits.

Former soldier Debbie O'Connell was in the Royal Horse Artillery's ceremonial unit, the King's Troop, when she fell off her mount in 2015 and broke her collarbone.

South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace implied that the US Department of Justice has been spying on members of Congress.

Lindsey Vonn's surgeon has admitted her broken leg injury is a 'complicated, delicate and ongoing situation - after other orthopedic experts raised amputation fears. 

Coastguards were called to the scene at St Govan's Head in Pembrokeshire on Thursday afternoon after 'concerns for the welfare of three individuals' were reported to the police.

This is the moment a jihadist caught plotting a gun attack on Jewish targets which police say could have been Britain's 'worst ever' terrorist atrocity pledges allegiance to ISIS, saying they are 'real Muslims'.

Thomas McKenna was sentenced to 16 years after a huge police raid uncovered he was operating an illegal weapons workshop at Britain's largest traveller camp.

The Labour politician heavily implied he would be standing in the next contest for City Hall, saying he had 'already worked out' his campaign.

CCTV shows teenager Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb innocently walking along the pavement throwing and catching a water bottle moments before Zulkernain Ahmed hits him with his Audi.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was named as one of the 'six wealthy, powerful men' whose identities were initially redacted in the documents released by the US Department of Justice.

Omra Wali Jan was injured repeatedly over a number of weeks before dying on February 9, 2024.

The 'true champions' of the Winter Olympics figure skating have called for judges to be vetted - after the 'rigging' scandal that denied them a gold medal. 

Dramatic footage shows passengers screaming as travellers traded punches and wrestled in the aisle mid-air.

Judges found that the proscription, which categorised the protest group alongside the likes of Islamic State, was disproportionate.

Dozens of backbenchers have signed a letter calling for the government to drop an 'un-British' overhaul of settlement rules.

Russia could defeat Nato with its army of just 15,000, European experts have warned. 

Aged somewhere between 12 and 14, Ju Ae has stepped from the shadows to stand beside her father at missile launches, military parades and high-level state events.

Smash-and-grab raids, such as the one in Richmond just last month, have increased from two per month in 2025 to two per week in 2026. Half of all raids take place in London.

Jacques and Jessica Moretti arrived at the prosecutor's office in Sion on Thursday, as dozens of grieving relatives swarmed around the building's entrance, hurling insults at the couple.

Gemma, 57, shared the health update on Instagram on Thursday alongside a photo of herself and music icon Gary, 67, on a walk in Kew Gardens, London.

Anne Cross announced in a council meeting that gifts created by herself and the children will be taken to Crowborough Training Camp this weekend.

Daily Mail can reveal in 2024, 415,000 people left London. What is the reason for the exodus, and where are people going?

Julie Rizzitello, 37, reportedly convinced a student to have unprotected sex with her, resulting in pregnancy. She was sentenced to ten years in prison for second-degree sexual assault.

The former British ambassador to the US received a letter formally requesting he appears for an interview to help them 'uncover the identities of Mr Epstein's co-conspirators and enablers'.

Corporal Lucy Wilde of the Royal Army Medical Service, had thousands of followers on social media where she often filmed herself exercising in her barracks gym giving advice on health.

A brazen builder who scoffed at planning rules and declared he 'can't lose' after constructing a £75,000 man cave has been has been humiliatingly proved wrong.

Cheetham Hill, an inner city neighbourhood in Manchester, once home to Marks and & Spencer's first ever store, has been transformed into the 'Canary Wharf of vapes'.

While subjecting prisoners to torture is nothing new in Russia, the war in Ukraine has seen Moscow ramp up its techniques, which include electrocution, waterboarding, and the sinister 'elephant mask'.

Beachgoers at Melbourne's St Kilda Pier are on high alert following a recent spike in reports of women being lured out to sea by jet ski riders.

A notorious outback gang has been blamed for increasing unrest and violent crime in a region of the Northern Territory which has been rendered virtually lawless.

Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot said she was deeply moved by a letter from Queen Camilla, who lauded the 'extraordinary dignity' Pelicot showed throughout the harrowing legal proceedings.

At least 1031 complaints alleging sexual harassment, sexual assault, attempted rape and rape have been made to the GMC since 2018, figures show.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was handed £12million by the Royal Family to pay off Virginia Giuffre - but his brother Charles did not contribute, Palace sources have said.

The billionaire heiress of the Ferrero Rocher empire, who ironically didn't like chocolate, has died aged 87. 

Sir Keir Starmer will use a landmark speech in Munich today to warn British voters they will risk war if they vote Reform or Green.

Juliana Peres Magalhães was sentenced to ten years after conspiring with her employer and lover, Brendan Banfield, to kill his wife.

In a candid conversation on Theo Von's podcast This Past Weekend, Kennedy said his past drug use was the reason he could not be afraid of germs.

Speaking to Ireland's RTÉ radio earlier this week, Seamus Culleton described the Texas detention center as 'torture' and said he is 'in fear for my life here.'

Sonia Jimenez, 38, was arrested on Wednesday after officials believe she cut her own umbilical cord, and placed her newborn in porta potty tank where she drowned.

Pipeline tells the devastating story of five professional divers who were tasked with repairing a leaking undersea oil pipe off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago on February 25th 2022.

A person has died and another is fighting for life after a horror two-car crash that shut down a major highway in both directions.

A Brisbane woman has come forward with startling claims of a late‑night alien encounter.

A massive SWAT raid left three people detained in connection to the search for Nancy Guthrie as police release and underwhelming update.

A SWAT operation was reported in Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood amid the ongoing search for this missing 84-year-old. Officials pulled a man and a woman out of the home.

When it the Aussie dad charged with murder had been defending his infant daughter against an ice addict rapist, public outcry swung behind Ben Batterham's fight to clear his name.

Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and his wife Catherine have denied they defamed 'Bike Boy' Ryan Meuleman.

Sunshine Kiddies Early Learning Centre in Bankstown, in Sydney's southwest, were immediately halted due to 'serious breaches'.

Noem abruptly ended a presser on Friday after she was questioned about the closure of El Paso airspace on Tuesday due to a party balloon possibly being mistaken for a Mexican cartel drone.

Friends of Nancy Guthrie broke their silence, revealing they were set to meet with the 84-year-old on the morning of her disappearance.

Pensioners Viv, 79, and Ted Lockhart, 80, have lived in the same modest private rental in Umina Beach on the Central Coast in New South Wales for 16 years.

An 85-year-old man is feared to have been accidentally kidnapped from his home.

There's been a fresh development in the investigation into a Chinese man who allegedly poured hot coffee on a baby at a Brisbane park 18 months ago.

Lane County Commissioner David Loveall was the subject of a lengthy investigation. Colleagues alleged he exhibited 'defiant' and 'demeaning' behavior in the workplace.

Maria Su faced intense backlash as her teachers went on strike for four days in efforts of better wages, benefits, and support for special needs students.

Operation Southern Spear has killed at least 124 people in strikes on suspected drug boats. The controversial military campaign aimed at disrupting drug trafficking across maritime routes.

Abigail Slater was forced out of her top Trump administration job on Thursday as head of the US justice department's antitrust division.

President Donald Trump demanded a big White House ballroom and the latest images from the architectural firm handling the project show just how massive it is.

Jetstar has announced it will review a much-hated policy that can cost travellers up to $110.

At a later hockey game involving the US and Canada, Spain saw Vance again, but this time he was with boxer and MAGA-adjacent influencer Jake Paul.

Trisha Graf, 41, was last seen on December 12 driving near the isolated town of Andamooka, in South Australia's far north - an unforgiving landscape hundreds of kilometres from Adelaide.

The sheriff's department, with the aide of federal agents, have been hunting Tucson, Arizona, for nearly two weeks now after Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her home in the foothills of the city.

A new 155-page court exhibit sheds horrifying new light on exactly what unfolded during that 15-minute rampage, as experts reveal details that could point to a sexual motivation.

Savannah Guthrie's husband was seen for the first time since his mother-in-law disappeared 12 days ago. He was accompanied by his children as he touched down at a Florida airport.

Raymond McDonald has racked up 58 convictions mostly for fraud and theft - stealing thousands of pounds from women for fake weddings and holidays.

The head of Estonia's unmanned systems unit has said that Hedgehog 2025, a military exercise, reproduced a battlefield 'contested and congested' with various drones.

Investigators have recovered DNA from Nancy Guthrie's property that does not belong to her or anyone known to be in close contact with her, according to authorities.

Chief executive Vijay Rangarajan has spoken out against the decision to allow 30 local councils to delay elections due to have taken place in May despite warnings the move is 'almost certainly illegal'.

Hatton Gardens raider Michael Seed was accidentally released from jail, spending six months at large before the mistake was realised - and he was only recalled to prison this month.

Speaking outside parliament, Sussan Ley delivered a dignified speech as she called time on her 25-year career on politics. But there was one powerful detail most Australians missed.

A female pilot with almost 30 years experience has won the ultimate revenge after she was sacked for alleging her boss a 'woman hater'.

A six‑seat turboprop plunged into the rugged slopes of Emerald Mountain just after midnight near Steamboat Springs, killing all four on board.

Christopher Earl Thompson, 23, was convicted in December of robbery, kidnapping, sodomy and sexual abuse for attacking a woman in July 2023.

Vivek Ramaswamy is the latest Republican politician who has accepted a campaign donation from a former GOP congressional hopeful who liked to cosplay as a Nazi.

In an explosive new court filing, attorneys for the grieving parents of the two young boys killed in 2020 crash are demanding the unedited footage from Dr. Phil's podcast interview with Grossman's husband.

Disgusting conspiracy theories regarding former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' health are circulating on social media.

Gabby Petito's father offered his condolences and support to the Guthrie family amid the ongoing search for Nancy. His daughter went missing five years ago sparking a similar investigation.

Newsom said the overseas trip comes as US President Donald Trump 'continues to demonstrate that he is unstable and unreliable.'

Raven Brown, 18, was shot in her bedroom earlier this month after a stray bullet penetrated her Georgia home the day before her birthday.

The Houston suburb of Katy was thrown into bedlam on Wednesday morning when the two snuck into a backyard pool area and drowned.

Jem Beam pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Friday after killing her 10-year-old son Braxtyn Smith.

Will MAGA's hottest Valentine's Day party set off sparks or rub DC's conservatives the wrong way?

President Donald Trump has set a hard deadline: strike a deal with Iran by next month or the US could 'change course'.

The stuffy confines of the United States Patent Office could scarcely have presented a less romantic Valentine's Day setting. But on the morning of February 14, 1876, amid the thrum of clerks...

Children as young as five are being asked to carry out lockdown drills in Scottish schools to prepare for intruders and potential threats.

Peter Murrell's next court date has been delayed until after the Holyrood election.

A wedding dress worn by Hollywood star Karen Gillan in Doctor Who is on sale at an auction.

I t was 1899 and a spoiled young man from Warwickshire, of ocean-going self-regard, was looking for a remote rural ­property - a very particular kind of property for, as an arrogant occultist...

Yuan Yuan Lu broke up with Yujun Ren, 32, after she claimed he attacked her while she was staying at his home in south Philadelphia last week.

Brothers Timothy and Ryan Geschke were laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs after dying in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The man had his 11-year-old daughter in the plane when it crashed deep in the woods in Okeechobee County in rural south-central Florida just after 9pm on January 10.

The body of Gabriella Cartagena, 24, was found in Menominee County, Michigan , on Tuesday.

The FBI is being sidelined in the Nancy Guthrie investigation because local authorities have not allowed the feds to lead the probe, President Trump said Friday.

Democrat John Fetterman in a lengthy and wide-ranging interview tore into his own party for withholding funds and shutting down the Department of Homeland Security.

It wasn't necessarily all criminal, but it was highly salacious: sexts, scams and utter ridicule. How what was supposed to be a success story for the ages went badly wrong.

David Anthony Burke, 20, who goes by the stage name D4vd, has been at the center of a mysterious investigation of Celeste Rivas's death.

Two men who planned a so-called Islamic State-inspired gun attack on a mass gathering of Jews in the Manchester area were today jailed for a total of 63 years.

Two-year-old Cooper King and his mom Meg were at a sports arena in Webster Groves, St Louis last weekend to watch his brother play soccer.

Aviation Park in Lakewood, Colorado, was once a magnet for young families but now locals say it's like living in a homeless encampment.

Brianna Aguilera, 19, was found dead outside an apartment building in Austin late last November, in a case that sparked rumors she may been murdered.

Michael Langille and Lier Guo, who run Westborough Wellness Spa in Massachusetts, were taken into custody on Tuesday after police carried out a search of the business.

Lambeth's Labour group started a petition after City Hall cuts meant just two London police stations will have 24-hour front desks.

After days of chaos, the government announced that Chris Wormald was standing down as Cabinet Secretary 'by mutual agreement'.