Armed Forces minister Al Carns said the country was on a 'war footing' and warned that the 'shadow of war was at Europe's door'.

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex abandoned royal duties five years ago to seek their fortune, they were stripped of their automatic right to police protection on return trips to Britain.

The Duchess of Sussex said being part of taking the movie Cookie Queens to the Sundance Film Festival was 'absolutely irresistible'.

Alicia Kemp from Redditch, Worcestershire, fatally smashed into the back of 51-year-old Thanh Phan while riding through Perth 's city centre.

One of Britain's top women police officers will 'retire' from her £150,000-a-year job - before returning to it a day later to protect her pension.

Meg Hillier accused the Chancellor of 'throwing grenades' at markets in the run-up to the crucial fiscal package on November 26.

Crowborough Shield, a community-led campaign group, has lodged an application for a full judicial review of the decision to place more than 500 asylum seekers at the camp.

Police bodycam footage shows officers smashing into a Derby home on Brook Street, where they uncovered 10kg of drugs along with £10,000 in cash, vapes, phones and laptops.

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has been left isolated after a Brussels kingmaker declared that the bloc's deadline for ending sales is being dropped.

Glenda Keal, 85, was last seen pulling a shopping trolley after getting off a bus in Hinckley, Leicestershire, five days ago.

Thomas Craig, 48, was filmed jumping out of his seat aboard the carriage between Glasgow Queen Street and Perth on February 16, last year.

The King, 77, was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of the disease in early 2024 and has been receiving weekly treatment ever since.

An inquest in October 2000 heard Rhonda Anderson, 29, was found in the bath with the radio still switched on and floating beside her at her Northampton home.

The controversial trial of puberty blockers will be judged by how happy children taking the drugs say they are, prompting fresh calls for it to be scrapped.

Scientists at Stanford University have revealed how the mRNA Covid vaccines can cause damage to heart cells.

Property experts have warned that the so-called 'high council tax surcharge' will distort property values and have knock-on effects throughout the market.

For the first time in history, Denmark's military intelligence service has labeled the United States as a security risk amid President Donald Trump's quest to acquire Greenland.

Putin called Maduro a day after United States forces seized control of an oil tanker in Venezuela as part of an escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Maduro's government.

Despite admitting the brutal rape of a 15-year-old girl, Afghan asylum seekers Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, were not remanded in custody until six months after the attack.

Adm. Frank Bradley's three-decade career came down to one defining moment that took minutes to decide.

IAN BIRRELL meets the battle-weary and traumatised citizens of Kyiv as they face a fourth Christmas at war.

Mark Plimmer spent Christmas Eve in 2023 sinking shots in multiple pubs before driving home that night. On his way home, he crashed into a vehicle and killed a man.

Steve Perez, who set up drinks maker Global Brands, said Keir Starmer assured him two days before the general election that he had 'nothing to fear'.

The Department for Education said that proposals for 28 out of 44 new free schools were likely to be junked following a review.

Dade Mustafa, 35, grabbed two hats worth £350 from the department store on Oxford Street on October 10 - while he was already on bail for immigration offences.

Kane Kotwica, 39, fatally stabbed his 53-year-old neighbour Matthew Cainey and wounded two others in a block of flats on May 28 this year.

Latest accounts show Rita Ora is raking in millions from TV deals, music and lucrative advertising campaigns.

The PM urged medics to call off their walkout as health leaders warned the 'double-whammy' of flu and industrial action left them facing a 'worst case scenario' in the run-up to Christmas.

The file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy, Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence.

Former England starl Steve Harmison has grave fears for the welfare of Ben Stokes after the battering the team has copped in the opening two Ashes tests in Australia

Professor David Wilson said the concept explains what happens when latent feelings bubble to the surface and overwhelm an individual, prompting them to commit what appears to be 'inexplicable violence'.

The very day before Rachel Reeves delivered her second catastrophic Budget, I was invited to Number 11 Downing Street to relay my fears for the hospitality industry.

The capital's vast Tube network has 11 lines, each with its own colour and unique seat pattern, known as 'moquette' - and if passengers closely, they may find every route has its own woven story.

The British Rail Class 43 High-Speed Train (HST), also known as the InterCity 125, gained the nickname 'Flying Banana' due to its yellow design that would whizz by.

Wealthy residents have been 'living in a nightmare' since the travellers bought the 1.5 acre field from a local landowner at auction and worked through the night to lay a hard surface for their caravans.

The number claiming Universal Credit (UC) because of their health has soared by 41 per cent in the year to September 2025 - increasing by 933,000 people to a record 3.2 million.

It comes after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) wrote in a blog last week that 'masks continue to be a useful tool in limiting the spread of respiratory viruses in some situations'.

Following an article on 30 October about Stacey Solomon and Mrs Hinch we have been informed that it was wrong to suggest Stacey had faked and 'cut off' their friendship. We are...

Soon there will be more London society types in the United Arab Emirates than there are left in the capital.

It means lonely elderly people may be going unnoticed, with social isolation increasing their risk of dementia up to 60 per cent.

Two lanes were forced to close on the M40 Northbound in Oxfordshire on Thursday morning amid reports of passengers crammed into a lorry.

Daryl Berman is accused of killing her husband. Berman dialled 999 and when police arrived they initially accepted her explanation that he had fallen on to a knife he was carrying on a lunch tray.

Health chiefs today warned the virus had plunged the NHS into a 'worst case scenario'. In seven NHS trusts alone, hospitalisations have more than quadrupled in a week.

The Daily Mail's postcode search tool - hailed by NHS insiders and leading experts - utilises monthly performance figures to showcase how your hospital is faring.

It's a free country, innit? Try telling that to 86-year-old Roy Marsh, who has just been fined £250 for spitting out a leaf which blew into his mouth.

In his latest batch of appointments to the Lords, Sir Keir announced a fresh list of 25 Labour peerages as he gave jobs for life to cronies and ex-advisers.

Princess Eugenie has arrived at Clarence house for the christening of Beatrice baby Athena.

GDP was down 0.1 per cent in October, defying hopes of a bounceback following a 0.1 per cent decline in September and flatlining in August.

Stephen Ly allegedly sent the Communications Minister two threatening emails in November.

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels at the taxpayers' expense has jumped to more than 36,000, the highest level for almost two years.

Writing in The Times on Friday, Wes Streeting said the NHS faces a 'challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic'.

insiders said the wedding between the mixed martial arts fighter, 37, and Ms Devlin, 38, with whom he has four children, is set to take place at the Chiesa di Santo Stefano degli Abissini.

Joe Newton and his family never gave up searching for his little girl, Michelle, who was last seen at their home in Louisville, Kentucky back in 1983.

Tyler Robinson, 22, appeared inside a Utah courtroom flanked by his legal team as they push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.

Local police last week raided a studio in Badung, a popular tourist district near the resort island's capital, Denpasar, detaining Blue, 26, whose real name is Tia Billinger.

Tyler Johns, 22, is accused of killing Brandon Dominguez on a freeway in Las Vegas. Heart-wrenching footage emerged of Brandon's devastated stepfather screaming 'my kid is dead.'

Dave Goodings, 31, found himself at the centre of a festive feud after receiving a poison-pen letter attacking the two giant decorations outside his home.

Matt Wright has been sent to jail for trying to interfere in an investigation into the death of his co-star Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

A scenic Midwest city is tearing itself apart, as residents accuse the mayor of being a 'bully' for claiming on social media that a resident assaulted her.

Colin Baker - who used the online handle 'Beast Boy' - filmed himself molesting a number of barnyard animals and dogs.

Jude Wijesinghe has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the stabbing death of his supervisor at Canberra National Zoo & Aquarium.

Speaking to the crowd ahead of the celebration, Melania unveiled a new initiative she has in the pipeline for 2026.

Stacey Humphreys, 52, is set to be executed by lethal injection next Wednesday for the 2003 murders of real estate agents Cyndi Williams, 33, and Lori Brown, 21.

Bonnie Blue has shared an X-rated message with the Balinese press pack just minutes before she was deported from the Indonesian holiday island.

Emily Jackson, 31, was called to a pub in London to treat the seriously ill, unconscious man.

Colin Baker - who used the online handle 'Beast Boy' - filmed himself molesting a number of barnyard animals and dogs.

Matt Wright has been sent to jail for trying to interfere in an investigation into the death of his co-star Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

Donald Trump issued a pardon for Tina Peters, though it will have no effect on her nine-year prison sentence in Colorado for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Superflu RECAP: Get all the updates on the outbreak of flu across the UK as the NHS faces its worst winter in years.

Both President Donald Trump and a renowned conservative think tank suggested there would be consequences for Indiana's vote to stop a map re-draw that would benefit Republicans.

Justin Tawse Brigham, 44, the co-owner of Sycamore Brewing in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been arrested after authorities say he broke into a 13-year-old girl's home and raped her.

The radical move has ruffled feathers and angered some staff at one of Australia's largest not-for-profits.

A second grand jury has refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, a week after a different grand jury refused to bring charges against the top Trump political foe.

A Christmas show at a church in Plano, Texas has become a flash point in America- a Rorschach test in today's hyper-political culture.

An expectant mother gave birth inside a driverless taxi in a scene straight out of a science fiction novel.

Why is a porn star being given valuable column inches in the double Christmas edition of The Spectator?

The lengths rapist Tom Silvagni's legal team went to shield his identity from the public can now be laid bare following his guilty conviction.

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt following a bitter defamation loss against her ex-boss Linda Reynolds.

A young woman has issued a defiant message after rapist Tom Silvagni was found guilty last week.

It's been rumoured the famous family of convicted rapist Tom Silvagni, 23, has already moved interstate in a drastic bid to avoid the sex crime scandal fallout.

The footy legend father of convicted rapist Tom Silvagni has put a supportive arm around his TV personality wife Jo as they arrived at his court hearing on Friday.

Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, died by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, 20.

For more than a decade, Jo Silvagni has been one of the public faces of Chemist Warehouse, which is holding fire on a decision about the partnership in the wake of her son Tom's conviction.

On Friday, Tom Silvagni, 23, watched from a prison video room as his victim bravely told him all the ways he had destroyed her life.

Zelenksy said at a briefing: 'Whether through elections or a referendum, there must be a position from the people of Ukraine.'

The two marine mammals were also caught sharing fish scraps after killing their prey, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

A warning has been issued to Australians with a mortgage.

The horrific moment in Hayward, California - about 30 miles southeast of San Francisco - was captured by a Ring doorbell around 9.38am.

In a speech in Berlin, Rutte said too many allies of the military alliance did not feel the urgency of Russia's threat in Europe.

David William James created the child abuse material while working at six out-of-school centres in Sydney 's north and the CBD between April 2021 and May 2024.

A jury at Norwich Crown Court took just under 12 hours to unanimously find Elvis Vickers guilty of murder.

Reddit filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia's social media ban for people under 16 - calling the law an infringement of free political expression.

Steven Goldberg, 69, is awaiting sentencing after a patient was sexually assaulted during a massage session.

Court evidence revealed how the scammers behind the largest COVID-era fraud scheme flaunted the wealth that they stole from taxpayers.

The survey of 2,000 pupils found 49.5 per cent said they had missed or avoided school because of feeling anxious at some point in the last academic year.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt agreed that CNN should be sold to new owners after a snippy back-and-forth with White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins.

The disturbing incident, which was caught on video by a restaurant diner, occurred in Oldham, Manchester, on the 409 Rochdale bus operated by Bee Network, on Sunday night.

An Aussie has come forward to claim a $4million Lotto prize.

That summer, AOC had railed against greedy millionaires' influence on the island. 'Puerto Rico is an island for working people,' she wrote.

First aid orderlies rushed to the House of Lords yesterday to do what they could. The Upper House this week received three dreadful blows.

Tyler Robinson's lawyers argued that the livestream showed Robinson in shackles and some key visible documents, threatening his right to a fair trial.

Police were called to Albert Street in Waterford, a suburb of Logan in southeast Queensland , about 12.30am on Friday to reports a man was in trouble.

Pastor Nathan Peternel is speaking out after his son's shocking arrest.

A court has heard the chilling details of a New Years Day rape that left a 76-year-old woman crying for help inside an aged care home.

The writer and mother-of-five, whose real name is Madeleine Sophie Wickham, received the devastating diagnosis of glioblastoma in 2022.

Barbour jackets and big pants flew off the shelves this year as Claudia Winkleman and Bridget Jones took over screens.

Schoolboy Roman Oleksiv was visiting a hospital in Vinnytsia with his mother in July 2022 when the bombs struck.

The far-right provocateur, 27, was accused of attacking 58-year-old Marla Rose in an incident she captured on video after knocking on his door in Berwyn, Illinois.

Westpac customers are still having issues accessing their accounts two days after a major outage.

An extraordinary comment from a Labor politician has set Nat Barr off.

A triple murder has rocked a town in West Texas, with police saying the alleged shooter is a 15-year-old boy who was planning to murder his ex-girlfriend and instead shot her mom and two siblings dead.

Terry Kenton, 56, was filmed on CCTV handing over the wrap of cocaine to his former cellmate, Mitchell Dyke, 29, during a visit to HMP Cardiff.

Wilson Bromilow was a beloved founding member of a popular Byron Bay wine bar.

Furious locals claim that plans for a Costco gas station would wreak havoc on the environment.

Jaley Dakota Bush admitted to taking Klonopin, a benzodiazepine similar to Xanax, before falling asleep.

IT is 100 years since the ­publication of Franz Kafka's seminal work The Trial, a novel which irritates readers throughout until, in the final few pages, it chills them.

Conservative firebrand Congresswoman Nancy Mace is pushing to rename a popular Washington, D.C., street after the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

A popular podcaster has hit back at provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos after he accused the father of four of being gay.

The weather forecast for one of the most anticipated days of the year is here.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem clashed with a Democrat ic lawmaker on Thursday about the recent murder of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC .

Record numbers of Scots children are being admitted to hospital with flu as the country grapples with levels of infection not usually seen at this time of year.

The CBS Mornings anchor, 70, addressed rumors that she may be booted from the network where she has worked for over a decade admitting there 'is some drama' behind the scenes.

Tangi, a mix-breed pup, has been left by her owner on the particularly cold morning of December 9. It was less than 30 degrees outside when she was found.

Jason Stafford, 49, was out walking in Cardiff when the hounds became dangerously out of control and latched onto their victim's feet.

A Green MSP has been condemned for lodging an 'extremist' motion at Holyrood expressing 'solidarity' with Palestine Action prisoners.

Andrew Tate allegedly cultivated ties with Donald Trump's youngest son as part of a strategy to escape charges in Romania, according to a new investigation.

Katie Wilson was blasted for her 'Chinese communist' plans for Seattle when she takes office in January, as she railed against the affordability crisis.

The number of soft touch police warnings handed out for possession of Class A drugs has risen nearly six-fold in the past two years.

The state of Florida is suing three national medical organizations for failing to disclose the risks to kids and parents when pushing transgender treatments.

Scotland's Justice Secretary made a desperate bid to cling to her job yesterday ahead of a no-confidence vote over claims she misled parliament.

The sudden violence interrupted the island's annual Christmas Stroll, allowing hundreds of witnesses to watch the brawl unfold.

The idyllic property has been torn down weeks after a mystery buyer had a lucky escape when they cancelled their bid to purchase it for £200,000.

House Representative Sarah Stalker made the head-turning assertion during an Interim Joint Committee on Education meeting on Tuesday.

Owner Shahla Azad said the beloved California eatery will serve its final meals on Christmas Eve following a dispute over lease renewal.

Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, had developed a twisted relationship with the OpenAI chatbot - his relatives claim this drove him to kill his mother, Suzanne Adams, 83, before taking his own life.

A Yazidi woman who was sold as a sex slave aged 12 has told a German court how ISIS fighters sneered 'buy her, she hasn't been raped yet' before an extremist 'owner' allegedly tortured her.

Christopher Lindner, 40, was shot dead last month after abusing his wife. Bodycam footage showing his final moments has now emerged.

David Breen, who claimed COVID left him 'stressed and not sleeping,' has been accused of blowing $1.5 million in federal relief funds on a luxury lifestyle.

Offshore windfarms are causing a huge downturn in seafood catches at one of the UK's most iconic locations for crab fishing, a local firm claims. Critics say the crisis is being repeated elsewhere.

Lisa Singh, 41, presented herself as living the dream. But, after her arrest outside Applebee's, dark secrets have come spilling out.

Locals in one neighborhood say homelessness services have been concentrated there, causing poor conditions and forcing them to hire the security.

Megan Decker, a mother of two, developed a limp back in May, but at the time she didn't think much of it, but it lead to a shocking diagnosis.

More than a dozen critical minerals were discovered in Provo, giving the US a potential advantage in the market.

Virgina Martinez covered herself up from head to toe to enter the chamber to the astonishment of colleagues wearing suits and dresses.

The Alabama senator took aim at independent journalist Aaron Rupar after he made the inappropriate remark about her appearance on Fox News this week.

A federal judge demanded the Trump administration free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an immigration detention center.

Ronald Exantus, 42, was released from prison in October after being sentenced in 2018 for stabbing little Logan Tipton to death inside his Kentucky home.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle , the Speaker of the House of Commons, has issued a fresh security alert in response to recent targeting of messaging apps used by parliamentarians.

Before Donald Trump ever set foot in the Oval Office, his name was primarily associated with two immortal words: 'you're fired.'

The teen, who comes from an influential sports family in Stillwater, was originally sentenced to ten years behind bars before his attorney applied for him to be treated as a youthful offender.