AN ISIS supporting teen who pledged allegiance to the terror group was shot by a cop after charging at the police officer with a knife. Bodycam footage shows Ismail Hamed, 18, throwing rocks before brandishing a knife towards a cop outside a sheriff’s substation in Arizona. He was trying to “promote terror” by harming the […]
TORY Brexiteers must now compromise. They are in grave danger of wrecking Brexit, their party and their country, by gifting power to Corbyn’s extremists. The EU must compromise too. They know they can make firmer legally-binding promises on the hated Irish backstop. Time to offer them up. Brexiteers must then hold their noses and vote […]
THE first picture of Shamima Begum’s husband emerged yesterday. Yago Riedijk, 27, left Arnhem, Holland, for Syria in 2016. He was in contact with a gang of seven believed to be planning a terror attack on a rock festival in his home city. The terror cell was infiltrated by cops who supplied them with dummy […]
LABOUR is on the verge of splitting because of Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit stance, one of the party’s senior MPs has warned. Ian Murray said Labour MPs were being “pushed to the brink” by the leadership’s refusal to throw the party’s weight behind a second referendum. His warning will add fuel to frenzied speculation that Labour […]
THOUSANDS of criminals are to be tracked by satellite. GPS tagging, with 24/7 location monitoring of offenders, is designed to protect victims and cut back on short jail sentences. The scheme, after a “largely positive” trial, will be launched in England and Wales by the summer. Justice Secretary David Gauke said: “This will give victims […]
KIDS’ teeth can be used to identify those at risk of developing mental health problems, a study suggests. Boffins also found a link between the condition of children’s gnashers when they fall out and poor behaviour. Identifying these youngsters early would allow them to receive psychological help before problems develop. Dr Erin Dunn, from Massachusetts […]
A DAD’S new donor heart was kept beating in a box for five hours during a pioneering operation that saved his life. Transplant patient James Walton, 34, is only the third person in the UK to undergo the procedure. A genetic condition had left him with heart defects and when its main artery burst, joiner […]
JUNK plastic in the ocean is serving as a raft to carry potentially harmful creatures around the world. Experts warn the alien invaders may have diseases harmful to humans or threaten existing animals. Almost 400 species have been identified in North America after travelling 5,000 miles from Japan. They include fish, starfish, mussels, crabs, clams, […]
A “CROOKALIKE” for TV’s David Schwimmer laughed before a court when a judge asked: “Is this the ‘Ross from Friends’ case?” Abdulah Husseini, 36, was first likened to the sitcom character by social media users after police released CCTV of him with beer at a shop. Schwimmer, 52. joked: “It wasn’t me!” — then recreated […]
MEGHAN Markle is set to grace our screens once again in a racy film where she plays a bed-hopping, drug-snorting party-girl. The Duchess of Sussex may have given up acting to marry Prince Harry, but her 2011 TV show – The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down – has been picked up for film […]
A BOXER was caught lying over a £35,000 whiplash claim when video posted online showed him fighting fit in a ring bout. Randal Barlow, 25, claimed he was in too much pain to resume his career after being hurt when a lorry shed its load in the path of a car he was travelling in. […]
BEING in tune with our army of Sun Savers is important to me. That’s why I wanted to visit music lover and Sun Saver Paul Bailey, 50, from Portsmouth. Paul has had a tough few years after a throat cancer diagnosis. He says: “I have good days and bad days. I’m in remission but I […]
A HARPOON to collect space junk has been tested successfully in orbit for the first time. The device, from a British initiative involving Airbus, University of Surrey and the Surrey Satellite Technology firm, goes at 20 metres a second. The RemoveDebris mission is addressing the issue of waste space material, with up to 20,000 pieces […]
PRINCE Charles is the latest royal to be snapped in a car without a seat belt. The next in line to the throne was spotted without his belt in the back of a car as it travelled along Fleet Street in central London on Thursday. Embarrassingly, the blunder happened on the same day that his […]
BEING able to do more than ten push-ups cuts the risk of heart disease and strokes, say scientists. A study found that men who could bang out 21 to 30 in one go lowered the threat of cardiovascular disease by about 75 per cent. And those who could do more than 40 slashed their risk […]
A PUB landlady has won the right to stop future next-door neighbours from moaning about noise from her boozer. Pauline Forster, 70, feared she would have to turn down the volume at gigs if planners gave the go-ahead to a six-storey block. But she secured the legal right to carry on being noisy under a […]
JAIL bosses have bought fish tanks, pot plants and hanging baskets to make it more welcoming. A report revealed they had been put in the reception and other areas to “soften” HMP Featherstone, Staffs. Inmates had also given the nick a paint job, leaving it “cleaner and fresher”, which “gave prisoners a sense of pride […]
SUPERMARKETS are cashing in on a new wine duty rise by sticking up to £1 on prices. The Government’s levy has increased by 3.1 per cent — but shoppers are seeing the prices of some brands go up by seven per cent. The new flat-rate duty — introduced this month — adds around 8p to […]
COMEDIAN David Walliams’s new novel Fing comes out next week. Every new book by funnyman David is a massive publishing event. But Sun readers don’t have to wait until the release date of Thursday February 21 for a taste of his most hilarious book to date – aimed at kids aged 7 and up. We […]
EXPERTS have warned that you are probably brushing your teeth with someone else’s poo. If you store your toothbrush in the bathroom, it’s highly likely that the head will be riddled with faeces particles that are flung into the air whenever someone flushes. This means that toothbrushes can be the perfect breeding ground for germs […]
YOUR empty nest may be feeling rather full again, with a million more young adults living with their parents than two decades ago. That is according to recent figures from think tank Civitas. From “boomerang” kids who come back to save for their own pad to thirtysomethings who never left home in the first place, […]
JEREMY Corbyn is secretly planning to instantly slap a 20 per cent tax on all assets above a certain level if he becomes Prime Minister, it was claimed yesterday. The threshold for the radical new wealth tax has yet to be decided. But the windfall would be presented as a means to raise billions for […]
FANS of the £1billion Disney blockbuster Frozen are ready to Let It Go again. In case you somehow missed the global frenzy the first time round in 2013, the musical tale of Snow Queen Elsa and her fearless sister Anna became one of the highest grossing animated movies ever. This week saw the release of […]
A TATTOO parlour and rock star suites complete with tables you can dance on don’t sound like the components of your average cruise liner, but The Scarlet Lady is no ordinary ship. In fact Virgin Voyages, Richard Branson’s latest venture, is a cruise for people who don’t cruise. With his company’s “rebellious luxe” aesthetic this […]
BANKS have agreed measures to refund victims of sophisticated fraud, it was revealed last night. Officials had previously refused to pay compensation if neither they nor the customer were to blame. But a group of banks has now agreed to contribute to a fund to ensure victims are not left out of pocket. Scammers often […]