BRITISH tourists air lifted from the storm-hit Viking Sky cruise liner re-lived their hell as the captain declared a ‘mayday’. Some of the crew burst into tears when they were blasted with the coded seven short bursts on the tannoy followed by one long siren. The emergency word “echo” was also broadcast to to the […]
NICOLE Scherzinger pulled her best impersonation of Angelina Jolie and made her leg centre stage at a jewellery party in Hong Kong. The singer, 40, wore a glittering silver dress which had an enormous split up the side and posed just like Angelina, when she showed off the now-iconic pose at the 2012 Oscars. Nicole […]
POLLYANNA Woodward looks well above-par — as she celebrates her golfer hubby Paul Casey’s win at the Valspar Championship. The telly host, 36, proved she’s a real beau-tee as she posed in sheer black lingerie after celebrating Paul’s one-shot victory at Innisbrook Resort in Florida on Sunday. And mum-of-two Pollyanna, who used to present Channel […]
MURDER victim The Lady of the Hills is to be exhumed and cremated so her ashes can be taken home to Thailand. The body of Lamduan Seekanya, 36, was buried in an anonymous grave after police failed to identify her in 2004. But, when a cold case review established who she was and that she […]
HUNDREDS of millions of pounds of foreign aid cash spent through the Government’s private finance arm is failing to reach the world’s poorest, a report has found. The Department for International Development (DfID) invested £1.8 billion of taxpayers’ money in the CDC Group between 2015 and 2018. It ordered it to pump money into 33 […]
KILL Bill star Michael Madsen has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. The 61-year-old actor was detained by police after crashing his Range Rover into a pole on Sunday night in Malibu, California. Michael, who starred in the 2012 series of Celebrity Big Brother, was “immediately suspected” to have been drinking and […]
AN MP was branded a “Jew b***h” online more than 2,500 times in three days in a far-right hate campaign, a court heard. Former Labour MP Luciana Berger was bombarded with abuse after an image was tweeted to her account with the hashtag #HitlerWasRight. In the image, a star was imposed on her forehead, mimicking […]
THIS blue beastie is one very scary spider. The endangered poecilotheria metallica is six inches long and has a venomous bite. But that doesn’t stop owner Daniel Valcarcel, 22, letting the terrifying tarantula crawl all over his arm. The Barcelona medical student said: “She has been in my care since 2015. “It’s thrilling because as […]
THE SUN’s call for Theresa May to go went worldwide yesterday – as Tory MPs praised the “Time’s Up” call. The front page was picked by the media in the US, Canada Japan and Australia as well as electrifying social media back in the UK. The Washington Post had already listed the PM’s five “famous […]
ONE and a half million people risk losing their jobs to robots, a report reveals. And 70 per cent of the roles under most threat in England are held by women. Part-timers and the young are next in the firing line, says the Office for National Statistics. The three occupations most likely to be automated […]
A stark choice THERE has been some rank dishonesty in the past three years, but Labour’s “soft Brexit” squad are in a league of their own. It is time they were open with their Leave constituents, and voters nationwide. If they want to cancel Brexit they should finally have the bottle to say so. If, […]
A STUNNING image shows the Earth in perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of spring. The shot was taken from space on the spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year. With half of the planet illuminated in light and the other steeped in darkness, the picture captures the […]
THERESA May last night lost control of the Brexit process to Remainer MPs in a humiliating defeat. Three Tory ministers quit so they could join the rebellion. MPs voted by 329 to 302 to hijack the parliamentary timetable to hold indicative votes tomorrow on how they want Brexit to proceed. Hardline leavers fear the votes […]
EXPECTANT mums can now settle any disputes over who the father of their baby is just eight weeks into a pregnancy. A Manchester firm is offering an £875 DNA test which works up to a month before a first scan. David Thomas, the boss of AlphaBiolabs, expects plenty of business. He said: “People have had […]
MEMBERS of a British family including two children were in hospital with shrapnel wounds after a terrorist rocket blasted their home in Israel. Robert and Susan Wolf, originally from London, were at home with their son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren when air defence sirens sounded. They scrambled to a shelter seconds before the long-range missile wrecked […]
AN England football legend’s dad has allegedly been charged with rape and sexual abuse of four children, reports claim. Prosecutors allege the man repeatedly attacked two girls under the age of 13 and two under 16 in the 1970s and 80s. He pleaded not guilty to nine sexual abuse charges during a court hearing this […]
IN the mid Sixties, Scott Walker had the world at his feet as one third of The Walker Brothers. Adored for their teen idol looks and hits The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore and Make It Easy On Yourself, they were, for a while, bigger than The Beatles. Yet, for the influential Scott, whose death […]
AN ENGINEER sued his ex-boss for £1million because he would fart on him in a small windowless office. David Hingst, from Melbourne, Australia, sued his former employer Construction Engineering for bullying after his supervisor would “lift his bum and fart” on him at work. He told the court “flatulence was a form of bullying” and […]
A MAN with Down’s Syndrome wasted away in a hospital bed ‘without food for 20 days’ because of poor treatment from medical staff, an inquest heard. Giuseppe ‘Joe’ Ulleri died after confusion over his feeding tube left him starving at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) three years ago. Joe, 61, suffered an unexplained fall at home […]
FINDING affordable theatre tickets can be a right song and dance. But ahead of World Theatre Day tomorrow, you can catch a showstopper for less with my five-star tips. West is best. London’s West End isn’t cheap but there are deals out there for savvy theatregoers. Grab a theatre trip and dinner for two with […]
KIM Kardashian showed off her famous figure wearing a sparkling body suit and tights tonight. The 38-year-old jetted into the French capital today and was spotted looking incredibly glam just hours after touching down. She wore the eye-catching sparkly ensemble with white heels and a long chunky cardigan, while her hair was styled poker straight. […]
PRIMARY schools which suspended gay and transgender rights lessons amid protests should resume them, a former education watchdog said yesterday. At least five across Birmingham halted the classes after hundreds of furious Muslim parents picketed the school gates. But ex-Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said those with conservative religious views must understand they are living […]
FRAUDSTER John Darwin takes to the water with his wife – and this time he’s wearing a life jacket to prevent him from drowning for a second time. The missing-at-sea canoe conman now lives in the Philippines and married Mercy May just over four years ago. And former prison officer John, 68, seems to be […]
DESK jobs and lazy nights in front of the TV kills nearly 70,000 a year and costs the NHS £700million, a study says. Experts are urging those who sit for six hours or more each day — at work or at home — to be more active at other times. Past studies have shown that […]
MEGHAN Markle’s half-brother Thomas faces eviction after racking up an alleged £3,400 in unpaid rent and fees. Thomas Markle Jr’s unimpressed landlord branded the Royal’s relative as a “freeloader” and lodged a “pay or vacate” notice against him in court. As a result, Thomas 52, and his fiancée, Darlene Blount, 37, have been ordered to […]