AMANDA Holden has won the Rear Of The Year award. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 48, topped the public vote ahead of Holly Willoughby, Rachel Riley, the Duchess of Sussex and Carol Vorderman. Tennis ace Sir Andy Murray, 32, was crowned men’s champion. Rear Of The Year organiser Tony Edwards said Amanda’s win was a […]
GP SURGERIES have been ordered to stop half-day closures during the week – and threatened with a £40k funding axe if they fail to comply. The NHS has launched a crackdown on some 722 surgeries in England which regularly close their doors for lengthy lunch breaks or midweek afternoons off. Officials say if practices remained […]
CONVICTED paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was able to buy two small pairs of women’s knickers from a jail shop while serving time for child sex crimes. The billionaire bought two pairs of size five female underwear from Palm Beach County Jail’s shop in 2008 where he was serving time for soliciting a minor for sex. It […]
IT was one of the darkest days of the Troubles. Just before noon Prince Charles’s uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA, who detonated a bomb on his fishing boat off the southern Irish coast. Four hours later, across the border in Ulster, 18 British soldiers were massacred by two IRA bombs at […]
BARBADIAN beauty Rihanna has made her bed — and shows she is happy to lie in it. The pop superstar, 31, has conquered the worlds of music, film, beauty and fashion — and last year launched a lingerie collection, too. And world domination is undoubtedly her brief for lingerie brand Savage X Fenty. Posing for […]
HAPPY Greydon gets a treat and told he is a good boy after finally obeying his commands. Training has been meticulous. Each time the little fella plays up, he is moved to a different room and given a toy. After three years of boisterous behaviour, his owners’ home has been transformed into an oasis of […]
A SWEDISH comedian’s broccoli joke saw him steam ahead to claim the best gag title at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The Scandinavian funnyman – who goes by the name Olaf Falafel – came up with a food-related one-liner that perfectly suited audiences’ tastes. It goes: “I keep randomly shouting out ‘broccoli’ and ‘cauliflower’ – I […]
THE PARENTS of a six-year-old boy thrown from the tenth floor of the Tate Modern say they still don’t know how serious his injuries are. His family have said the lad faced “two long and difficult operations” after suffering a broken back and fractures to his limbs. The boy, who was visiting the capital with […]
JUST four in ten people in Ireland are happy with how their Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is dealing with Brexit, a poll reveals. One in four say they are unhappy with his negotiation tactics with the UK. The survey also shows there is strong support in Ireland for the backstop, with six in ten saying […]
A WEBCAM girl fled Poundland after she was offered cash for sex by a sick shopper who recognised her. Katy, 26, worked in Birmingham, West Midlands swapped her work as an escort for an online audience because it is ‘safer’. She always understood that she could meet clients in odd places, even the school run. […]
PRITI Patel has called for longer sentences for assaulting police in the wake of PC Andrew Harper’s killing. The Home Secretary asked for the new crackdown as new figures showed that the average jail term for the offence is just two months. Ms Patel branded the Berkshire cop’s killing “brutal and mindless”. She insisted: “The […]
THE HEARTBROKEN mum of missing Lucas Dobson says he would have been “too scared to swim” after the six-year-old plunged into the River Stour. With the search now stretching into its third day officials say the missing boy is “unlikely to be found alive.” Lucas’ devastated aunt, Maciee Stanford said Lucas dad, Nathan Dobson and […]
A MUM tried to kill herself and her two sons by driving head-on into a petrol tanker – after telling a friend it was “God’s will”, police said. Melissa Mack, 48, drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Gainsville, Florida, on Friday with her boys – aged 4 and 6 – in the […]
THIS is the heart stopping moment a member of the Army Parachute Display team plummets to the ground after losing control during a 5,000ft jump. Miraculously the unnamed parachutist from the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment survived with only minor injuries. In footage obtained by The Sun the jumper spins quickly before hitting the ground. […]
LOUISE Redknapp looked sensational as she sizzled in a red swimsuit on holiday. The singer, 44, was the envy of the pool in her stunning asymmetric swimwear in Portugal. Louise showed off her trim figure and flat tum as she sprawled out by the water. The mum-of-two showed off her natural beauty with minimal make-up […]
KILLER paedophile Jon Venebales could be freed in just a few weeks, warns murdered toddler James Bulger’s terrified dad. Father of then 10-year-old Venables’ first victim, Ralph Bulger says the twisted killer will soon be eligible for parole and is certain that “he will always be a danger to children.” Ralph said he was speaking […]
A DUNKIRK veteran who did not want to glorify the Second World War by collecting his medals was finally awarded them — on his 100th birthday. Doug Jones’s wartime exploits earned him six ribbons of honour. But when his military career ended in 1946 he was so traumatised by the horrors he had seen during […]
PARENTS whose teens are staying on in education after getting their GCSE’s this week need to tell HMRC or risk losing up to £1,067 a year in child benefit. All parents earning less than £50,000 are eligible to claim this amount for their first child, while they get £712.40 a year for any additional children. […]
♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 YOU have a double helping of confidence as ruling planet Mars drives you to be a high achiever. Love-wise, and perhaps to your surprise, steady commitment brings a deeper passion between partners. If you’re single, what starts as a routine conversation about work could lead to so much […]
DONALD Trump last night confirmed he wants to buy Greenland. The US president said he’s “interested” in a plan to purchase the vast Arctic island from Denmark – but admitted it isn’t “number one on the burner”. Greenland – a semi-autonomous territory of 57,000 people between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans – is not for […]
SUGAR levels in our favourite chocolate bars have rocketed — despite pledges to cut them. Treats from Cadbury, Nestle and supermarket brands were typically 44.6 per cent sugar by weight in 1992. But that has risen to 54.7 per cent today, researchers have found. It comes despite surging rates of obesity prompting government calls for […]
WELCOME to Project Fear MkIII, nightmares version. Under Downing Street’s Operation Yellowhammer, Britain faces a food, fuel and medicines famine. This scary portrait, which predicts border chaos, factory closures, wartime rationing and street riots, was almost certainly leaked by a sacked Remain Minister. Until Phil Hammond was dumped as Chancellor, this was an alarmingly realistic […]
BORIS Johnson will today demand social media sites take down measles jab scare stories. The PM’s call comes as he launches a drive to boost vaccination rates — falling in the face of online claims. He will announce he is hauling in tech bosses to a summit to order them to do more to end […]
ONLY two weeks in and the blame game has started. VAR, it seems, has been judged: Guilty, as charged. How dare one referee, sitting in a booth near Heathrow, determine the outcome of a match? Why is he allowed to rule out goals that would have stood last season? CORRECT DECISIONS And who decided the joy […]
PRINCE Andrew missed church service with the Queen today just hours after it emerged he was pictured inside paedo Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion. The Duke of York, 59, was seen at Epstein’s nine-storey home just after the wealthy financier was spotted leaving on December 6, 2010, it was revealed today. Last week Her Majesty invited Andrew […]