RISHI Sunak threw his weight behind "fantastic" Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to head up Nato, thanks to his leadership on Ukraine. The PM hailed Mr Wallace as "widely-respected amongst his colleagues around the world". And he said he'd be having "conversations" with world leaders including President Biden this week when he visits Washington. But he hailed the UK leading the […]

Putin stages huge show of force in Baltic Sea and Pacific Ocean amid setbacks in his war in Ukraine Some 40 warships and 25 aircraft took part in naval drills in the Baltic Sea Russia’s drills come a day after NATO states kicked off their own annual drills  Vladimir Putin has staged a huge show of military strength in the Baltic […]

A pair of brothers who stole more than £7m in a tax fraud scam are now facing lengthy prison sentences. Mark Stead, 49, built a life of luxury with the swindled gains, spending the cash on boats, caravans, holiday homes and private schooling for his children. The construction boss also roped four other people, including his wife and his brother, […]

Britons could be plunged back into soaring fuel prices as Saudi Arabia announced they would be withholding one million barrels of oil per day, amounting to roughly one per cent of global supply. The decision came after a tense seven-hour meeting between the world’s largest oil producers and its allies, led by Russia, failed to agree upon further cuts to […]

Inside the people-power project to restore the Great Barrier Reef to former glory – and how artificial intelligence could be the key AI, experts and the public being utilised to save the Great Barrier Reef  Former Earth Hour CEO leading the efforts to restore damaged areas  A mix of wildlife experts, everyday Australians and artificial intelligence have banded together to […]

NHS admits to using taxpayers’ money to SPY on dead father-of-five’s widow who is a leading campaign for answers after a catalogue of deaths at hospital Louise Slorance campaigns to find answers about deaths at Glasgow hospital Her husband Andrew died in 2020 while waiting for cancer treatment there Health chiefs have used taxpayers’ cash to monitor the social media […]

Scared and furious Russian parents living in areas bordering Ukraine are fuming after it emerged that local authorities are going to charge them around £30 to evacuate their children. Russian social media channels have been filled with angry parents complaining about the shocking decision to bill them for evacuation – despite it being free right up until moments before their […]

A woman trawling the beaches of California found herself in possession of an ancient animal tooth, before losing it on the very same sandy dunes. Jennifer Schuch came across the foot-long tooth of an ancient mastodon and photographed the massive find, but the fossil soon vanished and a search party got underway. The "kind of weird" looking tooth was found, […]

The 30 residents who still live inside a condemned housing estate in London that is set to be demolished have claimed that it is plagued with squatters. Just a few of the 2,000 homes in the Aylesbury Estate in Wandsworth, south London, are lived in, as the local council has welded large metal slabs across nearly every flat to prevent […]