BRITS are counting the cost of multiple bank holiday weekends this month – with more than half planning to do little more than sit in the garden for the final one. Research of 2,000 adults found 26 per cent think more cash is spent making the most of a three-day weekend, compared to the average two-day break. And 18 per […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters A monster jellyfish invasion is set to hit staycationers this summer. The warming seas round our coast will tempt the monstrous blobs out of their deep ocean lairs and onto our packed beaches, experts have warned. There have already been mass landings on the […]

A fruitless three-day search for evidence of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance began this week after authorities found a collection of USB sticks linked to the main suspect filled with child abuse images and buried next to a dead dog in a rubbish dump, it can be revealed. Police in Portugal ended the latest search, the third of its kind around the […]

Norway warns civilians to stay away from Russian spy whale that has been approaching boats in the area Whale named Hvaldimir has been travelling along Norway’s coast for four years He was found in 2019 with a harness on which GoPro cameras could be mounted  The Norwegian public have been warned to ‘avoid contact’ with a Beluga whale, which experts say […]

An adult-film actor brings down a former president. Sounds revolutionary, right? For many, this feels like a victory after four years of living in a country led by a man accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women. But it’s also a moment to think critically about what all this really means — and a reminder that we can’t become […]

Florence Legrand, mayor of Grayan-et-l’Hôpital near Bordeaux, has filed a legal complaint for “bribery” against her predecessors over the perks given to Euronat – the continent’s largest nudist group. The huge nudist camp is located just outside Ms Legrand’s town – and appears to be prospering while the town flounders.  Grayan-et-l’Hôpital has seen its population, currently at 1,500, dwindle, while shops […]

Ripper-style killer, 67, is convicted of murdering 33-year-old prostitute 30 years after he was previously cleared of the crime David Smith, 67, killed and mutilated Sarah Crump, 33, in west London in 1991 He was cleared by a jury in 1993 and went on to kill Amanda Walker, 21, in 1999 Today, Smith was finally convicted of killing Ms Crump […]

‘Police killed my mum’: Furious son of great-grandmother, 81, who died after she was hit by Duchess of Edinburgh’s escort while crossing the road claims the Met have not apologised two weeks on from horror crash Motorbike collided with Helen Holland, 81, from Essex, in west London on May 10 The grieving son of a great-grandmother who died after she […]

Hottest weather of 2023 so far could arrive within hours! Temperatures may hit 24C this afternoon with ‘almost unbreakable sunshine’ and more joy to come during toasty Bank Holiday weekend, Met Office predicts  The Met Office said brighter conditions will continue from June 1 The hottest day of 2023 so far could hit in a matter of hours ahead of […]