Victorians are set to sweat through yet another possible heatwave next week. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting the low-intensity heatwave to last about three days, brought by northerly winds and affecting western and central parts of the state – with a cool change expected by the weekend. A kite surfer struggles with the wind as the heat gives way […]

Now inflation takes its toll on Shrove Tuesday: Cost of preparing pancakes for traditional celebration soars by 36 per cent in just a year It will cost £1.40 for the flour, eggs, butter, sugar and milk to make 12 pancakes Last year the same ingredients would have costed £1.03, according to experts The rising cost of living has even encroached on […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters A woman who bizarrely claims she "could be Madeleine McCann" has gone viral after sharing "evidence" in an Instagram Live – including a tell-tale "speck" in her eye. Madeleine disappeared from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal’s Algarve in 2007, when […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters Human remains in the area near where British backpacker Peter Falconio was murdered and his girlfriend was ambushed nearly 22 years ago have been found. Peter was travelling around Australia with his girlfriend Joanne Lees when the pair were ambushed in the outback on […]

A pair of thieves have found themselves labelled "dumb and dumber" after they attempted a theft in a getaway van that was too small for their payload. Kieron Heslop, 30, and Paul Stephenson, 31, had tried to make off with a road roller on the day of the Queen's funeral last year. But they were stopped in their tracks after […]

Zelensky rules out giving any of Ukraine’s territory to Putin in potential peace deal with Russia as he insists it would ‘leave Kyiv weaker as a state’ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out giving away territory He said Russia ‘would keep coming back’ if such compromises were made  Voldymyr Zelensky has ruled out any peace deal with Vladimir Putin which […]

REVEALED: The anti-monarchy activist and his Republican group who held up a caricature of the King with the words ‘not fit for purpose’ in Milton Keynes Republic CEO Graham Smith believes the UK should elect its head of state Mr Smith and the group protested the King’s visit to Milton Keynes today He said Charles lacks ‘deference and sycophancy’ that surrounded […]

Keir parks his tanks on Rishi’s lawn: Starmer vows Britain’s staunch support for Ukraine will ‘remain the same’ if he becomes PM as Labour leader calls for Russian generals to face ‘justice’ in war crimes court on his first visit to Kyiv since invasion Sir Keir Starmer makes first visit to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began Labour leader vows UK’s […]

A NEW Banksy mural which was ruined by jobsworth council workers has been dismantled again in a bizarre twist. The artwork on the side of a building in Margate, Kent, originally showed a bruised 1950s housewife in an apron and washing-up gloves pushing a man into a freezer. The faceless artist confirmed it was his latest piece on Instagram. The mural, titled Valentine's […]