Royal Opera House to stage ‘non-racist’ version of Madame Butterfly after year-long consultation to strip it of Japanese stereotypes A number of changes have been made to its make-up, costumes and movement It comes after the opera had a year-long absence amid accusations of racism Royal Opera director said it aimed to ‘interrogate depiction of Japanese culture’ The Royal Opera […]

This has got to stop NOW: Grant Shapps warns tour giants not to over-book flights amid fears the airports fiasco could drag on into the summer The Transport Secretary has blamed chaos at airports on ‘overselling’ of flights Grant Shapps said that he would meet with industry leaders to address problems With summer holidays fast approaching, airlines could struggle to […]

Ukraine challenges Macron to visit Kyiv before the end of June and urges the French president to send more weapons to help fight Putin’s forces Macron is yet to visit Kyiv since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 This is despite several Western leaders travelling to meet President Zelensky Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Macron […]

Margaret Thatcher statue is officially unveiled in £100,000 ceremony in her home town days after the 10ft-high memorial was vandalised with paint and egged by protesters The £300,000 memorial to Margaret Thatcher was unveiled in Grantham today A 10ft-high statue of Baroness Thatcher has been put in the Lincolnshire town Protesters have already thrown eggs at it and thrown red […]

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI when he pushed information meant to cast suspicions on Donald Trump and Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election. The case against Michael Sussmann was the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham since his appointment […]

A retired police officer died in an “avoidable accident” at an NHS hospital after his head was crushed between the rails and mattress of his hospital bed. Max Dingle, 83, died 15 minutes after he was found “entrapped” in the bed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on May 3 2020. Concluding an inquest into Surrey-born Mr Dingle’s death, a senior […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter A sex offender has broken out of prison where he is serving a life sentence for aggravated burglary. HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire, has reported Gary Butcher, 55, has escaped just three months after another sex offender did a runner. As police ask the public to keep […]

After a boat capsized Sunday evening, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Marine Evidence Recovery Team found another body during an overnight search in Lake Pueblo State Park, according to state officials. A person went missing over Memorial Day weekend when a boat with 13 people on board capsized due to high winds. “Our MERT team worked all night and around 5:45 […]