A former US military base has become a brightly coloured 'graffiti park' after being closed down at the end of World War One. Fort Armistead in Maryland was constructed between 1885 and 1905 as part of the Endicott programme and was named after Major George Armistead, the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of […]

Formula 1 tycoon Ron Dennis submits plans for a £30m Berkshire mega-mansion complete with a hair salon, flower room, Roman bath-style underground pool and a tunnel to his boat on the Thames Former F1 boss Ron Dennis, 74, has submitted plans to build a huge £30 million mega-mansion in Berkshire  His proposal for the property includes a salon, flower room […]

Ukraine: Putin 'blaming intelligence services' says Kendall We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Vladimir Putin had reportedly planned to conclude his so-called “special operation” in Ukraine […]

Meet the OTHER Winston Churchill: RICHARD KAY’s fascinating look at a man who was once so famous our future Prime Minister wrote to him and volunteered to change his own name so the public wouldn’t mix them up American author Winston Churchill was well known in the early 20th century Our greatest statesman wrote to him in 1899 to offer […]

The state’s legal regulator has found there was insufficient evidence to make adverse findings against Victoria Police’s legal chief over his involvement in the use of criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as a police source in the so-called Lawyer X scandal. Findlay McRae, who has been in charge of force’s legal department for almost 15 years, was cleared of accusations he […]

Ukraine goes dark: Nasa images show cities have turned the lights off like Brits in the Blitz during Putin’s invasion New satellite pictures show much of Ukraine has been plunged into darkness  NASA images compare amount of light emitted on Feb 3 compared to March 9  Major urban centres have seen a clear reduction in the amount of light emitted […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter Ukraine’s prized zoo animals face starving to death amid Mad Vlad’s cowardly shelling. Defiant carers who have been living full-time with the traumatised beasts at Kyiv zoo are now running dangerously low on feed for its 4,000 beasts from 200 species. They have also been burning through medicine and […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter Britain's Ministry of Defence has shared the devastating impact of rockets Vladimir Putin's Russia is using in Ukraine. The MoD took to Twitter on Wednesday evening relaying the message that Russia has confirmed its deployment of TOS-1A thermobaric weapons. It captioned a chilling video of the damage the weapons […]

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for March 9, 2022, as of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Allenspark, CO — 0.8 inch at 8 a.m. – 3/9/2022 Bellvue, CO — 1.5 inches at 8 a.m. – 3/9/2022 Berthoud, CO — 0.3 inch at 7 a.m. – 3/9/2022 Boulder, CO — 1.6 inches at 8 […]