A cheeky prisoner who stabbed someone in the buttocks during a fight tried to get his jail time reduced because being locked up made him gain weight. Ben White, 34 and from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, piled on more than seven stone during his stint on remand and claimed he'd had only had one face-to-face visitor in that time. He was […]

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! Taliban militants have filmed themselves swanning around in the lavish palace of a US ally ahead of Afghanistan's capital Kabul being invaded. In the clip, members of the Islamic organisation sit smugly in the oversized golden chairs that belong to former vice president General Rashid […]

Incel killer’s hate-filled rants against women: How gunman Jake Davison raged at teenage girl online over ‘entitled’ females and shouted he ‘hated women’ during violent clash that put him on city’s wanted list The 22-year-old blasted the American teenager on a subreddit forum this month He said he was ‘bitter and jealous’ and that women ‘treat men with zero respect’ […]

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A RECORD 592 migrants crossed the Channel in a single day this week. In the same 24 hours on Thursday, the French stopped 420 migrants in 18 boats from attempting the trip, officials have also revealed. An Eritrean, 27, died while trying to reach the UK on that day when the boat he was in with 36 others sank 13 […]

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Epstein worker ‘will swear on oath that he saw Prince Andrew groping Virginia Roberts on billionaire’s island’ – amid claims that Royal aides fear ‘inconsistencies’ in Prince’s story if sex assault go to trial Steve Scully claims to have seen Duke kissing & grinding against blonde woman Queen’s courtiers piling pressure on Prince to change tack and speak publicly Aides […]

Fore (tune)! David Cameron plays golf near his home in Cornwall as he’s photographed in public for the first time since he ‘made £7.2m’ from Greensill Capital before it went bust David Cameron spotted on St Enodoc golf course near his £2m Cornish home  The former Prime Minister, 54, was seen in public for the first time since making a […]

While suburban congressional districts are swelling with new residents, lawmakers in large swaths of rural America and some Rust Belt cities are in need of more people to represent. In rural Illinois, Republican Rep. Mary Miller’s district is short 73,000 people. In northeastern Ohio, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan needs an additional 88,000 people. And the Detroit-area district of Democratic Rep. […]