I have a recurring anxiety dream which wakes me up in tears night after night: it’s my wedding day and I’ve paid a fortune for a make-up artist to try to hide the raised red acne covering my face. But when she’s finished, I check the mirror and it looks…
Trout, farmers, and cities are competing for the same water in the Southwest » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: From Colorado to Mexico, the Rio Grande and its tributaries provide drinking water for millions of people, irrigate vast areas of farmland, and provide habitat for native cutthroat trout. So the water is in high demand, and strains on the river system are growing. As the climate warms, droughts…
Burnham’s Northern invasion: PM-in-waiting tees up tax raids on South and vows to set up new No10 in Manchester – but dodges questions
Andy Burnham put the South and the wealthy on notice today vowing a ‘new direction’ as his takeover in Downing Street looms. The PM-in-waiting is giving his first big speech in Manchester this morning, pledging to move power and money to the North, East and Midlands. He said the country had not been…
New search for British teen seven months after he disappeared on mountain hiking trip near Dracula’s castle
Rescuers have launched a fresh search for a British teenager who disappeared on a hiking trip near Dracula’s castle seven months ago. George Smyth, 18, was last seen in the Bucegi Mountains in Romania in November. He was there on a solo hiking trip, and told emergency services that he…
Dame Penelope Keith dies aged 86: Actress best known for The Good Life and To The Manor Born passes away ‘peacefully’ after battle with cancer
By MARK DUELL, DEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER (DIGITAL) Published: 11:13 BST, 29 June 2026 | Updated: 11:26 BST, 29 June 2026 Dame Penelope Keith, the actress best known for sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died aged 86. A statement issued this morning on behalf of her…
The Strawberry Moon rises June 29. Here’s what to expect from June’s full moon
Get ready to see the first full moon of summer as the stunning Strawberry Moon rises tonight (June 29). The moon officially reaches its full phase at 7:57 p.m. EDT (2357 GMT) on June 29 when it sits opposite the sun in Earth’s sky and appears fully illuminated. While that…
‘An insightless, gormless psychopath’: Forensic expert’s brutal assessment of accused killer’s police interview
The bizarre message an Australian expat accused of murdering a Thai teenager sent to the dead girl’s parents appeared to be ‘self-serving’, according to a leading forensic psychologist. Simon Peter Carman, 45, allegedly killed 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla before putting her naked body into a suitcase and dumping her remains near…
Polish national is charged with murder of man at Bronze Age stone circle in Peak District during summer solstice celebration
By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER Published: 10:06 BST, 29 June 2026 | Updated: 10:21 BST, 29 June 2026 A Polish national has been charged with murder after a young man was killed ‘in the most brutal way’ at a Bronze Age stone circle during a summer solstice celebration. Isaac Clare-Watts,…
How Albo made Angus Taylor crack up laughing by mocking a push to rebrand the Liberal Party
By NICHOLAS COMINO, POLITICAL REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 09:41 BST, 29 June 2026 | Updated: 09:47 BST, 29 June 2026 Angus Taylor broke into laughter in the House of Representatives after Anthony Albanese ridiculed a Liberal frontbencher’s call to ‘rebrand’ the party, turning a fiery tax debate into a pointed swipe…
California couple’s desperate bid to save man, 28, from crocodile attack ends in tragedy after they heard screams coming from beach while on vacation in Mexico
By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 07:15 BST, 29 June 2026 | Updated: 09:17 BST, 29 June 2026 A California couple desperately tried to save the life of a 28-year-old man from a deadly crocodile attack at the popular getaway spot Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Jamie Yetter, her fiancé Chris Bury,…