A train was pulled out of service in Oxfordshire on Monday afternoon as staff said it was ‘too hot to go on’ while Britain sizzled in its hottest May day ever. Passengers were forced off the 4.37pm service from London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction, West Midlands, after the air conditioning…
Talented young Traveller poet says racist comments on social media posts should NEVER be turned off, deleted or censored as she explains why ‘it feels like a knife in the chest’ when they are…
By KATE LYNCH Published: 22:17 BST, 25 May 2026 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 25 May 2026 A Traveller poet believes platforms should not disable racist comments made under videos of content celebrating minority voices, saying it feels ‘like a knife in the chest’ for those targeted by online abusers. Caitlyn…
Woman, 30, dies after shooting outside bar in Sheffield: Police arrest three people in connection
By GETHIN HICKS, REPORTER Published: 17:28 BST, 25 May 2026 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 25 May 2026 Three people have been arrested after a 30-year-old woman died in a shooting outside a Sheffield bar during the early hours of Monday morning. Police rushed to the scene outside One Four One…
Friendship between Dracula author Bram Stoker and Daily Mail columnist helped iconic vampire novel to global success, writer’s family reveal
An apparent friendship between Dracula writer Bram Stoker and a Daily Mail journalist may have helped play a key role in promoting the famous vampire novel, the author’s family have revealed. Robert Leighton, the newspaper’s late 19th-century literary editor, sent a ‘quite personal’ letter to Stoker – highlighted as ‘remarkable’…
Disgraced Peter Murrell behind bars after admitting £400,000 embezzlement of SNP funds
Peter Murrell was locked up on Monday after admitting embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP. The former party chief executive was led away from court in handcuffs after the bombshell admission. He was initially charged with using more than £459,000 of the SNP’s funds but after amendments and deletions…
Tuesday is going to be even HOTTER, Met Office warns: UK weather map reveals where mercury is expected to hit 36C tomorrow – after today’s record breaking May day
Tuesday is set to be even hotter than Monday’s record breaking heatwave with temperatures soaring to 36C. The Met Office has warned that sweltering temperatures could reach up to 36C in the south east of England by 2pm on Tuesday – just a day after Britain recorded its hottest ever…
Paradise loved by Americans is rocked by serial killer investigation as three women are murdered weeks apart
A travel hotspot loved by American tourists has been plagued by fears of a possible serial killer after three women were found dead within 11 days. Police in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, are probing possible links between the killings after the latest victim’s body was discovered Thursday…
Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything
Sometimes, you work tirelessly on a problem, only to realise you have been going about it all backwards. Imagine trying to fit a massive antique piano through a tiny doorway. You have tried everything – rotating it, removing the legs, forceful shoving – but you just can’t get it to…
Terrifying moment plane crashes into paraglider, sending her spiralling through the air before emergency parachute saves her
Shocking footage captured the moment a plane crashed into a paraglider before tearing through her parachute, sending her spiralling through the air. A video clip recorded by thrill-seeker Sabrina, 44, shows her almost being killed by a small aircraft racing over the Schmittenhöhe mountain on the eastern end of the Kitzbühel…
Trump pays tribute to Iran war dead and vows Tehran ‘will never have a nuclear weapon’ in Memorial Day speech
President Donald Trump commemorated Memorial Day on Monday with an appearance at Arlington National Cemetery, where he paid tribute to the 13 US servicemembers who died in the Iran war. This year’s Memorial Day is the first since Trump ordered military action in Venezuela and a larger assault on Iran following…