France said on Monday that a suspected Russian oil tanker had been detained in the Atlantic over the weekend, in the latest such seizure aimed at combatting Moscow’s sanctions-busting ‘shadow fleet.’ The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of Britain and other partners, said…
Thousands of ‘cringe’ messages between Mandelson, ministers and aides will be released TODAY as Starmer braces for storm… but key vetting paper is STILL being withheld
Keir Starmer is bracing for a treasure trove of ‘cringe’ messages between ministers, aides and Peter Mandelson to be released today. The Government is finally publishing around a thousand pages of incendiary material covering the period when the New Labour architect was disastrously appointed US ambassador. They are believed to…
‘Someone was texting, you know who you are’: Moment Rosamund Pike berates audience member for using their phone during finale of West End play
This is the moment Rosamund Pike berated an audience member for texting during the finale of her ‘devastatingly emotional’ West End play. The actress and producer, who plays a Crown Court judge in Inter Alia at the Wyndham’s Theatre, returned to the stage after the curtain had fallen. But instead…
Town is forced to call in shepherd overrun by sheep causing nuisance by blocking roads, eating garden flowers and grazing in cemetery
By JOE ROSSITER, REPORTER Published: 08:29 BST, 1 June 2026 | Updated: 09:56 BST, 1 June 2026 A town overrun by nuisance sheep is hiring a shepherd to help round them up Blaenavon, in south Wales, has seen sheep run amok with the out-of-control creatures sparking traffic jams, eating garden…
Tracing The Piast Dynasty: A DNA Search For The Founders Of Poland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Piasts were a royal dynasty that influenced the political landscape of 10th-century medieval Europe. Although they founded and ruled early Poland, little is known about their origins, Poland’s transition to monarchy, or the broader processes of political formation in 10th-century East-Central Europe. Background: Lake…
Jewish lesbian couple are thrown out of Spanish ‘LGBTQ sauna’ after other customers saw Star of David necklace
A Jewish lesbian couple were thrown out of a Spanish LGBTQ+ sauna after one of the other customers saw one of them wearing a Star of David pendant. The incident took place in Sauna Thermas in Barcelona, which on its website advertises itself as a ‘gay sauna’ that ‘welcomes everybody’. The sauna…
Ministers are ‘turning a blind eye’ to yacht gangs smuggling migrants and drugs into quiet British villages
Ministers are putting the UK at risk by ‘willingly turning a blind eye’ to gangs smuggling migrants and drugs on yachts into Britain via quiet villages, officials have warned. Smugglers are turning to yachts to provide the clandestine route for people to enter the UK illegally while avoiding detection, typically…
This strange crystal acts like metal and glass at the same time
Creating nearly invisible wearable technologies such as smart contact lenses and ultrathin augmented reality (AR) glasses will require a radical redesign of conventional optical components. Instead of relying on bulky lenses and hardware, researchers are exploring materials that can manipulate light at the atomic scale. A team from XPANCEO, working…
No-nonsense judge gives piece of his mind to father who killed son and girlfriend as he sentences him to life in prison after watching him laugh through trial
A New York man who laughed as he pleaded guilty to killing his son and girlfriend was brutally reprimanded by a judge who sentenced him to life in prison on Friday. Onondaga County Judge Theodore H. Limpert declared in court that David Huff, 44, would have to serve at least 40…
Nicola Sturgeon’s crooked husband bought 108 loo rolls, 48 hours before she urged public not to panic buy at start of Covid pandemic
Peter Murrell bought more than 100 toilet rolls just hours before then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned the public against panic-buying during the pandemic. The disgraced SNP chief executive splurged on the essentials as his now estranged wife urged Scots to ‘apply common sense’ when lockdown loomed in March 2020. Murrell…