By INDERDEEP BAINS, CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT and LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER Published: 00:49 BST, 11 July 2026 | Updated: 11:40 BST, 11 July 2026 The best of British turned out in force at Wimbledon on Friday as the country’s last remaining hope Arthur Fery faced his biggest battle yet. The…
White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed as the head of a new White House group to study unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP, a new catch-all term for UFOs that might appear not just in the air but also in space or underwater. Loeb says the group is focused on…
Faking football: How to bluff your way through England’s quarter-final clash with Norway – from Bellingham’s and Haaland’s ‘bromance’… to manager Thomas Tuchel’s steamy love life
Whether you like football or not, England versus Norway will be unavoidable. It will encroach on weddings, dinner parties and barbecues later today, and the fever it provokes will be infectious. A balmy afternoon of national anticipation will also trigger football bores and nerds, who come out like flying ants…
Blow for Nigel Farage as Brits say they would back Count Binface in Clacton by-election as Reform chief now faces competition from fresh rivals including a fox and a fishfinger
By CHRISTIAN CALGIE, SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT-AT-LARGE Published: 17:17 BST, 10 July 2026 | Updated: 10:47 BST, 11 July 2026 A worrying new poll for Nigel Farage has seen the British public say they would back Count Binface to win the Clacton by-election if given the chance. A national survey for…
Billionaire Royal Mail boss took my fiancee: He’s the ruthless businessman known as the Czech Sphinx who snatched one of Britain’s corporate crown jewels. But he also grabbed a stunning model 23 years his junior from her teenage sweetheart
Last March, the Royal Mail posted a short advert on Facebook and Instagram, reminding viewers to send a card for Mother’s Day. Touching or cheesy, depending on one’s taste, the 20-second film portrayed a young mum chastising her daughter for having an untidy bedroom – only to realise that she’d…
Detectives investigating Andrew ‘will fly to the US to talk to Virginia Giuffre’s family’ as they continue probe into disgraced royal
Detectives investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are preparing to travel to the United States to quiz Virginia Giuffre’s family, her brother has revealed. Thames Valley Police want to talk to relatives of Ms Giuffre, who died in April last year, about her allegations of sexual assault against the former prince. Detectives are…
Boy, 16, is charged with murder after body of 13-year-old Layla Jeffery was found in Donald, Victoria
By ELIZA MCPHEE, ASSISTANT EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 08:56 BST, 11 July 2026 | Updated: 09:11 BST, 11 July 2026 A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the body of 13-year-old Layla Jeffery was found in bushland in Victoria. Layla was last seen on McCracken Street in Donald – about…
My darling pal Ann Widdecombe: He spoke to her the day before she died. Here, shocked and saddened beyond measure, ANDREW PIERCE recalls their brandy-soaked dinners – and how they pulled a fast one on David Cameron
Yesterday afternoon, as I heard the TV news anchor reporting that ‘police had launched a murder inquiry’, I could hardly believe that they were talking about my treasured friend Ann Widdecombe. I had been horrified to learn early on Thursday that ‘the Saintly Widders’, as I’ve always affectionately called her,…
Ice cream wars heat up: 99 cones now change hands for a sweat-inducing SEVEN POUNDS in Britain’s latest heatwave
As Britain’s third heatwave of the summer strikes this week, temperatures are not the only thing set to rise. Across the nation, prices of ice cream are soaring as people grapple to keep cool, with a single scoop of the confectionery now setting buyers back just shy of a tenner…
Andy Burnham faces new revolt on Left as Labour MPs urge him to ditch tough immigration reform
By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR and DAN HODGES, DAILY MAIL COLUMNIST Published: 22:40 BST, 10 July 2026 | Updated: 06:56 BST, 11 July 2026 Andy Burnham is to stand firm on immigration reform despite dozens of Labour MPs urging him to back down. The incoming Prime Minister is said by…