My water provider has put in place a hosepipe ban starting officially on July 3. However, it has asked users to comply straight away. Can I get in trouble if I fill up a paddling pool for my children between now and then? What is the worst that could happen…
Starmer faces PMQs bearpit after blindsiding Burnham with £5bn ‘unexploded bomb’ in defence plans… making tax hikes even more likely
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:20 BST, 1 July 2026 | Updated: 08:32 BST, 1 July 2026 Keir Starmer faces a PMQs bearpit today after blindsiding Andy Burnham with a near-£5billion ‘unexploded bomb’ in new defence plans. The premier is due in the Commons amid an outcry over…
Charlie Kirk’s parents and widow Erika to confront assassination suspect Tyler Robinson next week as they attend key murder trial hearing
Charlie Kirk’s rarely-seen parents and widow, Erika Kirk, will come face to face with his alleged assassin next week at a hearing ahead of his bombshell murder trial. The family is expected to make a rare appearance at the key hearing for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of shooting…
America 250 — Here’s how to find a star whose light began its journey toward Earth in 1776
The United States’ 250th birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by looking for a star whose light began its journey to Earth around the time the Declaration of Independence was signed? Starlight travels through the near-perfect vacuum of space at a staggering 186,282…
How ‘man of the people’ Burnham used £16,000 of taxpayers’ cash to help buy himself a new London flat
Andy Burnham’s devotion to the north is said to be so great that he will continue to live there when he becomes Prime Minister, even shunning the grace-and-favour flat in Downing Street that comes with the job. However he has not always been so averse to making his home in the…
Former US Army soldier’s sick cover-up plot exposed as he’s found guilty of murdering wife then dumping her in a storm drain before joining desperate search for her body
A former US Army soldier stood stoically and emotionless when he was found guilty of killing his combat medic wife, after his lies about her death unraveled in court and he admitted he couldn’t remember whether he was the one who fired the fatal shot. Zarrius Hildebrand, 23, stared straight…
Rubin Observatory begins shooting the greatest cosmic movie ever, beginning a new era of astronomy
The universe is ready for its close-up! That’s because today marks the day that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins it’s 10-year mission to shoot the greatest cosmic move ever created. The decade-long project officially known as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is set to revolutionize our…
Texas fire chief dies in needless accident while awaiting birth of his third child
By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 06:29 BST, 1 July 2026 | Updated: 06:30 BST, 1 July 2026 A Texas fire chief was killed in a tragic accident just two weeks before his pregnant wife was due to give birth to their child. Charles Woodward was struck by a Chevrolet…
Harrowing moment woman is nearly killed inside 7ft sinkhole until brave officer runs to rescue
A woman had a brush with death after getting trapped inside of a massive sinkhole before being rescued in a stunning moment that was captured on camera. A 7-foot sinkhole opened in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, last Tuesday afternoon as the city was being battered by torrential rain. During the downpour, the…
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA’s InSight mission suggest. The marsquakes detected by InSight show a boundary 15 miles (24 kilometers) deep between two different types of rock that were formed by enormous pools of magma. The presence of…