If you’re a Lego Star Wars collector, it’s likely the norm to spend hundreds of dollars on a set at least a couple of times a year. Lego’s Ultimate Collector’s Series is aimed at adults with a large amount of disposable income, and while some UCS sets are priced under…
Starmer is on the brink and the Tories are way out of the picture. This should be Nigel Farage’s moment… but this is why he’s blowing it: DAN HODGES
Last Thursday, Nigel Farage strolled into the luxury Raffles hotel on Whitehall for a book launch. The author of the 400-page tome was a man called George Cottrell, although he is more commonly known around Westminster as ‘Posh George’. And Posh George’s new contribution to the literary scene has an…
US fighter jets scrambled as five Russian war planes are spotted heading towards Alaska
By ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 08:03 GMT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 08:15 GMT, 20 February 2026 Nine US fighter jets have been launched after five Russian war planes were spotted heading towards Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Thursday it detected and…
SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket in The Bahamas for 2nd time ever
SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday (Feb. 19). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:41 p.m. EST (0141 GMT on Feb. 20). According to plan, the Falcon…
Founder of online fashion giant Asos ‘plunges to his death’ in Thailand: Millionaire, 58, dies in mysterious fall
By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:24 GMT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 07:42 GMT, 20 February 2026 The British co-founder of online fashion retailer Asos has died after falling from a high-rise apartment balcony in Thailand, according to reports. Quentin Griffiths, 58, who was born in London,…
Eric Dane dead at 53: Grey’s Anatomy star dies after courageous battle with ALS… less than a year after announcing diagnosis
Eric Dane, who was catapulted to fame after starring as the heartthrob McSteamy on Grey’s Anatomy, has died at 53. The actor’s death was announced on Thursday, less than a year after he revealed that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ‘With…
Scientists uncover oxygen-loving ancestor of all complex life
Scientists widely agree that complex life emerged after two very different microbes formed a close partnership. That merger eventually gave rise to plants, animals, and fungi, collectively known as eukaryotes. Yet one key question has lingered for years. How did these two organisms meet if one required oxygen to survive…
AI helps find new clues in the 60-year search for Luna 9, the 1st successful moon lander
Scientists may be closing in on the long-missing landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely touch down on the moon. On Feb. 3, 1966, Luna 9 descended into Oceanus Procellarum on the western edge of the moon’s Earth-facing side and transmitted the first…
Pauline Hanson UNLEASHES after the AFP receive reports of a crime over One Nation leader’s shocking ‘no good Muslim’ comment: ‘Want to put me back in jail!’
By ZAK WHEELER, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 06:16 GMT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 06:41 GMT, 20 February 2026 Pauline Hanson has accused the Australian Federal Police of launching a plot to send her to jail after the One Nation leader claimed there are ‘no good Muslims’ in the country. Hanson…
The MASSIVE no-expense-spared high society wedding for the son of Big Group hospitality giants Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh that has got Melbourne party set’s jaws dropping
A Melbourne hospitality heir has tied the knot in an extravagant wedding at his high-profile parents’ country estate on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Ben ‘BJ’ Keebaugh, the son of hospitality giants Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh, founders of global events company The Big Group, said ‘I do’ to his partner Abbie Greene…