Calls are growing for a crackdown on reckless drivers filming themselves performing dangerous stunts for social media likes after two tragedies left 12 dead in the space of a week. Videos of youngsters joyriding in stolen cars or inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel are becoming ever more prevalent across…
ROBERT HARDMAN: Move over Binface… this obscure election could be the one to supercharge a Tory revival – and stop the loony-Left Greens taking over crime-hit south London
True, it is not quite up there with the recent high-profile by-elections in Clacton (Farage v Binface) or Gorton (Greens v Reform), let alone Andy Burnham’s victory-cum-coronation in Makerfield. But the 2026 by-election season is far from over. This Thursday, as we enter the doldrums of the bank holiday weekend,…
Hidden extras, tourist tax… and €3 for TAP WATER: The subtle tactics Gran Canaria’s rip off restaurants use to squeeze every last Euro out of Brit holidaymakers
British tourists are being fleeced by bars and restaurants in Gran Canaria with hidden prices, added extras and misleading menus designed to confuse diners. An undercover Daily Mail investigation found holidaymakers repeatedly handed menus without prices, bogus taxes and items added to bills they hadn’t ordered. We uncovered a series…
The ‘Irish Option’ that could tackle UK’s traveller site surge: Calls to make trespass a criminal offence in bid to stop illegal land grabs
Andy Burnham has been urged to pursue ‘the Irish Option’ to tackle a surge in illegal traveller sites – as he was accused of weakening existing rules. Because trespass is a civil matter, enforcement is put in the hands of councils rather than police – but Tory figures argue it should…
More than £300k raised for families of hero police officers killed in Teesside crash
More than £300,000 has been raised for the families of two police officers killed when joyriders crashed into them on a dual carriageway. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died early on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough crashed…
UK flights to Spain forced to divert due to unidentified drone spotted close to airport runway
Flights from the UK and Ireland to Spain were forced to divert on Sunday night after a drone was spotted near an airport runway. The drone was spotted near runway 12 at Malaga Airport at around 9pm, prompting incoming flights from cities including London, Birmingham, Bristol and Cork to divert to nearby…
Woman is killed after car crashes into diners at a Westfield
By ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 07:10 BST, 24 August 2026 | Updated: 07:51 BST, 24 August 2026 A woman has died after a car slammed into the dining area of a shopping centre. The woman was on a pedestrian crossing outside Westfield Knox in Wantirna South, Melbourne’s east, when…
Terrified electrician stuck inside 130-foot high gas station sign for HOURS recorded goodbye message to wife and kids: ‘It was my final words’
A Chicago man recorded goodbye messages for his wife and children after spending hours stranded inside a giant gas station sign suspended more than 130 feet off the ground. Electrician A.J. Gow was working on the truck stop sign in Wilmington, Illinois, on July 21 when a mechanical failure left him…
Two police officers fired and arrested for ‘egregious criminal conduct’ during violent car stop in Arizona
Published: 06:15 BST, 24 August 2026 | Updated: 06:20 BST, 24 August 2026 Two Arizona officers were fired and arrested after they allegedly assaulted a couple during a traffic stop. Ex cops Luis Vasquez Jr and Antonio Felix allegedly beat and stunned an unidentified couple with a taser during an…
What Lake Bonneville Left Behind
At its peak, ancient Lake Bonneville would have been a sight to behold. Nearly as large as Lake Michigan, the Ice Age lake spread across much of western Utah and parts of Nevada and Idaho. When it eventually receded, it left behind flat, bright playas and salt flats rich with…