PETER HITCHENS: When you visit your local town centre, smell marijuana all around you, and witness endless antisocial behaviour, do you believe the claims that crime is falling? Me neither. And I’m about to tell you the sad truth about these ‘figures’

Britain’s most politically correct broadcasting station, BBC Radio 4, is currently transmitting a series arguing that we’re all wrong and that crime is, in fact, going down. Really? Well, so they say. A lot. Noisy trailers blare the foghorn voice of Mark Easton, who sums up his own message on…

13 sci-fi books that inspired our favorite shows and movies

The world of science fiction started with the written word, long before it hit the silver screen. Stories of man-made life, Martians, and other marvelous subject matter were being read long before the first sci-fi movie was released in 1902: Georges Méliès’ “A Trip to the Moon”. Some of these…

Blindsided Charles only found out about Harry and Meghan’s return on Sunday and it wasn’t discussed when King met his son six weeks ago

By SHANNON MCGUIGAN, NEWS REPORTER and REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR Published: 23:28 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 08:59 BST, 20 August 2026 King Charles has seemingly been blindsided by the news that Prince Harry and Meghan are returning to the UK.  The monarch is said to have only been informed on…

Sussexes ‘already have a house lined up to live in… and it’s not a Royal residence’

The Sussexes have already secured a new home in Britain following their shock announcement that they would be returning to the UK this month.  Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, are understood to be returning for an ‘extended period’, with Archie and Lilibet set to enrol at a British school.  The…

Mysterious Russian ‘space activity’ causes US Air Force flight to Antarctica to turn around: report

A mysterious incident over the southern Indian Ocean forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around due to an unnamed hazard in space. According to several New Zealand-based news outlets, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft left Christchurch Airport on New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday…

Australia’s $1trillion debt disaster: How Labor and the Coalition blew the nation’s fortune – and have left young Aussies to pay the staggering bill for decades: Peter van Onselen

One trillion dollars used to be a number large enough to induce a cold sweat. In Canberra, it now barely raises a shrug. Australia’s Commonwealth gross debt has officially crashed through the $1,000,000,000,000 threshold for the first time, and the political class is, by and large, unfazed by the milestone.…

Beaming Harry looks delighted as he breaks cover just hours after return to the UK was revealed (and shares a laugh with a fellow red head)

Prince Harry beamed with delight as he was pictured for the first time since it was revealed he will imminently return to the UK to live with his family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are understood to be relocating to Britain for an ‘extended period’, with Archie and Lilibet…

Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live. An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site today, during a window that opens at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT; 1 a.m.…

US Army U-turn over futuristic drone and robot unit is slammed as ‘deeply dangerous’

The US Army is set to phase out its drone assault battalion in a shock ‘back to basics’ U-turn that critics are branding ‘deeply regretful and dangerous.’ In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the Army declared that it would be shifting its focus away from its battalion exploring…

Melbourne granny Lolene was bashed, wrapped in plastic and dumped in a river before her killer went on a shopping spree – and she could be released in under four years

A Victorian woman who bashed and stuffed a sock down the throat of an 85-year-old lady, dumped her body in the river, and embarked on a wild shopping spree has been sentenced. The body of Lolene Whitehand was found floating in the Maribyrnong River in Flemington by a fisherman on…