Moment brazen fly-tippers dump sofas, armchairs and huge piles of rubbish at Welsh beauty spot – before leaving Good Samaritan bystander ‘trembling with fear’

This is the shocking moment three serial fly-tippers are spotted dumping sofas, bin bags and chairs at a beauty spot before speeding away in a white van.  The clip was filmed on a scenic hillside popular with dog walkers on the outskirts of the village of Maesycwmmer in South Wales…

Chaos at Trump’s G20 summit as Europe issues stunning ultimatum over ‘family photo’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived at the G20 summit in the Blue Ridge Mountains facing a backdrop that was anything but picturesque. Donald Trump’s renewed strikes on Iran had pushed bond markets to record highs and a fresh trade war launched against Canada had darkened the skies. Bessent had also angered…

“Broken heart syndrome” can look just like a heart attack. This test can tell them apart

Takotsubo syndrome is a sudden heart condition that most often affects postmenopausal women and can be triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. It accounts for about 2 percent of patients initially thought to be having a heart attack – and up to one in ten women with acute coronary…

Man fatally shot in the head in the second suspected mistaken identity underworld hit to rock Sydney in less than two days

By ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 07:14 BST, 2 September 2026 | Updated: 16:37 BST, 2 September 2026 A man has been fatally shot at a home in Sydney’s west that also had two young children inside. Emergency services were called to a property on Bruce Street, in Merrylands West,…

Supermassive black holes ‘too big’ for the early universe may not be so massive after all

In the four years that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been making observations of the early universe, it has been delivering one scientific milestone after another. However, the $10 billion telescope has also left astronomers with a massive problem  — literally. The JWST has been routinely spotting supermassive…

‘Murdered’ newborn baby was ‘stabbed 15 times by family’ at Sheffield home before body was dumped in outhouse, court told

A newborn baby suffered 15 stab wounds before being hidden in an outhouse in Sheffield, a court has heard.   The child, named only as Baby S, was discovered fatally injured in a house in the Wincobank area of the city at around 6am on Sunday morning. She had allegedly been…

Brits complain too much, says Farage as he criticises MPs’ role in standards probe into £5m ‘gift’ from billionaire Reform donor

By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 15:36 BST, 2 September 2026 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 2 September 2026 Nigel Farage has warned Britain is a ‘complainant society’ too quick to demand investigations into politicians, as he defended his decision to accept £5m from a Reform donor. The party leader…

Falcon Heavy brings the heat photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026

Fire spews from the 27 Merlin engines of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket during the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket can generate some serious thrust, leading to incredible displays of fireworks as seen in the photo…

Inside the passage of America’s biggest climate law » Yale Climate Connections

by Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections September 2, 2026 Leah C. Stokes spent five intense years in the maelstrom of American climate politics. “The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet,” released September 1, is her memoir of those years, with nods to…

Olympic rower tells of his fear that he was going to be rammed by motorboat on River Thames

By CAMERON CHARTERS Published: 15:07 BST, 2 September 2026 | Updated: 15:08 BST, 2 September 2026 An Olympic rower has described his terror as a motorboat captain appeared to ‘lose his mind’ and nearly ram him on the River Thames. Silver medallist Jack Beaumont was left frightened by the ‘erratic’…