By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:20 BST, 31 August 2026 | Updated: 04:14 BST, 31 August 2026 An elderly woman had to have her legs amputated after an allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into her and her daughter while they were eating at a restaurant. Cristina Vargas, 81, and…
Drug driver who falsely claimed his girlfriend was hit-and-run victim jailed for nine years
A man has been jailed for causing the death of his girlfriend after claiming she had been struck in a hit-and-run. Matthew DuPlessis was sentenced to nine years and three months after admitting causing death by careless driving while unfit through drugs and to perverting the course of justice. Neighbours…
Ontario’s biggest power company draws the wrath of furious Canadians as outage map displays Lake America after Trump’s name change
The fallout continued from Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America as Canadians became irate at local companies that appeared to adopt it. The fracas erupted Sunday as Google Maps announced their decision to rename the body of water on their platform for US users, to Trump’s delight. Ontario’s biggest electrical provider was…
DAN HANNAN: If a nation as small as Iceland can proudly go it alone, why would ANYONE want to reverse Brexit?
Why was anyone surprised? Iceland is a wealthy and successful country. It had nothing to gain from joining the declining EU. A country with a proud and ancient parliamentary tradition does not lightly submit to a supranational technocracy. The nation with perhaps the best-managed fish stocks in the world does…
Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 on day one of festival: Revellers held over drugs, weapons and sex offences
Police have made 169 arrests on day one of London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival – with revellers held over possession of weapons, drugs and sex offences. The Met Police confirmed the total number as of 7.45pm on Sunday, with the vast majority of arrests occurring within the event’s perimeter and…
Pauline Hanson erupts at Anthony Albanese after he lashed out over One Nation storming Labor stronghold in historic upset
Pauline Hanson has hit back at Anthony Albanese after he attacked One Nation and accused them of dividing the country following the party’s historic win in Western Australia’s Secret Harbour by-election. Addressing the Queensland Labor conference on Sunday, the Prime Minister warned that ‘hard right populists are on the march’…
Baby elephant Zaiya learns how to protect herself from the sun and insects… after copying her mum
By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:01 BST, 31 August 2026 | Updated: 01:04 BST, 31 August 2026 An adorable baby elephant was seen learning how to protect herself from the sun at a UK zoo. The elephant calf Zaiya watched as her mother picked up sand with her trunk…
Labour mayor denies Middlesbrough is ‘lawless’, police are ‘doing a sterling job’ and youth clubs are the answer – but is that enough in town where drugs gangs are more violent than the IRA?
Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke said today it had been ‘very tough’ for the town to be in the spotlight but said police are ‘doing a sterling job’ and denied the town was ‘lawless’. It follows a week of escalating violence thought to be linked to a gangland war between two…
MORE dangerous criminals to be released early: Stalkers and abusers on ‘indefinite’ sentences up for release, as Labour minister tells Mail that Burnham ‘is not focused on risk’
Andy Burnham was last night accused of endangering the public over his latest change to the prison early-release scheme. The Prime Minister is facing a new backlash after changing the policy to keep PC Andrew Harper’s killers behind bars, but at the same time opening the cell door to hundreds…
Passengers on ferry that sank off Cyprus ‘told crew it was taking on water but were ignored before it capsized when windows blew out’: Survivors of disaster that killed at least eight describe panic as pensioners became trapped as it went down
Survivors of a ferry that sank off the coast of northern Cyprus said that the crew ignored their warnings that the boat was taking on water before it capsized, killing eight people. Searches are continuing into the night for around 18 people who are still missing after the ship, carrying…