8 h. ago Town set to host 600 asylum seekers spends £450,000 on Pooh's birthday

A town fighting plans to house 600 single male asylum seekers on a nearby military base is angry £450,000 is being spent on Winnie-the-Pooh celebrations, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Economics

8 h. ago Female firefighter wins £40,000 payout for unfair dismissal after she was left 'traumatised' when a male colleague she was romantically involved with snooped through her private journal

Kelly Rice struck up a romantic relationship with the senior firefighter who was her mentor in the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service department.

Economics

8 h. ago NHS emergency care crisis laid bare: 2025 set to be worst year on record damning figures show, as Labour is accused of being in 'total denial'

Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to October after medics decided they were so sick they needed to be admitted to a ward.

Events

18 h. ago Tourist is jailed for 25 years after driving into and killing two armed robbers in Turkey after they stole £31,000 from him at gunpoint

This is the moment a Ukrainian tourist rammed two armed robbers off a motorcycle with his car after they smashed his window and stole £31,000 from him at gunpoint.

Events

21 h. ago Bride wins £16,000 payout after her luxury wedding to racehorse trainer's son was ruined when 50ft yurt collapsed 24 hours before the nuptials

Equestrian centre owner Charlotte Crane, 29, and William Easterby, 31, - son of trainer Tim Easterby - had planned their special day for June 2024.

Economics

58 h. ago Lucky football fan turns £1 into £16,000 after winning insane 19

A football fan has pulled off the bet of their life after banking £16,123.48 from just a £1 stake on a 19-leg accumulator. The extraordinary win saw Sky Bet pay out the massive sum to a lucky customer.

Economics

4 d. ago Firefighter boss loses unfair dismissal case after failing to challenge sexist language

Simon Bailey, 58, was given a written warning after failing to stop colleagues using the word 'fireman' to a female firefighter.

Events

4 d. ago 'Old fashioned' boss failed to stop female firefighter being called 'fireman'

'Old fashioned' firefighter Simon Bailey, 58, who failed to call out his colleagues for 'belittling' a female colleague was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has found

Events

4 d. ago British holidaymaker accused of stealing £30,000 worth of wine from prestigious estate in US

Natali Ray may face up to 50 years in prison after being charged over the missing wine at a luxury cellar

Economics

4 d. ago Moment British holidaymaker and accomplice 'steal £30,000 of fine wine' in audacious US distraction theft as she could face up to 50 years in jail

Natali Ray could now face as much as 50 years in jail having been charged with grand larceny and other offences after several bottles from the most prestigious estate in Burgundy went missing.

Events

5 d. ago Horse racing betting tax hell avoided thanks to Daily Star campaign

Chancellor Rachel Reeves ditched plans to hike the gambling tax on horse racing that would have cut punter's winnings and resulted in the loss of 40,000, according to industry experts

Politics

6 d. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall for parents of six or more children

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

6 d. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Rachel Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

7 d. ago 'Red tape lunacy' to land London accountant with £16,000 bill to replace two windows in his ground floor flat

A Westminster councillor said the requirement to get sign-off from the Building Safety Regulator to change the windows is ‘ridiculous’

Economics

7 d. ago Play on stage at Ally Pally... and win £180,000! Paddy Power's incredible offer to darts fans who donate to Prostate Cancer charity

Paddy Power has launched a new initiative offering one darts fan the chance to win £180,000 live on stage at Alexandra Palace, provided they can score 180 points with nine darts.

Economics

9 d. ago David Egan dedicates winner to Tommie Jakes as fundraiser for his family reaches £20,000

Egan was speaking after he rode the horse Shiplake to win at Southwell on Friday. He made it a double on fellow Kevin Philippart De Foy trainee Domina Ignis in the colours of Amo Racing

Economics

1 week ago Departing MPs were handed over £14MILLION in payoffs and 'winding up' salary after election

The Commons watchdog has given details of the costs of the huge political bloodbath that swept Keir Starmer to power.

Economics

1 week ago Dunstable warehouse worker wins £80k Range Rover after spending just 22p

A warehouse worker from Dunstable was left in tears after winning an £80,000 Range Rover D300 through a prize draw that cost him just 22p

Economics

1 week ago Morrisons makes 1,700 paperboys and papergirls redundant after selling its home delivery operation

Around 25,000 households get their daily paper from Morrisons Daily, the delivery wing of the major supermarket chain. The body largely employed young people for less than eight hours a week.

Society

1 week ago 4 key signs your cough may be signalling more than just a cold this winter

A continuous cough could be more than just a winter cold for 600,000 people in the UK

Politics