35 m. ago High street store puts security tags on popular board game Brits love

Chiefs at WHSmith’s Croydon outlet in south London have slapped two layers of anti-theft measures on the £29.99 family gift – a hard plastic security alarm tag and sticker

Events

88 m. ago Angellica Bell joins starstudded guests at Mel B's wedding in flattering Reiss dress

We've found exactly where to shop Angellica Bell's chic dress as she attends Mel B's starstudded wedding alongside Emma Bunton, Cara Delevingne, Alan Carr and more

Politics

1 hour ago Coronation Street fans gobsmacked as they realise two stars are mother and son

Coronation Street has seen a number of real-life family members appear on the cobbles over the years - but fans were left stunned after realising two stars are mother and son

Politics

2 h. ago Scots cafe 'under siege' from 'feral youth gang' who attacked third time in week

Sir Walter's Cafe in Princes Street in Edinburgh is reportedly 'under siege' from a feral gang of youths.

Events

3 h. ago Horror moment 'pet' lion leaps over garden wall to maul mum and two kids

Horrifying CCTV footage caught the moment a pet lion jumped out of it's home and pounced on a passerby walking on a busy street in Lahore, Pakistan

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5 h. ago Wife of crime boss 'Hotdog' will be 'forced to live in tent' after illegal scrapyard bust

Mary Smith, 48, will be forced to leave her eight-bedroom detached house after a judge granted a full closure order at the site on Meadow Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn

Events

6 h. ago Coronation Street fans gobsmacked as they realise two stars are real

Sue Jenkins and Richard Fleeshman both appeared on Coronation Street - but many fans had no idea about their real-life connection

Politics

6 h. ago ‘Like working in a volcano’: stories from six countries in Europe on a day of extreme heat

How chefs, street performers and cheesemongers struggled to get their jobs done in record-busting temperaturesHundreds of millions of people across Europe suffered an extreme heatwave this week, with temperatures smashing records as the continent sweltered.With the human-caused climate emergency pushing the mercury ever higher, early in the summer Europe is experiencing troubling temperatures. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Shopkeeper who groomed teenage girl with vodka and vapes before sexually assaulting her is jailed for 10 years

Daniel Hashmi was found guilty of six offences against the same child, including attempted rape, following a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

Events

7 h. ago 'I took my parents to Jeremy Clarkson's farm and made unexpected discovery'

When Alice's parents came to visit her from Sweden, she quickly decided that she had to bring them to Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm Shop - but she was surprised by one thing

Politics

8 h. ago I was so obsessed with doodling I drew all over my £1.35m mansion

Sam Cox, also known as Mr Doodle, rose to fame in 2017 when a video of him using a marker pen to draw all over a shop was viewed 46 million times in one week on social media.

Economics

8 h. ago ‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deacon, a regional jail counsellor and I form an impromptu book club. The novel under discussion is Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning Demon Copperhead, which is set in this area, Lee County, Virginia, during the 1990s, at the beginning of the opioid epidemic. I say that I loved the novel, that it was vivid and brilliant, heart-warming and tragic. Their reaction is more complex – there’s a real sadness behind it. Julie Montgomery-Barber, the jail counsellor, tells me she found the book “hard to read”. The Rev Nancy Hobbs agrees that reading it was painful, “because I felt like: I knew these people. At every level, from foster care to the football coaches to Demon. I knew Demon.”Hobbs and Montg...

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8 h. ago Zara at 50: how the brand rose to the top – and what it’s doing to stay there

As fashion empire hits middle age, it’s cutting costs and closing stores, shifting to larger outlets and new productsIn Arteixo, northern Spain, workers are putting the final touches to a gigantic white box of a building, fixing windows and planting greenery in the new global headquarters of the fashion brand Zara, which turned 50 this year.The site, complete with a private high street where the retailer will test out its latest store concepts, is not far from the small store on the corner of a nondescript street in the centre of nearby La Coruña where, in 1975, Amancio Ortega opened his first fashion store. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago 'I owned Diogo Jota's favourite coffee shop – I only texted his wife the day before the crash'

Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva tragically lost their lives in a car accident on Thursday morning, and the 28-year-old will be remembered by an acquaintance from his days with Wolves

Events

9 h. ago Woman fined over £400 by her council for flytipping for strange reason

Tyler Marie Richards employed them to remove a pile of 20 bin bags from her property in Bridge Street, Tonypandy.

Economics

9 h. ago Homeowners paint VERY blunt message on the roof of their house for anyone looking at their property on Google Maps

With the property blurred from Street View, some social media users have speculated it was to do with the homeowner's privacy.

Society

10 h. ago PM condemns ‘shocking acts’ after suspicious fire at Melbourne synagogue with 20 people inside

Police allege a man entered the grounds at about 8pm on Friday and poured a flammable liquid on the front doorGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has pledged federal support for Victorian authorities after police reported a suspicious fire was lit at a synagogue in East Melbourne on Friday night.Victoria police alleged an unknown man entered the grounds of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation on Albert Street at about 8pm on Friday and poured a flammable liquid on the front door of the building and set it on fire. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Five pieces Cat Deeley wore on This Morning available to shop at Next, Cos and more

A number of her stylish outfits, including a previously sold-out polka dot skirt, are available to buy so fashion fans can recreate the This Morning presenter's look

Politics

13 h. ago Scots teachers walk through raw sewage as 'human faeces flows down flooded street'

It came a day after SEPA issued a warning for bathers to avoid swimming at the town's beach.

Events

16 h. ago I went to a 7am rave with a DJ and glow sticks in a health food shop

Dancing before breakfast was a new experience for me

Society