2 h. ago David Byrne says he will marry girlfriend 18 years his junior ‘this week’ in surprise announcement

The rockstar subtly announced his engagement to Mala Gaonkar in August

Politics

2 h. ago Voices: Cracking down on transphobic hate speech doesn’t make the UK a police state

Graham Linehan's arrest for allegedly suggesting that people assault trans women is not an assault on free speech, writes Marc Burrows. The scandal is that we live in a society where some people think the language he reportedly used is acceptable

Events

2 h. ago ‘I watched the bombs fall. I watched the mothers’: how do we grieve the children of Gaza?

Palestine is not a metaphor. And yet – I’ve superimposed every experience of my own mothering these last months on to PalestineThe last time I carried a life, I got to hear her heartbeat exactly three times before it stopped. It was my fifth pregnancy. After the final appointment, the one where the surgeon furrowed her brow as she looked at the ultrasound, I walked down First Avenue. It was winter. It was the year after the pandemic had begun. I was feral with grief. I snapped at strangers, cried in the bodega, etc. I’d spent a year getting pregnant, then unpregnant. I’d wake in the middle of the night and remember: heartbeat, heartbeat. At times, I felt absurd for my grief. I couldn’t ascertain what the metric of a mother was, what goalpost had to be met. Had I met it? Surely grief like this – love like this – had to be more deeply earned?Three years later, I went under anesthesia again for another egg retrieval. At this point, I had a baby, nearly 18 months old. The surgery was on...

Events

3 h. ago Sidemen star KSI's staggering net worth, music career and 'secret' girlfriend

KSI has seen huge success over the years

Politics

4 h. ago Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes complains that British people hate the rich

Julian Fellowes criticised attitudes towards money, wealth and success in the UK in comparison to the United States.

Politics

4 h. ago Woman who 'lives life as a dog' hits back at haters who think puppy play is weird

A woman who wears ears and a tail to feel comfortable says puppy play is 'really fun', but there are some people who just don't get it. However, she's got a message for the haters

Events

6 h. ago Spraying of St George's Cross on clothes bank outside mosque being investigated by police as 'hate crime'

The first St George’s Cross was removed, but another was sprayed on the bank and reported to police the same day

Events

7 h. ago Streeting says hate speech laws are having ‘unintended consequences’ after arrest of Father Ted writer – UK politics live

Health secretary says government needs to balance legislation so police are ‘not just policing tweets’ following detention of Graham Linehan over posts on transgender issuesAt the Downing Street lobby briefing yesterday the PM’s spokesperson was reluctant to comment directly on the arrest of Graham Linehan. But he did say that Keir Starmer thought the police should be focusing on “antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, street crime, as well as reducing serious violent crimes like knife crime and violence against women”. The Daily Telegraph has interepreted that as an attack on the Met.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, was on the media round this morning and in some respects he adopted the same line. Asked about the arrest, he told Times Radio:I think the prime minister and the home secretary have been very clear that with the law and order challenges we’ve got in our country, we want to see people being kept safe by policing streets, not just policing tweets.One thing I would say, be...

Politics

7 h. ago Stranded on Honeymoon Island contestant felt 'dirty' after BBC show's 'extreme' conditions

BBC's latest reality TV show Stranded on Honeymoon Island sees contestants left to fend for themselves after marrying a stranger

Culture

7 h. ago 'Strangers mistake us for mum and daughter because of our 28

Claire Taylor Haukedahl, 39, and Tami Haukedahl, 67, say they faced cruel comments from trolls for engaging in a 28-year age gap relationship

Politics

8 h. ago US Open star Taylor Fritz suffers embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in primetime TV showdown with Novak Djokovic... before crashing out

The wardrobe blunder is made more notable by the pristine style of his girlfriend Morgan Riddle, whose outfits are always styled perfectly... and perhaps he'll wish she was present before the match.

Events

9 h. ago 'I think my girlfriend hates me – she bonked strangers behind racecourse bogs'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who is shattered after a disastrous day at the races

Politics

10 h. ago Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi review – love, war and betrayal

Troubled by a photo of her grandmother living it up in Mussolini’s Italy, the author of Free delves into archive and memory to uncover the truthIt starts with a photo. A black-and-white image of a couple relaxing on a pair of sun loungers in front of a luxury ski hotel: him, squinting against the sun; her, smiling at the camera, wrapped in a white fur coat. It is their honeymoon in Cortina, up in the Italian Alps.The year is 1941, and the woman is Lea Ypi’s grandmother. Ypi saw the picture after it had been posted online by a stranger, gone viral across Albania, and attracted a stream of abuse. “Morally degenerate” was one comment. “Fascist collaborator” another. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago Hero delivery driver stormed burning flat in bid to save tragic stranger

Carl Nielsen kicked the door of the flat in as fire ravaged the building in Dundee on Saturday.

Events

19 h. ago Dad necked vodka before punching partner on TUI flight in front of off

Kevin Chapman lashed out at his girlfriend while on an overnight flight from Greece to the UK and struck her in the face in front of an off-duty police officer who was on the plane

Politics

20 h. ago Bill Belichick, 73, and girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, are trolled after UNC football debut blowout

The former NFL coach signed a five-year contract with UNC last year

Politics

20 h. ago Stunt rider jumps motorcycle between two moving trucks OVER a motorway gantry

The bonkers stunt performed by Red Bull athlete and professional freestyle motocross rider Luc Ackermann, 27, almost ends in disaster.

Transport

22 h. ago Farmer left fearing for his life after arsonists target him and his Filipino tenants in 'racist hate campaign'

Sam Carson spoke out after a number of cars were set on fire in the Co Antrim town on Sunday and destroyed, in a racist attack.

Events

23 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'sorry' as they're divided over Tony Maudsley's George Shuttleworth update

Fans have recently seen George become single, with girlfriend Eileen Grimshaw having ditched the cobbles for a new life in Thailand

Politics

23 h. ago Kevin Costner's new girlfriend revealed as billionaire's ex 24 years younger than him

Yellowstone actor Kevin Costner is believed to be seeing a new woman following his bitter divorce from Christine Beumgarter last year as he's found someone 'just his type'

Economics