81 m. ago How children's social worker, 27, led a double life running underground drug and gun network... and made vulnerable kids DELIVER for her

London social worker Chloe Scott, 27, boasted a dazzling CV centred around her experience in family safeguarding, protecting youngsters from harm.

Society

11 h. ago Ketamine stole our children: The £2 drug ravaged their insides, left them incontinent and destroyed their minds. Now these bereaved mothers say: 'If our stories can save one life, it'll be worth it'

Sophie Russell was a beautiful girl with a long, swinging ponytail and a gorgeous smile. She was a 'massive ball of energy' who worked hard and played hard.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Poor management leads to fatal crushes’: how Glastonbury and others are dealing with big crowds

After disasters such as Astroworld and scary bottlenecks at last year’s Glastonbury, Emily Eavis and crowd experts explain how they’re trying to make events safeIn the last two decades the British festival season has ballooned in size to become not just a critical part of our cultural life, but the economy at large – worth billions of pounds, and numbering as many as 850 events last year. But as Glastonbury kicks off this weekend and the season enters its peak, there are a growing number of controversies around crowd safety and management.In April, London Assembly member and Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall echoed Metropolitan police concerns about the potential for a “mass casualty event” at Notting Hill Carnival this year, and in May, the Mail on Sunday published an anonymous Glastonbury whistleblower’s allegation that the festival is a “disaster waiting to happen Worst-case scenario, people are going to die.” Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago Blue Peter star Richard Bacon unrecognisable 27 years after being sacked in huge scandal

Former Blue Peter icon Richard Bacon has undergone a major image overhaul since his days on the children's TV show after being fired for his drug use while on the BBC programme

Politics

7 d. ago Tattle Life left me with panic attacks and fearing for my children's safety

Lauryn Goodman opened up about how Tattle Life left her with panic attacks and fearing for her children's safety as sick trolls said she was a drug-using sex worker.

Events

8 d. ago Tony Bellew's life from marrying his childhood sweetheart to amassing huge net worth

Tony Bellew will be opening up about his health and family life on the upcoming ITV show Alison Hammond's Big Weekend. Here's a look at his life away from the cameras...

Politics

8 d. ago Bereavement support charity for children hosts Eid celebration in Motherwell

The event at Forgewood CC was with The Miracle Foundation’s Together We Thrive initiative

Politics

1 week ago The Last Journey review – Sweden’s Ant and Dec hit the road with octogenarian dad

In this moving and funny documentary, Swedish TV presenters Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson try to rekindle Filip’s father’s zest for life on a road trip to France‘Do you want to rot away in an old armchair?” asks Filip Hammar, a Swedish TV presenter, talking to his dad. In this charming, often hilarious documentary, Hammar takes 80-year-old Lars on a road trip to the south of France; the idea is to rekindle Lars’s spark, shake a bit of life back into him. Since retiring as a French teacher, Lars has been sitting around at home, steadily more depressed and frail. Hammar wants to show his dad that life is worth living. But as you’d expect from a documentary this heart-warming, Hammar has a lesson or two to learn himself.For the trip, Hammar has bought a knackered old Renault 4, the same car the family had when he was a kid. Their destination is the apartment they rented every summer holiday (judging from the old photos, this was pre-factor 50 sunscreen; everyone was a livid shade...

Events

1 week ago Gareth Bale's huge net worth and life beyond football as he could become EFL co

Gareth Bale is reportedly set to front a takeover bid at League One side Plymouth Argyle as the Welsh football icon looks set to switch his focus to the boardroom

Politics

1 week ago Nintendo Switch 2 review: Is new console worth the money? from battery life to joy

Nintendo's latest hardware may lack surprises, but it's a confident follow-up to one of its best ever - here's our full Switch 2 review, including everything you need to know about the system

Politics

2 w. ago Inside Ryan Reynolds' life including net worth and Nickelodeon role that launched his career

Ryan Reynolds' latest series will be available to watch on Disney+ from June 16

Politics

2 w. ago Brave mums fighting scandal 'bigger than thalidomide' land Pride of Britain nomination

The Mirror spoke to the two mums at the heart of a campaign for compensation for victims of an epilepsy drug that caused up to 20,000 children to be born with birth defects

Politics

2 w. ago Alex Cooper’s net worth: How the Call Her Daddy host built a multi

Cooper first started the ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast in 2018

Politics

2 w. ago Dave Portnoy says it took him years to make his first $1m – but now money just comes to him: ‘Once you get it, it’s easy to get a lot more’

‘Once you get it its a lot easier to get a lot more,’ Portnoy told Shannon Sharpe

Economics

2 w. ago Children's football coach caught on M4 with drug haul worth thousands

'You put your employment in jeopardy, and your family life - that's how much of a fool you have been'

Events

3 w. ago Mystery over 'heartbreaking' message in a bottle that left people in tears is solved as bereaved daughter reveals her late mother's final wishes

Single mum of five Wendy Chadwick always dreamed of seeing the world but could only manage holidays in the UK. But this has changed after her death.

Politics

3 w. ago The Survivors review – a murder mystery so intense you’ll watch through your fingers

This adaptation of the bestselling Australian crime novel is full of twists, turns and red herrings. Its focus on the terrible grief of bereaved mothers makes it a cut aboveI hope you have had enough time to recover from Robyn Malcolm’s barnstorming performance as a harrowed wife and mother labouring under burdens no one should have to endure in the acclaimed After the Party, because here comes another one.The Survivors is a six-part adaptation of Jane Harper’s bestselling Australian crime novel of the same name, by Tony Ayres – who did the same for Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap 10 years ago, which followed families fracturing under the weight of a moment’s lost control, and who wrote Stateless in 2020 about lives intertwining at an Australian immigration detention centre. This is a writer who doesn’t shy away from the pain human beings can inflict on one other. The Survivors is technically a murder mystery but its real subject is grief and terrible, terrible guilt. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Jack Draper's net worth, childhood, personal life, and honest thoughts on modelling

The 23-year-old, who is fifth in the ATP rankings but has never won a match at Roland Garros, is hoping to secure a place in the quarter-finals at the French Open this week

Events

3 w. ago Mothers fight to protect children from drugs as ‘hotspotting’ takes hold in Lesotho

Women campaign against needle-sharing and ‘bluetoothing’ in African state with one of the world’s highest rates of HIVPontso Tumisi remembers seeing crystal meth for the first time in her daughter’s bedroom several years ago. When her daughter said the crystals were bath salts, she believed her. Now, she regrets that naivety.Tumisi says a lack of knowledge about drugs among parents and guardians has allowed many children’s use of dangerous substances to go undetected. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Craig David's health battle left him in 'dark place' as he felt 'life wasn't worth living'

Singing sensation Craig David admitted his excessive exercise regime left him with a serious injury that effected his mental health as he believed life 'wasn't worth living'

Events