55 m. ago UK terror watchdog warns national security plan ignores escalating online threats

Independent reviewer says need to protect against online threats is now as important as need for robust armed forcesThe UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws has criticised the government’s latest national security strategy for failing to take online threats more seriously, despite Keir Starmer claiming it would result in “a hardening and sharpening of our approach” in the face of Russian menace.Jonathan Hall KC said it was “a very surprising omission” that the 2025 national security strategy did not focus more on online risks, including from terrorists and hostile states, which he said were now a “major vector of threat”. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago ‘Positive news’ revealed in health update on seriously wounded National Guardsman shot in DC

A suspect in the Wednesday shooting will be charged with first-degree murder, according to federal officials

Politics

6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews yesterday's TV: This touching twist on The Repair Shop taps into our love of nostalgia

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: That sweetly touching story sets the template for this series. The format could easily be extended to fill an hour at primetime, with two builds per episode.

Politics

6 h. ago Justice secretary to lay out sweeping reforms for ‘swift justice’ including scrapping some jury trials

Judge-only trials could replace juries for less serious crimes as David Lammy unveils ‘bold’ plans for a Canada-inspired justice system

Society

6 h. ago Still Game and Two Doors Down icons create jokes for Tennent's Christmas crackers

Research has found that only 10 per cent of Scots find Christmas cracker jokes funny.

Politics

8 h. ago Girl killed in crash involving minibus carrying nine teenagers near school in Tadcaster

Another girl is serious injured after the crash near Tadcaster Grammar School on Monday afternoon

Events

8 h. ago Teenage girl killed in minibus crash as Mercedes driver arrested

Another teenage girl suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.

Events

8 h. ago Mammoth series two review – it is a subversive thrill to laugh at these offensive jokes

This old-school sitcom about a PE teacher who wakes after being frozen since the 70s is an impeccably deadpan send-up of masculinity. But it hits hardest when this unreconstructed man turns out to be right about life todayYou can lay the demise of political satire at the door of stranger-than-fiction governmental turmoil. You can attribute the disappearance of pop culture pastiche to a fractured zeitgeist and the thinning out of the artistic mainstream. Yet there’s no obvious reason for the scarcity of jokes about contemporary society in comedy. Maybe it has something to do with the decline of the sketch show; perhaps it’s simply because there’s far less funny stuff on TV in general (during the 2010s, the BBC’s comedy output almost halved). Whatever the reason, when we get a chance to laugh at modern mores, we should probably take it.Re-enter Mammoth, an old-school sitcom from the Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins. The 53-year-old stars as the eponymous Tony Mammoth, a PE teacher who was ...

Politics

8 h. ago Teenage girl is dead and another seriously hurt after minibus crash: Woman, 40, is arrested

The minibus was carrying nine passengers aged between 16 to 18 and collided with a Hyundai car in Tadcaster shortly before 12.30pm on Monday.

Events

9 h. ago I'm A Celeb review: Rows in camp are always over something so petty it's laughable

Daily Star TV man Mike Ward can't help but notice that whenever the celebrities fall out it's always over the slightest of issues, such as the dunny or washing up

Politics

9 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs decries Netflix series by 50 Cent as ‘shameful hit piece’

Disgraced and incarcerated music mogul claims footage in docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning was stolenSean “Diddy” Combs has taken issue with a splashy new Netflix docuseries on his life and many legal troubles, that is executive produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent.The former Bad Boy Records executive and hip-hop star, currently serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related charges, blasted Sean Combs: The Reckoning as a “shameful hit piece”, and accused Netflix of incorporating stolen footage. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Teen girl killed in horror minibus crash as road shut for hours and driver arrested

Another teenage girl suffered serious injuries and was rushed to hospital.

Events

9 h. ago I'm A Celebrity fans 'can't believe' announcement made by Ant and Dec

The series has entered its final week

Politics

9 h. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: Ruby Wax takes on Bushtucker trial before third celebrity eviction

Eddie Kadi was second to be voted off ITV series after camp controversy saw Ruby Wax overtake Shona McGarty as camp leader

Politics

9 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Lisa Riley says 'I'd break their face' as she talks 'derogatory' antics

I'm A Celeb and Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has joked she would “break their face” if a fan ever dared to be mean to her face, as she channelled her inner Mandy Dingle

Politics

10 h. ago Sam Faiers looks a million miles from her TOWIE days as she turns heads in a dramatic gown and kooky head piece at star

The reality star, 34, who appeared on the ITV2 series from 2010 to 2014, turned heads in a dramatic look as she graced the Royal Albert Hall's red carpet.

Events

10 h. ago Netflix adds spy thriller with supernatural twist fans 'watch in one go'

A brand new horror series has just been added to Netflix with six episode for viewers to binge-watch

Politics

10 h. ago Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don't comply with government rules

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements

Politics

11 h. ago Downton Abbey star unrecognisable in supernatural spy thriller now on Netflix

The hidden gem series has only just landed on Netflix and boasts some high-profile names in its cast

Politics

11 h. ago Car park jam had me trapped, weekend shopping has become a joke

We're not even in peak Christmas shopping period and it's already horrendous

Economics