Commuters’ fury as Uber hike fares ‘by up to 50%’ as it reports ‘significant’ surge in demand during biggest rail strike in 30 years Uber were criticised this morning after prices increased due more demand The app automatically surges costs if there are more orders than cars available The strikes by the Rail, Maritime and […]

THE world's biggest freshwater fish has been caught – and it weights as much as a grizzly bear. The massive 661lb stingray was snared by Cambodian fishermen in the Meekong river on June 13. Once snagged, the 13ft-long fish was landed on the Koh Preah island by local fisherman Moul Thun, 42, who contacted scientists […]

ELON Musk’s teen son has filed a petition to change her gender as she wants to be unrelated to her biological dad. The former Xavier Alexander Musk, 18, filed the paperwork in California on April 18 to change her name. The petition reveals that she wants to be known as Vivian Jenna Wilson, TMZ reported. […]

UBER and Bolt services have crashed as Brits try desperately to get to the office during the worst rail strikes in a generation. Users cannot book rides this morning as train and Tube services shut down. Those who can are facing astonishing price hikes. A three-mile journey from Paddington to King's Cross with Uber was […]

Vienna: Iran is escalating its uranium enrichment further by preparing to use advanced IR-6 centrifuges at its underground Fordo site that can more easily switch between enrichment levels, a United Nations nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters shows. The move is the latest of several steps the country had long threatened to take but held […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. The restaurant encountered “adverse conditions” on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands, in […]

‘Fairer’ BBC licence fee could be linked to council tax with people in lower-band properties paying less, Nadine Dorries says  Licence fee is unfair as everyone pays the same regardless of income: Dorries Culture Secretary mulls German model, with payments tied to property tax rate Nadine Dorries will launch consultation as part of year-long review […]

Modern art was such a snooze! Prince William admits he DOZED OFF during lectures at university Prince William says he would fall asleep during lectures at St Andrews University He said he was ‘terrible’ for dozing off and had to quit studying art because of it The Duke of Cambridge said being able to study […]

Priti Patel WILL challenge European ruling that halted Rwanda flight by filing submissions to Strasbourg ‘imminently’, court hears The Home Secretary is poised to make a formal challenge to the ECHR Official submissions will be made to Strasbourg-based court ‘imminently’ The inaugural flight had to be called off within half an hour of take-off Priti […]

NHS green guru who will make patients see red: Amid struggle to see a GP face-to-face, he hails virtual appointments’ effect on carbon emissions Dr Nick Watts said remote consultations saved  276kilotonnes of carbon last year The chief sustainability officer at NHS England said it’s an effective ‘intervention’ He added everyone who wants an in-person consultation […]