Keir Starmer calls for compulsory ‘speaking fluency’ lessons in schools saying being able to express yourself is as important as reading and writing Keir Starmer today pledged compulsory ‘speaking fluency’ lessons in state schools – insisting verbal skills are as important as reading and writing. The Labour leader said teaching children to express themselves should […]

‘It’s absolutely barmy’: Furious locals hit out at £15m pedestrianised highway ‘obstacle course’ after dozens of shoppers are hurt tripping over ‘hidden’ curb installed by council  Dozens of people, including councillors have hit out at the scheme Locals have slammed a £15million eco-friendly scheme and labeled it a ‘trip hazard’ after curb installed to help […]

Moment self-styled ‘assassin’ who tried to kill the late Queen is arrested after intruding Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow – after he was encouraged by his AI ‘girlfriend’ A photo of the crossbow he was carrying when arrested has also been released  This is the moment a self-styled ‘assassin’ who was encouraged to kill the late […]

Revealed: Chilling chats self-styled ‘assassin’ had with AI bot ‘girlfriend’ who encouraged him to kill the late Queen at Windsor Castle Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, outlined his plan to an AI-generated chatbot  A self-styled ‘assassin’ caught with a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle was encouraged to kill the late Queen by his AI […]

Police will be allowed to spy on suspects by remotely activating their phones’ camera, microphone and GPS under new French laws dubbed a ‘snoopers’ charter’ The spying provision has been widely attacked by the left and rights defenders But France’s justice minister has insisted it would only ‘dozens of cases a year’ French police should […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Surgeries have been cancelled at a private hospital in Melbourne’s north-east after a wooden pallet containing plasterboard sheets crashed through the ceiling and into the building’s lounge area. No patients or health care workers were injured when a […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hong Kong: Hong Kong police have arrested four men they accuse of providing financial support to people who fled overseas and are involved in activities endangering national security, escalating a high-profile crackdown on dissidents in the semi-autonomous Chinese […]

EXCLUSIVE: Gym instructor filmed carving ‘Ivan and Hayley’ into Colosseum wall says he ‘didn’t know it was old’ in letter of apology – but Rome officials dismiss his ‘nonsense’ Ivan Dimitrov, 27, was caught carving his and girlfriend’s names into Colosseum  He has now said he ‘didn’t know it was an old monument’ in a […]

A SEASIDE town that lived under a terrible reputation for decades is hiding an amazing secret, residents say. Fleetwood, in Lancashire, was once the beating heart of Britain's fishing industry, employing thousands and pumping the economy with riches. But a fishing rights row in 1976 between Britain and Iceland – known as the 'Cod Wars' […]

NHS waiting list soars to 7.4million and will get worse, health minister Maria Caulfield is forced to admit  The backlog in England is at its highest and currently at 7.4 million patients  Health Secretary Steve Barclay claimed that the NHS needs only to evolve A record waiting list for NHS treatment will continue to get […]