Queen Cleopatra actress Adele James says claims of ‘blackwashing’ are ‘fundamentally racist’ after she was cast as the Macedonian-Greek ruler in Netflix series The star of Netflix’s new Cleopatra drama has addressed the furore over casting  Egyptians reacted with dismay at the casting of black actress in the vaunted role  The star of Netflix’s much-talked […]

Tornado terror hits Britain: Crazy weather sends storage workers flying and ominous funnel clouds form overhead as nation is battered by thunderstorms, lightning strikes and even freak hailstone flurries CCTV showed the ‘frightening’ moment workers battle with flying furniture  Funnel clouds, which can form tornados, have also been spotted across the UK  Crazy weather has […]

So much for the Bonfire of the Brexit laws! ANDREW PIERCE analyses how Rishi’s broken promise to ‘shred thousands of pieces of EU legislation’ has hung Kemi Badenoch – and fellow Brexiteers – out to dry Andrew Pierce says Kemi Badenoch was ‘hung out to dry’ by PM and ‘the blob’ A fresh Brexit row […]

‘I was in a trance’: Tech executive is scammed out of $450,000 by man she met on Hinge in cruel ‘pig butchering’ ploy – which experts warn is on the rise Shreya Datta, 37, lost $450,000 to a scammer posing as a French wine trader Datta met the man on Hinge and thought she was […]

THIS is the moment an angry neighbour threatened to call the cops on a gardener for "making too much noise" – and it has divided opinion. The aggrieved man was caught on camera as he chided the worker on a suburban street in western Sydney, Australia, sparking fury online. The viral video was shared to […]

‘The squeeze is unlike anything I’ve experienced before’: Inflation-hit Britons reveal their struggles paying mortgages, feeding their children and filling up their cars as Bank of England hikes interest rates to 4.5% Britons have revealed how they are struggling to cope with rampant inflation, with one saying even a rise in the cost of bananas […]

Now calling criminals ‘convicts’ is offensive: Prison service tells warders to drop the phrase ‘ex-con’ and instead call them ‘persons with lived experience’ Officers also been instructed to drop ‘ex-con’ for the preferred ‘former prisoners’ Edict has left staff shaking heads at a time jails dealing with record overcrowding Prison officers have been ordered to […]

Raising the state pension age WON’T see French-style riots across Britain as ‘it’s not in our national psyche’, says Cabinet minister Mel Stride – as he suggests rise in retirement age to 68 won’t come until 2040s Work and Pensions Secretary says it’s not ‘in our national psyche to start rioting’ Cabinet minister Mel Stride […]

YELLOW weather alerts are in place for parts of the UK today – with the Met Office warning of heavy showers and thunderstorms. The downpours are expected to wreak travel chaos across bus, rail and road networks. The warnings – in place until 7pm on Thursday – stretch from London up to to Carlisle, Cumbria […]

Amazing moment heroic passers-by team up to rescue sobbing teenage girl from raging sea The drama unfolded in Bridlington on Sunday evening just after 6.30pm  A teenage girl sobbed in relief after being rescued from the raging sea by strangers who saved her life. She went into the water below a sea wall and slipway […]