Key posts 7.37amReserve Bank gives home buyers short-term reprieve 7.06amBirmingham says voters are ‘volatile’ and Liberals need to adapt 6.50amLiberals must shake off ‘nastiness’ to win back voters: Birmingham 6.40amOther Chinese-owned apps under scrutiny after Albanese’s TikTok ban 6.30amDonald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges 6.15amThis morning’s headlines at a glance 1 of […]

‘A free press is a fundamental pillar of a healthy democracy’: Sunak demands release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after he was arrested by Putin forces in Moscow Britain has called for the release of a US journalist detained in Moscow. No10 said Rishi Sunak stood ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the US over […]

Muslim woman returning from Turkish holiday is detained by police and grilled for hours ‘because her name is one letter different to Shamima Begum’s’ Shamina Begum says she was questioned for three hours at Manchester Airport A British woman returning to Manchester Airport from a holiday in Turkey claims she was detained by police and […]

KSI visits a mosque and speaks to an imam after backlash over use of racial slur in now deleted Sidemen clip – as millionaire YouTuber issues grovelling video apology at boxing event for causing ‘hurt and disappointment’ The internet personality caused widespread offence by using a four-letter slur KSI vowed to ‘educate myself’ as footage […]

MI6 boss pledges to put a woman on the shortlist for his successor as ‘C’ to run the Secret Intelligence Service Richard Moore, head of MI6, said it’s time for women to be considered as chief He said he will help ‘forge women’s equality’ by getting rid of all-male shortlists The UK’s top spy has […]

Sex attacker, 39, smirks as he admits raping girl, 14, in an alleyway after ‘binding her wrists and covering her mouth with masking tape’ Shane Nash, 39, from Nottingham, admitted stranger rape of 14-year-old girl A sex attacker appeared to smirk in court today as he admitted the horrific stranger rape of a 14-year-old girl […]

Lord of the Rings set lies in ruins after studio fire: Photos show damage to backlot where filming of Amazon series was brought to a halt by blaze – as firefighters launch probe Photos show a single-storey warehouse on the Rings of Power set lying in ruins It comes after fire crews were called to […]

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was sexually assaulted in Cardiff city centre. Cops received a report in the early hours of Saturday, April 1, alleging a woman had been seriously sexually assaulted. The men, aged 20 and 19, were released on bail after the alleged incident. Cops cordoned off […]

Moment Disney performer catches her boyfriend ‘cheating’ on cruise ship security camera – as she details her breakup in a series of shocking viral TikTok videos A woman who impersonated Disney characters left a vacation with friends without her fairytale ending when she caught her boyfriend cheating on her TikTok influencer Kayla Gardner was in […]

The Detroit Wall: Why a half-mile stretch of concrete – built to segregate whites and blacks in the city’s notorious 8 Mile district – is STILL standing 80 years on The wall was built as part of ‘redlining’ policy, to provide funding for white developers under racist laws 8 Mile was made famous by Eminem, […]