BREAKING NEWS Thousands of Scots face income tax hike as SNP introduce new 45p ‘advanced rate’ and put a penny on the top band as Humza Yousaf’s government scrambles to fill £1.5billion hole in spending plans Thousands of Scots are facing higher tax bills after the SNP today confirmed the creation of a new 45 […]

Is YOUR favourite festive drink keeping you up at night? Experts warn coffees at Starbucks, Pret and Costa could lead to sleep deprivation – with one beverage’s caffeine content equating to SIX cups of instant coffee Christmas-themed drinks at popular barista chains contain as much caffeine as up to six cups of instant coffee, a […]

EXCLUSIVE Inside Garden of Eden community where Alex Batty’s mother Melanie lived before she mysteriously vanished: Eco-conscious group live in tents and ramshackle huts and hold festivals through the summer Melanie Batty, 43, ‘joined the spiritual community’ after it sprang up this year Alex Batty’s fugitive mother lived in a ‘spiritual community’ on an abandoned […]

Vanilla Ice reveals he hung out with ‘Drug Lord’ Pablo Escobar ‘many many times’ as they bonded over love of boats and cars but had no idea he was the ruthless Cartel leader because he ‘didn’t have Google’ Texas-born nineties rap star revealed how they struck up an unlikely friendship Vanilla Ice has revealed that […]

Wife whose husband regularly raped her with household items while she was passed out condemns his ‘sick fantasies’ in heartbreaking victim statement as he is convicted in Dublin The horrified woman discovered ‘hideous images’ on his computer of assaults The man, 49, was found guilty earlier this month on 11 counts of sexual assault  A […]

‘Monzo Wrapped has violated me’: Britain’s spending habits laid bare as digital banking app customers share hilarious memes revealing how they spend their hard-earned cash Digital bank’s ‘Year in Monzo’ feature is similar to Spotify Wrapped campaign It aims to give customers of the bank insights into personal spending habits  Monzo customers joked that they […]

CCTV captures moment ‘menace’ shoplifter stuffs 23 cans of deodorant into her supersized bag before chased out of Poundland – as thief, 41, is jailed Michelle Blades, 41, was seen on CCTV carrying out multiple brazen thefts A shoplifter has been jailed for three months after a crime spree that saw her steal 23 cans […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia’s first trial to test foreign interference laws has resulted in a guilty verdict over a $37,000 hospital donation. Victorian businessman Di Sanh Duong, 68, faced a month-long jury trial in Melbourne’s County Court, accused of preparing for […]

Inside abandoned holiday park caravan where Alex Batty’s mother called herself ‘Rose’ and ‘spent all day tapping away on her computer’ before ‘vanishing to Finland to see the Northern Lights’ The 17-year-old was missing for six years before he was found in France last week Melanie Batty left isolated campsite Camping Le Fort at the end […]

Did Roald Dahl invent the word ‘gremlin’? QUESTION Did Roald Dahl invent the word ‘gremlin’? While Roald Dahl popularised the term, he did not coin it. Gremlin has its roots in early military aviation. In the 1920s, sporadic reports began filtering in from RAF pilots in Malta, the Middle East and India of ‘gremlins’ — […]