The secret war on drivers: How bike racks, flower beds and ‘parklet’ seating areas are replacing parking spaces across the UK as councils quietly make life harder for motorists Over the pandemic ‘parklets’ were introduced to Britain’s town and cities Local authorities are replacing parking spaces with bike racks and flower beds  Councils across the UK […]

Girl, 10, is pulled from rubble after six days underground in quake-hit Turkey as violent clashes between survivors fighting for food and water halt rescue efforts and authorities issue 113 arrest warrants over building collapses Clashes, ‘gunfire’ between ‘rival factions’ and arrests are haulting rescue efforts Video footage shows a ten-year-old girl, Cudi, being pulled […]

Hollywood movie producer, 50, who was behind Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Kindergarten Teacher is sentenced to five years in prison for running international prostitution ring with well-known execs for clients Dillon Jordan, 50, pleaded guilty to running an international prostitution ring Jordan, a Hollywood movie producer, was sentenced to five years in prison The judge said […]

Key points A childcare centre has sat empty for 18 months in the Wimmera town of Charlton.  Parents say the lack of childcare means they cannot go back to work.  Almost 40 per cent of Victoria is covered by a childcare “desert”.  A childcare centre has been sitting empty for more than 18 months in […]

Fury as banks rake in £23billion from soaring loan and mortgage charges while failing to pass on interest rate hikes to struggling savers NatWest and Lloyds last year grabbed billions from loan and mortgage charges  But rates offered to savers have been kept low at typically less than one per cent Gulf between the lending […]

Out with the old and in with the future: Prince William ditches his father’s architectural crusade as he directs the Duchy of Cornwall to ‘raise the bar’ by focusing on mental health and climate change William and Kate made their first official visit to the county on Thursday The Duchy will now focus on battling […]

Handbagged by the tourist tax: Mulberry closes its Bond Street store as the Government ends VAT-free shopping for international visitors Loved by the Princess of Wales and A-list stars, the Bond Street store has closed It is another business to suffer latest setback for stores that rely on foreigners Read more: Famous old names disappear […]

On February 13, 1943, mounted police intervened in the ‘Battle of Melbourne’, a street brawl between U.S. Marines and soldiers of the AIF Ninth Division in the city on leave. At the height of the brawl 2000 soldiers and civilians were involved in the melee, while thousands of spectators looked on. First published in The […]

This is not a simple battle between good and evil: The longer we avoid peace talks in Ukraine the closer we come to Armageddon, writes PETER HITCHENS We hate and despise Vladimir Putin’s invasion precisely because it has brought death, misery, flight and atrocities to innocent people. Why then, a year afterwards, do so many […]

Young woman cries as she is jailed for killing a motorcyclist and seriously injuring his fiancée 10 days before their wedding after making the ‘catastrophic’ decision to overtake another car on a country road Chloe Ferry, 21, has been jailed after rider David Lewis, 49, was killed in a crash Fiancée, Susan, also spent months […]