THE UK’s top military chief today demands patriotic Brits stop treating war veterans as broken heroes. Critics frequently claim Iraq and Afghanistan have blighted a generation of personnel. But in his last interview as Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Stuart Peach insisted the armchair generals were out of touch and ex-Forces staff were full […]
ENGLAND fans travelling to the World Cup have been made vulnerable due to the tit-for-tat with Russia over the Skripal poisoning, MPs have warned. The influential Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said the expulsion of 23 diplomats from Moscow has made UK authorities ill-equipped to protect England fans from intimidation, violence from British hooligans and anti-British […]
HOOLIGAN battles between Russian and English yobs should be allowed at the World Cup and regulated by authorities, a top Russian politician said yesterday. Vladimir Putin supporter Igor Lebedev, 45, even suggested bloody brawls could become showcase events in Russia 2018 stadia later this month. Ultranationalist Lebedev – deputy chairman of the Russian parliament […]
THE King of Clubs is dead. Britain’s most famous nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow lost a decade-long battle with lung cancer yesterday, aged 77. Last night tributes poured in for “Stringy”, who was still posing in a thong in his 60s, surrounded by scantily-clad girls. TV host Carol Vorderman spoke for many when she said of […]
EXPORT sales have soared in every corner of the UK, new figures have revealed – defying Project Fear warnings of a collapse in trade after the Brexit vote. HMRC revealed exports from England between January and March were up 6.5 per cent on last year, and by 12.1 per cent in Scotland, 7.1 per cent […]
THE BBC used personal companies to pay top stars £74million over the past four years despite vowing to curb the practice in 2012, it has been claimed. It had arrangements with 133 of its highest earners in 2012 and last year paid 66 of its 96 top earning presenters £20.8million via personal firms. The practice […]
SEVEN Iraqi migrants were caught wrapped in aluminium foil in an attempt to thwart X-ray detectors at a port. The seven refugees were held in Istanbul, Turkey, trying to smuggle themselves into Italy. The men were in a shipping container on a truck meant to be carrying car parts. Officials realised there was an unusual […]
RITA Ora snubs her boyfriend’s affections in favour of a right riveting read. The Hot Right Now singer, 27, refused to let Andrew Watt distract her from The Mysticism of Sound and Music, by Indian spiritualist Inayat Khan. But her attempts at playing hard to get are clearly keeping him on his toes — as […]
AH, the famous sights of London: Double deckers, black cabs, red phone boxes – and moped raiders roaring on to the pavement to nick mobiles and handbags. The theft of Michael McIntyre’s watch in broad daylight confirms what Londoners have known for months — the crime wave on wheels is out of control. Like a […]
SMART mirrors in shop fitting rooms will let customers pay for their clobber as they get dressed. The gadgets from Mastercard also act as personal shoppers that log clothing sizes and recommend other gear to buy. Shoppers can adjust changing room lighting, play music, request size and colour variations and pay by tapping the mirror […]
SO Ozzy, how will you cope with turning 70 in December? “I suppose I’ll have to join the Rolling Stones!” comes the response in his plaintive Brummie tones. Not sure what Mick Jagger would make of the idea but can you imagine Sympathy For The Devil or Midnight Rambler in the tattooed hands of the […]
A 100-YEAR-OLD woman who died after she was mugged used her dying breath to pray for her killer. Zofija Kaczan had suffered serious injuries when the thief grabbed her from behind – breaking her neck as he stole the bag as she walked to church. The OAP died after the May 28 mugging in Derby, […]
NOT many successful film franchises make it to their fifth release without a complete reinvention along the way. Jurassic had that three years ago with the introduction of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard’s world — one where we could look back at Spielberg’s original and think, “If only that were . . . bigger and unnecessarily complicated.” Wait, […]
THOUSANDS of women with breast cancer have their sex lives ended by the side-effects of treatment, a poll has found. More than nine in ten said physical and mental symptoms such as low esteem, loss of libido and pain having sex had stopped them altogether. And eight in ten said they were unhappy with their […]
THERESA May last night warned the EU not to hit back too hard on Donald Trump’s new tariffs for fear of sparking a major new trade war. The EU is preparing a massive retaliation against the US leader’s new tariffs on steel and aluminium, which have infuriated European capitals. Brussels chiefs have drawn up a […]
IT MAY amaze readers to learn that fashion is not my specialist subject, so my knowledge of Alexander McQueen is limited to the gossip, his death and a hugely impractical roll-neck I bought from Bicester Village in 2014. I certainly wasn’t prepared to be as blown away by the talent of Lee (his actual first […]
DIANA (Girls star Zosia Mamet) is a novelist who returns to Brooklyn after a few years in London only to discover her ex Ben (Matthew Shear) living in the apartment below. We learn of their previous relationship via some extremely confusing flashbacks, while joining the pair on what could be some kind of reconciliation. That’s […]
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FORMER X Factor contestant Sam Callahan has slammed his former mentor Louis Walsh saying he “didn’t know what he was talking about”. The Essex-born singer said it is time for “younger and hungrier” judges as the 65-year-old judge quit the show after 13 years. The pair teamed up on the 2013 series of the popular talent show. […]
There’s blood, toil, tears and sweat in this week’s Sun DVD reviews, as Gary Oldman gives us his best Winston Churchill impression in Darkest Hour. There’s also plenty of blood and tears in vintage horror The Last House On The Left, toil and tears in Kiwi drama Smash Palace and toil and sweat in the […]
IT’S hard to avoid concluding that the sellout of Brexit we have long feared took a giant leap towards completion yesterday. We hope we’re wrong. The Government intends to offer the EU a “backstop” arrangement that could shackle us to its restrictive customs rules for ever to resolve the over-hyped Irish border issue. Brexit Secretary […]
COULD your local footie club help you get a winning career? With the World Cup kicking off in Russia next week, the focus will be on the game’s international impact. But closer to home, clubs are transforming the lives of people in communities who are looking for work. More than 70 big-name sides across the […]
THERESA May’s cabinet broke into open war last night as Boris Johnson warned of a Brexit meltdown and lashed out at Philip Hammond. Just 24-hours after David Davis sparked rumours that he would quit over Brexit tensions, in leaked tapes the Foreign Secretary launched an open attack on the Remainers at the heart of Government. […]
BORIS Johnson has launched a scathing attack on Philip Hammond, accusing him of blocking Brexit. The foreign secretary branded the Chancellor’s Treasury “the heart of Remain”, with Theresa May facing increasing pressure to ditch Hammond. Boris Johnson even said Donald Trump could do a better job, in secret recordings of him speaking at a private […]
BORIS Johnson has launched a scathing attack on Philip Hammond, accusing him of blocking Brexit. He branded the Chancellor’s Treasury ‘the heart of remain’, with Theresa May facing increasing pressure to ditch Hammond. Boris Johnson even said Donald Trump could do a better job, in secret recordings of him speaking at a private dinner event, […]
