ANDREW PIERCE: British taxpayers are paying for an army of shirkers unless we get tough on sickness benefit scroungers Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce today blasts an ‘Army of Shirkers’ claiming sickness benefits which British taxpayers are footing the bill for. Mr Pierce said: ‘You all know who these shirkers are, you know the families, you know where they live. […]

A British soldier and terrorism suspect who escaped from jail did so by "sneaking out of a kitchen and clinging onto a van," according to reports. Daniel Abed Khalife, a serving member of the British Army who is awaiting trial for terror and Official Secrets Act offences, escaped from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Police said. A spokesperson […]

Frasca Hospitality Group is on a roll. Last week, Michelin named one of the company’s Denver restaurants, Tavernetta, to its Bib Gourmand category, which are restaurants that it believes offer a meal of good quality at a good value. Today, the company, which also owns Frasca Food and Wine and Pizzeria Alberico, both in Boulder, said it will open a […]

The final photograph of Queen Elizabeth II saw her tell then Prince of Wales Charles it was her "job" to carry out duties. The current King of England had been suggested as a possible replacement for public duties for the Her Majesty, but a "buoyant" Queen refused to relent. Her Majesty insisted on going ahead with her duties and a […]

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Russia is “exploiting foreign nationals” by offering huge cash incentives and even blackmailing others to fight in its war in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defence has reported. More than 120,000 Russians have died in Ukraine in the last 19 months of war, according to the latest US estimates, with a further 180,000 taken off the battlefield due to injuries. […]

A mum has been left fuming after her daughter was sent home on her first day at high school for wearing expensive designer shoes. Melissa Pope's 11-year-old daughter was kicked out of Grace College, Gateshead, when she turned up wearing a pair of fancy Vivienne Westwood pumps, which had the iconic spherical cross logo plastered on the front of them. […]

Bali elevator crash: Five killed at popular resort Lift cable snapped at Bali resort, killing five  The outdoor lift runs on a track up a ridge   READ MORE: Why are tourists ending up in hospital in Bali   Five young hotel workers have died after a steel lift cable snapped at a Bali resort and plunged them 100 metres down a […]

Fabian Picardo addresses coronavirus situation in Gibraltar Gibraltar is hitting back against EU red tape with the “reluctant” introduction of reciprocal checks on non-UK citizens crossing the border into the tiny British overseas territory from Spain. Madrid has tightened up controls in recent days, prompting a morning frontier rush hour scramble. On Monday, non-UK documentation was scanned on an “ad […]

Investigators have said that a British policewoman who fell to her death in Corfu may have been plied with methanol-laced alcohol. Hannah Emily Byrne, a serving officer with Surrey Police, was found dead by a passerby on the first day of her holiday in Kavos, Corfu, on Sunday, September 3. The 22-year-old had opted to stay out while her colleague […]