Ukraine is aiming to build at least 50,000 combat robots to support and replace its soldiers fighting on the frontline. Ukrainian officials say that using unmanned weapons would help Ukraine optimise its headcount while fighting Russia and free soldiers from dangerous tasks, Bloomberg reports. The country has been struggling to draft enough citizens to replace … Read more
A group of Left-wing councils have warned they will defy new rules on single-sex spaces as they claimed the guidance is ‘harmful to the rights of trans people’. Local leaders from six London boroughs – Lambeth, Waltham Forest, Southwark, Hackney, Haringey and Lewisham – said they could resist guidance prepared by the Equality and Human Rights … Read more
A pervert who performed a sex act while sitting next to a mother and her child on board an Emirates flight has avoided jail time. Britto Lorence, 27, from Kerala, India, exposed himself on the long-haul flight travelling from Dubai to the UK in June last year. The biotechnology engineer, who has a Master’s qualification, … Read more
US President Donald Trump ‘clashed’ with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munition shortages that could limit Washington’s military operations in Iran, sources have claimed. Two insiders told the Washington Post that Trump lashed out at Mr Hegseth saying that he thought the munitions issue ‘had been fixed’, during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David … Read more
An Aer Lingus pilot who claimed he ‘did not sleep well the night before’ causing a botched landing ‘may have been tired’, an investigation has found. A mid-air alert was triggered on board a flight on January 14, 2025 from Faro, Portugal to Dublin Airport after the pilot disconnected his autopilot in order to land … Read more
The wife of a super-fit man who died of lung cancer just nine months after diagnosis has warned that the disease ‘can happen to anybody’. Sean Kelly, 59, from Scarborough was ‘fit as a fiddle’, having run several marathons and raised thousands for charity, including more than £20,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust. In October 2024, … Read more
She tied the knot with her husband Ben Attal at the $64million Chateau Diter in the South of France on Thursday. And Thylane Blondeau opted for three wedding dresses for the occasion as she revealed another look in a new Instagram snap on Wednesday. Sharing a sweet kiss with her DJ husband, the model, 25, … Read more
Wizz Air swung to a loss in the first quarter and warned of further ‘challenges’ as soaring fuel costs continue to hammer the low-cost airline. The London-listed Hungarian airline revealed an operating loss of £157million between April and June, down from a profit of £23.6million for the same period last year. Wizz said this largely … Read more
Time Out will open a market in Piccadilly Circus for the first time in its home city, in what it said will be a global flagship for its food hall portfolio. The Aim-listed media and hospitality group said it had secured the site on 55 Regent Street, owned by the Crown Estate, to open Time … Read more
Melanie Sykes looked incredible in her first modelling campaign – for sunglasses brand Cubitts – since shaving her head after discussing her battle with alopecia. The TV presenter, 55, opted to shave her head after the condition resulted in her losing ‘two-thirds’ of her hair. It’s reported that two per cent of the global population … Read more