A Mexican influencer has been shot dead while livestreaming on social media outside a fast food restaurant in Sinaloa state. Cesar Gastelum, who had more than 600,000 followers on TikTok and was famous for his comedy stunts, was broadcasting with two friends – all dressed as food delivery workers as part of a challenge. Video circulating … Read more
This is the moment a mini tornado ripped through an athletics competition in Kent, throwing chairs, tables and even officials into the air. Hundreds of children were competing at the Central Park Athletics Club in Dartford on Saturday when the vortex appeared without warning right on the track – and left one elderly volunteer in … Read more
Four men have been arrested over an ‘atrocious’ 25,000-ton mountain of waste illegally dumped near a primary school, the Environment Agency said. Described as Britain’s worst illegal dump, it contains a mixture of household and commercial rubbish piled tens of metres high on a two-acre site at Bolton House Road in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Locals … Read more
A retired accountant has made a final desperate bid to keep his ‘illegally built’ £4million Sandbanks mansion after his wealthy neighbour complained about it overlooking a celebrity interior designer’s balcony. Neil Kennedy, 67, is hoping to avoid having to demolish his luxury harbourside home after losing a three-year planning war between him and his two … Read more
The 26-year-old Afghan man accused of killing Scottish Christian Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, in Athens before stuffing her body into a suitcase has claimed an ‘old man’ persuaded him to move the body before blackmailing him into stealing her money. Sharif Ahmadzai appeared in court on Wednesday morning where he was asked to provide his … Read more
A home carer fed a woman microwaved dog food in the last few months of her life in the course of giving care described as a ‘significant personal injustice’. The Radis Community Care worker cooked and fed the woman the pet food in June 2024 despite the fact it was kept in packaging labelled ‘for … Read more
The average number of migrants crammed onto small boats has more than doubled over five years to a record high under Labour, it emerged today. Analysis found 66 migrants on average were packed onto each of the 219 vessels which have successfully crossed the Channel so far this year. They were carrying 14,561 migrants in … Read more
A failed Kurdish asylum seeker has been jailed after attacking a teenager in her student accommodation. Mohammad Hasani, 29, groped the 19-year-old undergraduate after being invited around by her flatmate. Birmingham Crown Court heard that the young woman repeatedly rejected Hasani’s advances but he forced himself onto her in her own bedroom. He was unanimously … Read more
Jeffrey Epstein was preparing to blackmail Sarah Ferguson after she tried to distance herself from the paedophile financier in an interview, private emails have revealed. The former Duchess of York told the Evening Standard in March 2011 of her ‘deep regret’ over her ties with Epstein and apologised for accepting £15,000 from him. Sarah had … Read more
Four people have been rushed to a major trauma centre after stabbings near Covent Garden in London‘s West End. A woman has been arrested following the incident this afternoon. Police and paramedics were called to the scene in Endell Street at around 12.30pm. A police cordon was put in place and an air ambulance helicopter … Read more