Kemani Duggan, the son of Mark Duggan (whose fatal shooting by police sparked the 2011 London riots), and Kelly Kershaw, a former Nationwide cashier, have both been released early from prison in separate, unrelated cases, prompting public criticism. Duggan, 25, was jailed for five years for possessing a…
Josie Porter has spoken publicly about the death of her sister Jennifer, a 33-year-old NHS nurse who took her own life after years of hidden cocaine addiction. Jennifer worked successfully at St Richard's Hospital in West Sussex and never used drugs while on duty, meaning her struggles went…
Dame Maureen Lipman has said she suffered sleepless nights after two co-stars quit the West End production of Right Before I Go in protest at her publicly expressed pro-Israel views. The 80-year-old Olivier award-winner considered stepping down herself to spare the production further disruption, but was ultimately persuaded…
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip federal endangered species protection from grey wolves and the Mexican wolf subspecies, a move that could eventually allow ranchers to kill the animals to protect livestock. The order frames the change as support for farmers, whom it describes as…
Daily Mail columnist Guy Adams spent a day at the City of London trading floor of IG Group, watching how financial markets reacted to Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first Commons speech, in which he outlined a Left-wing economic vision involving greater state control and protection of public spending.…
A New South Wales court threw out a homeowner's bid to force his neighbours to fell four dying trees after an arboricultural expert found evidence that the man himself had been poisoning them. Denis Cartledge, of Tenterfield, had argued the 20-metre pine trees on the Dhadlie family's adjoining…
Evie Bradford, an 18-year-old dancer from Frecheville, Sheffield, is beginning a three-year performing arts course at Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey, a school whose alumni include Victoria Beckham, Warwick Davies and Ruthie Henshall. The move marks the culmination of years of training, rehearsals and competitions for Evie, who…
Swansea City and Wrexham face off in the Championship on Saturday evening in a fixture carrying unusual weight, as both clubs harbour genuine ambitions of climbing towards the Premier League. Although geographically distant, the meeting has taken on a derby-like intensity, sharpened by the fact that Cardiff City's…
Sega has shown a new hands-on demo of Crazy Taxi: World Tour at Gamescom, offering the clearest sign yet that the long-awaited revival can recapture the frantic arcade energy of the 1999 Dreamcast original. Despite ongoing controversy over the game's use of generative AI, Eurogamer's preview suggests the…
As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, photographer Phil Buehler is publicly displaying, for the first time, a selection of images he took of the improvised "missing" posters that appeared across New York City in the days after the attacks. Buehler photographed more than 500…
Polygon has published a list ranking five Star Trek starships credited with reshaping the long-running sci-fi franchise, arguing that the best vessels are memorable not for speed or firepower but for the way they altered Starfleet's story and identity. The piece traces the evolution of the franchise's philosophy…
Ready or Not, the 2019 horror-comedy starring Samara Weaving, has begun streaming on Netflix, giving it renewed visibility ahead of Weaving's upcoming turn as Emma Frost in Marvel's X-Men reboot. The film follows Grace (Weaving), a bride whose new in-laws, the wealthy Le Domas family, force her to…
Quentin Tarantino's 2015 Western thriller *The Hateful Eight* has become available to stream for free, giving audiences a chance to revisit one of the director's more underrated works. The film, which paired Tarantino with regulars Kurt Russell and Walton Goggins, is notable for continuing his pattern of prioritising…
Marvel and Disney+ have released an official "Countdown to Doomsday" viewing list of 15 films and series, plus a companion podcast, to help fans prepare for the upcoming "Avengers: Doomsday" film. The move is designed to refresh viewers on key origin stories, team-ups and multiversal plot threads ahead…
This is Nintendo Life's weekly "Talking Point" feature, in which the site's writers share what games they plan to play over the weekend and briefly recap the week's gaming news. It matters mainly to regular readers as a light-hearted community touchpoint rather than hard news, though it does…
Producer and musician Daniel Lanois has spoken about the formative influence of Jimi Hendrix's 1967 album Are You Experienced on his development as a young artist, describing music as a series of "portals" that led him from one discovery to the next. Best known for his production work…
The article looks back at four pop songs from 1991 that it argues remain instantly recognisable to Millennials, tracing how each track dominated the charts of the era and has endured in popular memory decades later. It frames the selection as a nostalgic trip through the year's biggest…
A private jet believed to be carrying Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff has landed in Moscow, marking the start of the latest US attempt to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that the two envoys were travelling to Moscow and then Kyiv,…
Two beavers released into the wild on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Exmoor, Somerset, have been filmed grooming each other, a sign conservationists say is encouraging for efforts to restore the species in England. The behaviour suggests the pair have found suitable conditions to establish a shared…
Following Tim Curry's death last week at the age of 80, his 1990 performance as Pennywise the clown in the Stephen King miniseries adaptation of "It" has surged back into public attention, with viewers returning to the role to pay tribute to the veteran actor. The renewed interest…