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Crying children betray kidnapping at airport

An Iranian living in the Netherlands tried to kidnap his three children. He picked them up at their school on Tuesday and drove straight to the Cologne airport with his 13-year-old son and two little daughters. He had bought tickets in advance for a one-way flight to Tehran, with stopover in Istanbul. However, thanks to alert police officers and security guards, this parental abduction could be prevented. The children kept crying as they lined...

General Election 2024: After Labour landslide, what happens next?

Sir Keir Starmer will take the keys to Downing Street after voters handed Labour a landslide victory in the General Election - and here is a look at how the handover of power will unfold in the coming days.

SNP faces 'slaughter' says former leader Salmond

The SNP is on course to be 'slaughtered' in the General Election with its biggest loss of MPs in history. John Swinney's party looked set to lose 38 seats compared to the 2019 election.

Labour's Wes Streeting in tears at sight of exit poll as reality of landslide victory sinks in

Wes Streeting could be Health Secretary if the general election exit poll proves to be correct, which could be why he almost broke down when he saw the huge Labour majority

Comedian Craig Ferguson puts his fairytale Scots castle up for sale

Comedian Craig Ferguson has put his luxury Scots castle up for sale for £3.95m after selling another stately home in Ayrshire.

Dunedin teacher Danielle Gare drops name suppression to speak about being a Mama Hooch Danny Jaz assault survivor

She wants to show other survivors they can succeed after sexual abuse.

Colum Eastwood victory speech

Colum Eastwood victory speech

Rotorua councillor attempts to halt fluoridation works

It comes as orders to treat more of the city's supplies are considered.

Second female celebrity is linked to Matthew Perry drug death in bombshell report about their shared ketamine addiction

The as-yet unnamed woman reportedly claimed to be sober but was described as a 'walking pharmacy' who would help the Friends star obtain ketamine.

Comedian dies aged 54 in ‘terrible’ freak accident

'Boring!': Nigel Farage clashes with multiple protesters trying to disrupt his newser

'Well this is good preparations for the House of Commons, I suppose.'

Horror on Italian cable car: mother (41) falls to death in front of children

41-year-old Margherita from Trentino was killed Thursday in northern Piedmont when she plunged from a cable elevator as much as 100 meters down. Her husband and two small children saw the accident happen. The woman was loading the family's luggage into a cable car going to Drocala when it suddenly shot into motion, dragging the woman with it. The woman remained attached to the elevator for about 50 meters until she suddenly fell down onto the...

'You have no remorse': Judge sentences Lucy Letby to life in prison

'You have no remorse': 'Disgraced' nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison. Child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole-life order for the attempted murder of a baby girl.

UK airport runway closure sparks chaos, passengers stranded and flights suspended

Emergency runway repairs at Leeds Bradford have left passengers stranded and fuming and airlines diverting flights

Tragic update after little girl died in crocodile attack

The girl was last seen swimming with family members at Mango Creek near the remote Aboriginal community of Palumpa south-west of Darwin.

Woman is found murdered inside flashy Phoenix hotel room

The victim was found injured inside the $350-a-night Renaissance hotel in the early hours of Friday.

Ex-KGB operative reports possible betrayal among Putin's inner circle

Victoria Starmer and Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty's election looks and their hidden meanings

Sir Keir Starmer's wife Lady Victoria looked chic in red as she walked arm in arm with her husband into Downing Street following Labour's resounding General Election win

Lady Victoria Starmer is out of the shadows and into the spotlight

In the 1,550 or so days since he assumed the leadership of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer has been precise about the details he’s chosen to divulge about his personal and private life. He likes – no, loves – Arsenal Football Club. His father, you may have gleaned, made tools for a living. And he was a lawyer once. But on his breakneck, four-yea...

Keir Starmer's children have one request before they all move into Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's teenage children have one request if they are all to move into Downing Street's residence - and they've been 'campaigning' for a little while

John Swinney accepts 'full responsibility' for election results

John Swinney has admitted the election was 'incredibly tough' for the SNP as he promised to 'reflect' on what it meant for the independence campaign.

Woke New Yorkers whine America 'doesn't deserve a birthday party'

DailyMail.com took to the streets of New York to ask young liberals how patriotic they are this Fourth of July.

This secret weapon helped Union troops win the US Civil War

Missing body parts, wrong ashes and hundreds of decomposing bodies: The murky truth behind several Colorado funeral homes

Missing body parts, wrong ashes and hundreds of decomposing bodies: The murky truth behind several Colorado funeral homes - Colorado’s funeral homes went nearly unregulated for four decades before high-profile scandals – from body brokering to remains left to decompose for years – helped prompt new legislation. Even legislators ‘don’t want to talk about death or dying,’ one lawmaker who helped spearhead reform says – but the pain and grief lax...

Dad pleaded for daughter’s ex-boyfriend not to be freed from jail. Days later, her mutilated body was found in a car

Dad pleaded for daughter’s ex-boyfriend not to be freed from jail. Days later, her mutilated body was found in a car - ‘If they let him out, he was going to kill her,’ Lauren Johansen’s father said he warned a judge just days before his daughter’s death

Nigel Farage repeatedly interrupted by hecklers during speech

Newly elected Clacton-on-Sea MP Nigel Farage repeatedly interrupted by hecklers during speech to Reform activists in Westminster.

Tears and loathing in South Lanarkshire: SNP's independence dream over

Scottish Labour overturned almost a decade of SNP dominance in Scotland's Westminster seats, taking a majority of constituencies.

'My neighbours have been secretly using my pool for years without permission'

A woman has been left horrified after discovering her neighbours have been sneaking into her garden to use her pool when she isn't home - and it took her years to catch them

Mum fighting for life after being struck down with excruciating pain on Tenerife holiday

Tracey Ellis, 56, from Newcastle, was hospitalised in Tenerife with a sudden medical condition which saw an infection spread across multiple organs and remains in hospital in a coma

Video: Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russian Column with At Least 14 Motorcycles

Ukrainian forces successfully destroyed an entire column of Russian equipment near Vuhledar, including at least 14 motorcycles.

Hockey star is charged with murdering his wife at their £250,000 home

Mohammed Samak, 42, is to appear before magistrates today after his wife Joanne, 49, was found seriously injured at their home.

Russia is spending so much invading Ukraine that it's a 'high-income' country now

Russia’s outsized military spending continues to blunt the impact of economic sanctions during its war in Ukraine. The World Bank said that it was upgrading the country’s economic standing to its top-tier “high-income” category from its earlier “upper-middle-income” status, because its gross national income (GNI) per capita increased by 11.2% in the last year.

General election count in chaos as police take ballots over 'fraud'

Scottish police rushed to Emirates Arena in Glasgow, where they reportedly seized three ballot papers.

Decoding the style of the new Labour cabinet

It was like London Fashion Week early on Friday afternoon, as Downing Street transformed into something of a catwalk as new Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Cabinet appointees strode up to the doors of No 10, each wearing a carefully thought-through outfit for their first taste of power. While we await their policy substance, here’s The Telegraph fash...

Michelle Troconis, convicted for helping her boyfriend murder his wife, claims to be a ‘scapegoat’

Boris Johnson's massive gaff after embarrassing first meeting with Queen Elizabeth

As Keir Starmer meets with King Charles to be formally appointed PM today, royal aides will be hoping the exchange goes far smoother than Boris Johnson's with the late Queen

A couple rented an Airbnb from a ‘friendly’ landlord. Then they wound up dismembered in a suitcase

A couple rented an Airbnb from a ‘friendly’ landlord. Then they wound up dismembered in a suitcase - Michael Lee Dudley seemed like a typical Washington homeowner – until three teenagers stumbled across a suitcase of horrors on a beach

Student seriously hurt, in hospital after assault at Wellington Girls' College

Principal Julia Davidson says the assault is an "isolated and very sad" incident.

Mother throws newborn daughter out of a window

Katarina Jovanovic, 28, was found guilty of manslaughter after her newborn daughter was dropped out of an apartment window.

Reform wins FIFTH seat as final election result in England is declared

James McMurdock won the Basildon South and East Thurrock constituency in Essex this afternoon with a majority of just 98 votes from Labour candidate Jack Ferguson.

Manurewa Marae accused of politicising vaccination events

Complaint withdrawn after electoral officer said he would refer to police.

Mayor Wayne Brown has ‘Biden moment’, reveals confidential land purchase offer in council meeting

The mayor apologised and retracted his misstatement.

Hospital patient hits out after being served 'frozen eggs' and 'raw potatoes' for dinner

Pam Thomson, from Cockenzie, East Lothian, has been treated in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh and has criticised the quality of the food served to her and other patients on the ward

Couple who suffered house fire watched CCTV back and can't believe how it started

Don't leave boxes on the hob if you have a pet large enough to turn it on.

Sam Rasmussen death: Auckland woman charged with New Lynn crash that killed Head Hunter

A huge crowd, including dozens of patched bikies, attended Sam Rasmussen's tangi.

Rüdiger’s treatment a damning representation of modern Germany

Antonio Rüdiger was eight years old the first time he had to ask his father what the N-word meant, because the kids at school were using it. He remembers running over to an old white lady in his neighbourhood, offering to help carry her shopping bags, and seeing the look of pure terror in her eyes. He remembers growing up playing football on the concrete pitches of Berlin, and being told he didn’t belong there, to go back to Africa. But these...

Health alert as cases of medieval Plague found in USA

The Plague is a serious disease which usually presents in three main clinical forms - bubonic, pneumonic or septicemic - and can be transmitted in several ways between infected animals and humans

Jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza transferred to Siberian prison hospital, wife says

Jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza transferred to Siberian prison hospital, wife says - The opposition leader is serving longest sentence handed to a Kremlin critic since fall of Soviet Union

BBC wins the election ratings battle against ITV, Sky and Channel 4

The BBC came out on top after winning the ratings battle on the night of the general election against it's rivals including ITV , Sky News and Channel 4 with 4.2million viewers

Prince Harry finding himself in 'strange unfamiliar world which grows increasingly unfriendly'

A think tank has launched a lawsuit against Prince Harry after he admitted taking drugs in his tell-all memoir Spare, with the duke now reportedly fearing his visa may be revoked