Motoring

Video: Company showcases hidden machine gun in SUV ready to fire in seconds

The concealable weapon turret, a member of the KORALP family, developed by Sarsılmaz Silah Sanayi A.Ş in collaboration with Best Defence, is ready to fire in seconds.

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...

Northland police speaking to two people after unexplained death of Alestra Kepa-Hati nine years ago

The four-year-old died in 2015 - police revealed this week they are investigating.

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.

'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

Nobody’s home: Phoenix cop left talking to customer support after pulling over driverless taxi

Nobody’s home: Phoenix cop left talking to customer support after pulling over driverless taxi - The unmanned vehicle was pulled over after allegedly driving in ‘opposing lanes of traffic’, according to a Phoenix police officer

The Pacific airfield being repurposed to counter China

Recent press reports suggest that a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean is set to become a new forward front in the event of hostilities between the United States and China. This has evoked wartime memories of when the island in question, Tinian, served as a US military base in the fight against the Japanese. During WWII, American-operated runways on Tinian served as launch pads for numerous bombing raids, including the fateful attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abandoned for nearly 80 years, these airfields now look set to be recommissioned as Washington voices concern over Beijing's increasing missile threat. But where exactly is Tinian located, and what's the story behind this remote, jungle-clad enclave? Click through and step back in time to find out.

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

King Charles arrives at Buckingham Palace ahead of Rishi Sunak’s resignation

King Charles arrives at Buckingham Palace ahead of Rishi Sunak’s resignation -

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

Chilling moment gunman opens fire with shotgun on a car park

Saabir Mohamed, 26, can be seen jumping from a Ford Kuga before firing the deadly weapon towards his victim in a car park in Smethwick, West Mids. The injured man was dropped off in an Audi at Birmingham's City Hospital with gunshot wounds to his lower leg and foot and staff there alerted police.

Police arrest five men after woman's body discovered in bungalow

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called to an address in Radiant Road in Thurncourt, Leicestershire, at 6am yesterday.

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.

Auckland teenager assault: Police seek woman dressed in black

Police have released CCTV images after a 16-year-old was badly beaten by a woman yelling racist slurs.

King Charles' 'lowered point' gesture hints at what he said to Keir Starmer

Body language expert Judi James believes the official photos released by Buckingham Palace of King Charles meeting Labour's Keir Starmer are very telling of the relationship between the two men

SNP set for election humiliation leaving nationalists with SIX seats

John Swinney's scandal-ravaged nationalists could left with just six MPs, down from the high of 48 the party achieved in 2019.

Stepfather and stepson sentenced for vigilante attack on New Plymouth fisherman

The man was beaten, knocked off the jetty and held underwater.

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

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.

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

How Akshata Murty & Victoria Starmer nailed the style brief on the biggest day in politics

How Akshata Murty & Victoria Starmer nailed the style brief on the biggest day in politics - Wearing Labour red and a tribute to India and Britain, Starmer and Murty both got the fashion memo for the new PM’s first day in power

A GoFundMe is set up for autistic boy slapped by Mercedes driver

A GoFundMe was launched for an autistic California boy who was slapped in the face by a Mercedes driver after the child had damaged the hood ornament on the car.

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...

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

Jacob Rees-Mogg is mercilessly mocked for being ousted as an MP

In scenes ridiculed by the British public, Sir Jacob was filmed losing his North East Somerset and Hanham seat - while standing next to a man wearing a baked bean balaclava.

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

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

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

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

Airports win injunction against Just Stop Oil after flight disruption

The move comes after an undercover investigation by The Mail on Sunday revealed a plot by Just Stop Oil activists to disrupt flights this summer.

Policy of my department is ‘the NHS is broken’, says new Health Secretary

Policy of my department is ‘the NHS is broken’, says new Health Secretary - Wes Streeting said that the work to fix the health service ‘starts today’.

Man arrested for stealing passengers’ data from free Wi-Fi during flights

A man allegedly set up "evil twin" fake free wifi networks.

Serious crash: Lanes now reopened after horror crash before Auckland Harbour Bridge, driver critical

The crash, between a van and a truck, has occurred at around 3.30pm today.

Tesla crash: Family of crash victim take aim at killer driver Saurbh Sharma

“He killed my daughter. I don’t want $7000. He killed my daughter.”

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.

Shellshocked Rishi Sunak says 'sorry' for Tories' crushing defeat

A broken PM acknowledged that Keir Starmer had won as he nervously took a victory in his own incredibly safe Richmond & Northallerton seat.

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

Lucy Letby handed whole life sentence for trying to murder baby girl

The most prolific child killer in modern British history was 26 when she deliberately dislodged the breathing tube of Baby K in the first hours of her life.

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.

Psychiatrist doing job of three resigns after being denied panic button

Professor Marie Bismark says she was caring for more than 300 patients.

Boy is killed when he is hit by a bus as police make appeal

Emergency services attended the A600 High Road in Shortstown, near Bedford, but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.

Liz Truss’s career takes another headline-making turn as she loses seat

Liz Truss’s career takes another headline-making turn as she loses seat - The Remain supporter turned Brexit-backing, Tory right-wing advocate has held the South West Norfolk seat since 2010.

Two decades after a unnamed newborn was left to die in the Texas woods, police have charged her mom

Two decades after a unnamed newborn was left to die in the Texas woods, police have charged her mom - Shelby Stotts has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter of ‘Angel Baby Doe’

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

For more than a decade a cold-case murder went unsolved. Then police tested the cigarette at the scene for DNA

For more than a decade a cold-case murder went unsolved. Then police tested the cigarette at the scene for DNA - ‘My family is very blessed that this day has finally come,’ the victim’s daughter said after the charges were announced

King Charles’s kind words to Keir Starmer during first private audience meeting with new prime minister

King Charles’s kind words to Keir Starmer during first private audience meeting with new prime minister -

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...

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.

'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.

Liz Truss loses seat as ex-prime minister becomes biggest scalp in Tory bloodbath

Liz Truss loses seat as ex-prime minister becomes biggest scalp in Tory bloodbath - Truss’ defeat comes after disastrous stint as prime minister that crashed the economy and soured party’s chances of returning to power

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.