A company director who was banned from running businesses fraudulently obtained £300,000 in Covid support loans and spent the money on family holidays, private school fees, and personal purchases, Daily Mail reported.Steven Brookes, 40, was sentenced to three years in prison after securing six Bounce Back Loans between May and October 2020 by using his…
More than a decade after risking his life to save fellow soldiers during a fierce battle in Afghanistan, US Army officer Nicholas Dockery has received the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military award for bravery. Dockery was honoured at a White House ceremony in June 2026 for his actions during a Taliban ambush in Kapisa…
As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches the end of its operational life, NASA is preparing for one of the most ambitious and controversial space engineering projects ever attempted. The agency plans to guide the 420-tonne orbital laboratory through a controlled re-entry before directing surviving debris into a remote region of the Pacific Ocean, often…
Tamara Thomas and Damion Thomas/Image: X A teacher couple has been jailed after their 12-year-old son died from undiagnosed diabetes, despite showing severe symptoms hours before his death.Tamara Thomas, 46, and Damion Thomas, 48, failed to seek urgent medical help for their son Joshua after he became critically ill at their home in Kings Heath,…
The creator economy reached a historic milestone in 2026. According to Forbes’ 2026 Top Creators list, the world’s 50 highest-earning social media stars generated a combined $1.02 billion between March 2025 and March 2026, marking the first time collective earnings crossed the billion-dollar mark. The total represents a 20 per cent increase from the $853…
Deep in the rainforests of far north Queensland, Australia, scientists have discovered a tiny spider with an extraordinary hunting strategy. Nicknamed the “ballista spider”, the newly described species uses a silk-powered trap that launches prey into its web with accelerations reaching up to 140 times the force of gravity. Researchers say the spider specifically targets…
A Pakistani delivery driver who raped a vulnerable woman shortly after she left a hospital in West Sussex has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison.Suleman Mukaish, 27, who was living in the UK on a student visa, carried out the attack in a car park near Worthing Hospital on March 11…
Residents of a neighbourhood in Orange County, Texas, were told to stay indoors after an 18-wheeler carrying hundreds of honeybee hives overturned and released millions of bees into the area. The truck, which was transporting more than 400 hives for commercial pollination work, crashed after reportedly taking a wrong turn and attempting a sharp corner….
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Mariano Grossi confirms that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be inspected. The head of the UN’s nuclear agency signaled on Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran, despite Tehran’s denial…
After losing her corporate marketing job in 2025, Southern California events producer Lauren Tetef decided to bet on a dream she had long imagined. Over several months, she saved about $24,000 through freelance work and transformed a vacant former Joann fabric store in Torrance, California, into Open House Creative Fest, a two-day event celebrating creativity…