TO run to be Mayor of London, you need a good pair of shoes. But Mozammel Hossain – the top lawyer turned London Mayoral hopeful – didn't own a pair of his own until he was 16 years old. The man that many top Tories hope will oust Sadiq Khan at next year's election was born […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters Earth may house leftover remnants of an ancient planet deep in its core, far deeper than the "entrance to Hell" hole goes. Two massive blobs found underneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean respectively were pointed to as particularly large […]

A YOUNG entrepreneur has managed to create a side hustle that's saving drivers hundreds each year, while still juggling his school work. Henry Coward's ingenious company rewards drivers who shop locally by allowing them to save money on tolls. Fittingly, the Aussie teen named his venture Tollz, and pitched his idea to the University of […]

A FORMER bodybuilder who twice made the top 10 at Ms. Olympia competitions shared the secret to her muscly build.   Ex-powerlifting star Gladys Portugues competed during the 1980s and is the wife of legendary filmmaker and martial arts star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Mom-of-two Gladys and Van Damme first tied the knot in 1987, before […]

A volcano in the Philippines has erupted, prompting a mass evacuation of thousands of people living in nearby regions. The Mayon Volcano, situated near Legazpi City in the Province of Albay, Luzon, first began worrying officials on Thursday (June 8) when an increase in activity saw them raise the alert level to Alert Level 3 […]

Vladimir Putin’s military appears to have sent troops out on orders from the Kremlin with the express purpose of shooting soldiers who are retreating. On Monday (June 12), a video from the battlefield leaked, showing three armed Russian soldiers shooting at least seven of their fellow soldiers who were attempting to flee, appearing to lend […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: Leading US pollster Frank Luntz says Donald Trump can re-win the presidency and that if that happens, US democracy could collapse. Speaking to this masthead in London, where he was a guest speaker at the Centre for […]

Medics have removed a foot-long stick from a man’s oesophagus after he visited a hospital in Guatemala, Central America, complaining of intense stomach pain. Doctors found the top of the stick poking out of his gullet, and the pain was caused by splinters digging into his lower stomach and tube’s sides. The man, 52, who […]

An 11-year-old British girl who was tragically shot dead in an apparent neighbours’ dispute has been pictured by French police. Solaine Thornton was shot dead on Saturday evening in the village of Saint-Herbot, in Brittany. Her father Adrian, 52, is fighting for his life in hospital after being "hit in the head" by a shotgun […]

Retreating Russian forces have destroyed another dam just a week after the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric station left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians stranded in the resultant floods. As Ukrainian forces make incremental gains along the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border areas in what appears to be the beginning of an attempt to sever the Russian […]