A MANIAC brutally attacked a mum he met online through a dating app – while her kids were asleep in the next room.  Jason Driver, 40, put his belt around Chantelle Curry’s neck, leaned on her windpipe and pushed his thumbs into her lips to stop her screaming. A court heard that the attack caused […]

Labour’s Diane Abbott reveals she TURNED DOWN a spot on Strictly Come Dancing because she ‘doesn’t have natural rhythm’ Diane Abbott has revealed she turned down a spot on Strictly Come Dancing Former shadow home secretary said she did not have the skill to go on the show Ex-Labour MP Jacqui Smith is among the […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Multiple people have been stabbed in Birmingham city centre, with police declaring a major incident. West Midlands Police said there were "a number" of victims, but the severity of their injuries was not immediately known. Officers were […]

It’s a mountain lion baby boom! The National Park Service announced this week that a whopping 13 kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills in California this summer. “This is the first time this many mountain lion dens have been found within such a short period […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — As unrest continues in Portland amid 100 straight days of protests, authorities released additional court documents late Friday detailing the moments before the slaying of a right-wing protester last weekend. The documents included shots of security footage that showed the suspect, Michael Forest Reinoehl, ducked into a parking garage and reached toward […]

The women who shaped, seduced and scarred John Lennon: New book reveals untold stories of the mother whose death the Beatle never got over, Britain’s first female pop star, and how Yoko Ono begged to be his lover (because she’d gone off sex) John Lennon was the chippy, clever, quick-witted Beatle, a snarl of contradictions: both […]

BORIS Johnson’s call for civil servants to return to work was spurned by a union boss. Whitehall leader Dave Penman said the PM was on a “fool’s errand” if he thinks staff will flock back. He claimed the pandemic had sparked an “industrial revolution” of home-working — and that there was no turning back. Mr […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Two French military personnel were killed while on an operation in Mali on Saturday when an improvised explosive device destroyed their armoured vehicle, the French Presidency said. According to the statement, a third soldier was injured in the blast, which took place in the Tessalit region of Northern Mali. The soldiers were […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Facebook has blocked a terminally ill French euthanasia campaigner from livestreaming his own death. Alain Cocq, who has been suffering for 34 years from a rare and incurable degenerative disease, said he would find another way to broadcast his death. He has stopped taking food, drink or medicine, and says he wants […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rescue workers digging through the rubble of a Beirut building for the third day on Saturday said there was no longer hope of finding someone alive more than a month after a massive port explosion shattered Lebanon’s capital. About 50 rescue workers and volunteers, including a specialist team from Chile, had worked […]