FROM so-called Doomsday planes to Vladimir Putin's top secret nuke briefcase, there are signs Russia could be preparing to spark a nuclear World War Three. Putin has already warned he will use nuclear weapons against the West if anyone interferes in Ukraine – but Britain has downplayed the Russian warnings as "bravado". The spectre of nuclear […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter A photographer and his son have recalled the horrifying moment they were launched off their kayak and into the ocean by a huge great white shark. Daniel Sullivan and son Tristan were out in large orange kayak just off the the Ukumehame beach, which […]

Eggs farmers are SIX MONTHS from bankruptcy due rising cost of chicken feed caused by Ukraine war and supermarkets cutting prices amid cost-of-living crisis, industry experts warn War in Ukraine has left egg farmers at risk of going bankrupt due to soaring costs Grocers placed an average price cut of 13% on coffee, bread, sausages […]

The dead Z: Russian soldiers’ bodies are laid out in the shape of their invasion insignia as Zelensky’s men make 30-mile advance and expel Putin’s forces from town near Kharkiv Ukrainian troops have successfully counter-attacked to the east of Kharkiv, capturing a town 30 miles away  Move pushes Russia away from country’s second-largest city, and […]

Lifting ban on new grammar schools could help level up education for poorer areas, MP says Former teacher Jonathan Gullis has launched a campaign to scrap grammar ban Almost half of grammar schools are in the UK are in the London and South East Red Wall MP says it would end ‘geographic sweepstake’ in education […]

By Melissa Clark, The New York Times The day I found out that I didn’t have to stand over the risotto pot, stirring constantly with one hand as I awkwardly ladled in simmering liquid with the other, was the day the rice dish went into my permanent dinner rotation. Before that, risotto was for special […]

Vladimir Putin's top military general is said to have been wounded in Ukraine and sent straight back to Russia just days after arriving to take charge of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov had been sent by Putin to take control of the push to Donbas and […]

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Sunday marked one week since a water main break flooded about 50 homes in the Berkeley neighborhood. While the water is finally gone, the nightmare is just beginning for some homeowners. “It’s devastating,” Rose Gonzales said. “I haven’t rested. I haven’t slept. My anxiety level is through the roof.” She never thought her home of […]

As the weather turns colder and the nights draw in, we face our first winter since 2019 without significant COVID restrictions. After everything we have been through, that is undoubtedly something to celebrate. But the shadow of the pandemic still looms large over our health system. Across the nation, emergency departments are overflowing, ambulances are […]