RECORD numbers of OAP inmates are in jails — including 28 in their 90s. There were 456 in their 80s and 1,625 in their 70s in England and Wales last year. The 2,109 total aged 70+ account for one i…

Loopy Lucy IF Westminster gossip is to be believed, Lucy Powell was Andy Burnham’s THIRD choice to be Education Secretary. The new PM may already regret not having a fourth option. Powell’s claim t…

A DAD was under arrest last night over the alleged killing of his nine-year-old daughter on a family camping trip. The 35-year-old was held after the girl was found fatally injured o…

ANDY Burnham is taking a break from his day-to-day duties to spend time with his family. No10 has not said where Mr Burnham is going for his holiday but the PM has disappeared just two weeks into h…

NEWSPAPER pundits are ten a penny. They come and they go, often without trace. The Sun’s Rod Liddle by contrast is simply irreplaceable. Rod’s tragic and untimely death at 66 robs us of a controver…

TRAGEDY struck Britain’s “second-best zoo” as animals died in a fire, leaving staff “devastated”. Two owners of Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Hadley, near Telford in Shropshire, were taken to hospi…

A BRITISH tourist has been found dead in a Thai hotel room after a “Do Not Disturb” sign was left hanging on his door for several days. Horrified staff made the grim discovery after ent…

A FIVE-year-old “precious angel” who was “found dead in the water” has been pictured as her devastated family pay a touching tribute. Little Letti Cole was discovered dead in a body of water in Bad…

FOUR people have been seriously injured in a shooting on a street in Cologne. Cops have been deployed to the area of Berliner Straße in the Mülheim, Germany, after several shots rang out on Monday …

NOEL Edmonds has been accused of condemning to death two lobsters he bought from a farm shop to release into the sea. The former Deal or No Deal host and his wife Liz returned the pair to the water…

A MASSIVE fire reportedly caused by a BBQ ripped through ten homes and left four in ruins. The blaze erupted at 2.40pm yesterday, with eight fire engines scrambling to the scene. Flames quickly tor…

A MAJOR discount retailer has pulled a popular children’s item from shelves after it was found to present a choking risk. Customers have been urged to stop using the product immediately and t…

VLADIMIR Putin has fled to Siberia for a PR exercise, turning his back on parts of Russia being pummelled by Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes. Burying his head in the sand, the Russian Pres…

A NEW wildfire has triggered evacuation concerns in California as firefighters battle another fast-moving blaze. It comes as hundreds of buildings have already been destroyed in neighbouring Washin…

ONE of the strictest schools in Britain gives pupils detention for looking out the window and moving their pencil. The Athena Learning Trust runs six schools in Cornwall and Devon, and has recently…

UKRAINE has brought war to Vladimir Putin’s doorstep, dragging the tyrant’s personal palaces into the crosshairs in an explosive show of strength. Kyiv’s Black Sea blitz has left …

AT least 12 people have been injured after an Air India flight took a sudden 300ft plunge during terrifying turbulence. Flight AI2379 was carrying 134 people when it nosedived unexpectedly, leaving…

A FORMER nursery worker and her ex-boyfriend have been spared jail after refusing to say who inflicted horror injuries on a baby. Amy Lamb, 30, and Alex Goodwin, 35, left the three-month-old baby b…

THE family of a British pilot who crashed fighting wildfires in Greece have told of his “miraculous” escape seconds before the helicopter exploded into a huge fireball. Andrew Hutchinso…

A TEENAGE girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted by a man who followed her on a bus and a train in a busy city centre. The 16-year-old was reportedly followed by a man as she boarded a bus to A…

THE Afghan man accused of killing a British woman in Greece may have murdered the charity worker after she rejected his advances, cops say. Greek police believe Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38 may have fou…