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• Albanian gang boss pleads guilty to entering the UK illegally after Mail on Sunday investigation led to his arrest

  13-04-2025 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Home Office last night hailed this newspaper's 'brilliant investigative journalism' that led to Alket Dauti - who smuggled hundreds of migrants to Britain in lorries - being hauled in front of a court.
  
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• Fury as famous British seaside town BANS decades-old tradition and threatens fines up to £1,000 and criminal records for those who don't comply

  18-04-2025 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sellers are kicking off as they accuse the council of not moving an inch on any changes to proposals.
  
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• 'What the f*** is Elon doing there?' Donald Trump 'blocks Musk from top secret China briefing' after the Tesla boss 'annoys White House staff'

  18-04-2025 11:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two top Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, were suspended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following an investigation into who leaked the news of the briefing on China to Musk.
  
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• Anger at 'woke' Edward Colston plaque condemning him for 'prominent role in slavery' while removing any mention of his philanthropy

  18-04-2025 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plaque, installed on Wednesday evening emphasises his 'prominent role in the enslavement of African people', removing any mention of Colston as a 'benefactor'.
  
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• Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's among supermarket giants demanding EU agree a deal with Britain on plant and animal exports amid Donald Trump's trade chaos

  18-04-2025 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's are among 12 firms to have written to European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in support of a 'veterinary agreement'.
  
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• Trans celebrities and activists vow to defy Supreme Court gender ruling by ignoring new rules on single sex toilets and changing rooms as they condemn 'blatant discrimination'

  18-04-2025 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A string of high profile figures from Britain's trans community have used TV interviews and social media posts to brand the judgment 'an attack' and 'blatant discrimination'.
  
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• Prince Harry brands his security in UK 'inadequate, inappropriate and ineffective' - as new court documents reveal he requested police protection after Al Qaeda threat

  18-04-2025 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry requested specific police protection after a threat was made against him by the terror group Al Qaeda, new court documents released last night show.
  
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• ‘50 years ago I rescued a penguin, now Steve Coogan is playing me in a film’

  18-04-2025 11:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Steve Coogan stars as Tom Michell in The Penguin Lessons, directed by Peter Cattaneo (Picture: Lionsgate)‘It was a tiny movement, really. I almost missed it. If the penguin hadn’t flapped his swings I would have assumed he was dead like all the others… Then none of this would have ever happened.’This was the moment when Tom Michell, a 23-year-old science teacher working in South America, first spotted a penguin on the coast of Punta del Este in Uruguay in 1975. Dre
  
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• Horror as 'vibrant' mother-of-five, 50, is killed in hit-and-run outside pub: Police arrest two teenagers

  18-04-2025 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sue Davis (pictured), 50, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, died after she was hit outside the Flying Pig pub in the town's Wheatley area just after 1am on Tuesday.
  
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• Homeless man accused of £2,000 ‘dine and dash’ at 5-star Dorchester Hotel

  18-04-2025 11:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikko Luistinen, 58, is said to have tucked into a sumptuous meal with wine worth £1,936 at the five-star Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane, in May 2022 with no intention of paying (Picture: Shutterstock/Tony Baggett)A homeless man accused of shirking the bill after enjoying a lavish meal at one of London’s most prestigious hotels has appeared in court.Mikko Luistinen, 58, is said to have tucked into a sumptuous meal with wine worth £1,936 at the five-star Dorchester Hotel on Park
  
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• Child, 7, dies after woman 'sends poisoned Easter egg to ex's new family'

  18-04-2025 11:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old woman in Brazil has been arrested after a potentially deadly chocolate egg was sent to her ex-partner's new family. The family were left a note with the Easter egg delivery
  
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• The chilling video that could help police track down the five kidnappers who dragged a Sydney mother out of her home - before her body was found in a burnt-out car

  18-04-2025 11:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman's body was found in a burnt-out car shortly after five men had forced their way into her western Sydney home and dragged her out.
  
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• Husband's powerful last words to wife under police investigation after his death

  18-04-2025 11:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Louise Shackleton, who is currently being probed by police after accompanying her husband Andrew to Dignitas, has opened up about their final conversations together, including his last wish that she's determined to honour
  
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• Fury over classmate who casually walked past shooting victim while drinking Starbucks

  18-04-2025 11:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  A video shared online shows the student walking past the woman’s body on the ground while they held their iced coffee and casually strolled past the victim.A Florida State University student left a wounded classmate helpless on the ground as they walked past sipping an iced coffee.Instead of helping the woman, they filmed her blood-soaked clothes without stopping to administer first aid or call for help.The video has sparked outrage and fury the day after the son of a polic
  
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• Halifax hit and run horror as mum-of-five killed in sickening crash outside popular pub

  18-04-2025 11:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after mum-of-five Sue Davis, 50, was killed outside of the Flying Pig pub in Halifax, West Yorkshire, shortly after 1am on Tuesday
  
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• Naples cable car tragedy: Italian police launch manslaughter probe as two Brits confirmed dead

  18-04-2025 11:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to initial findings, the cabin remained on the wire for a few seconds, then tragically came crashing down
  
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• Man arrested for alleged sex attack on an 83-year-old woman after helping her home with her groceries

  18-04-2025 11:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested over the alleged attack on an elderly woman in Sydney on Tuesday.
  
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• Moment karate world champion rushes to dole out instant karma to 'wannabe thieves' prowling outside his home

  18-04-2025 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dave Treadwell, 45, was woken up by his wife Kelly, 47, at around 3am on Tuesday, when their Ring Doorbell alert went off and she spotted someone lurking outside their home.
  
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• Justin Kluivert injury update ahead of Crystal Palace vs AFC Bournemouth clash

  18-04-2025 11:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Justin Kluivert is a popular pick on FPL this season due to his stunning form (Picture: Getty)AFC Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has provided an injury update on Justin Kluivert ahead of Saturday’s trip to Crystal Palace.The Dutchman has been in superb form for the Cherries this season, producing 12 goals and six assists across 28 Premier League games.But Kluivert has missed Bournemouth’s last three top-flight matches after suffering an injury in the FA Cup defeat to Mancheste
  
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• 'At 25 I thought my symptoms were Covid, but I had stage 4 cancer'

  18-04-2025 11:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evgenia, from London, revealed how she dismissed months of pain but later found out she had advanced cancer at just 25 years old. She explained how a delayed appointment made her condition deteriorate
  
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• My micro-budget film I made with friends beat £1,000,000 movies – here’s how we did it

  18-04-2025 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two Big Feet just won the Manchester Film Festival over films with £1,000,000 budgets (Picture: Noah Stratton-Twine)To succeed in making a feature film as a normal person without funding seems nigh on impossible, let alone to win any awards – especially when you’re up against films with a £1,000,000 budget. Forget it.That’s what actor Oliver Woolf, 26, and director Noah Stratton-Twine, 26 thought – until they did it.
  Last month their debut full-length fi
  
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• Daily Mirror pub quiz: 20 challenging questions to test yourself or your friends

  18-04-2025 11:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Do you have what it takes to get 100% in our general knowledge quiz? Test yourself or your friends by answering our questions below
  
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• Alexis Sanchez sends message to Arsenal after beating Real Madrid in Champions League

  18-04-2025 10:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alexis Sanchez has described Arsenal as a ‘love you never forget’ (AMA/Getty)Alexis Sanchez has sent a special message to Arsenal after they knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League this week.Mikel Arteta’s side brushed off the threat of another historic Champions League comeback from Madrid by securing a 2-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night.Arsenal have now set up a Champions League semi-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain after the French side eli
  
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• Swedish boy, 15, is arrested for 'trying to hire hitmen to kill rival gang members' after he was sent away to Australia to get away from his criminal friends

  18-04-2025 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old - who cannot be identified because of his age - is said to have offered one assassin £15,600 to commit a murder in Denmark.
  
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• 'He laughed and slipped away... it was a beautiful death': British wife's heartbreaking account of husband's final moments at Dignitas, how they spent their last hour and the joke they shared before he died in her arms

  18-04-2025 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Louise and Anthony Shackleton spent a 'peaceful' hour walking in the sunshine, taking in the views of the Alps and talking, before Mr Shackleton turned to his wife and said: 'It's time'.
  
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• EastEnders fans delighted by the very unexpected return of 90s legend

  18-04-2025 10:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Did you spot the iconic return during Sonia Fowler’s exit? (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)EastEnders viewers were overjoyed to see an iconic 90s ‘character’ return at the end of last night’s episode.I am, of course, talking about Sonia Fowler’s (Natalie Cassidy) trumpet.The brass instrument is woven into the fabric of the character, who departed after 32 years yesterday.Sonia, alongside sister Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and daughters Bex (Jasmine Armf
  
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• Donald Trump 'seduced by promise of royal pageantry' as UK battles for post-Brexit US trade deal

  18-04-2025 10:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales is expected to take a leading role during the US leader’s September visit, capitalising on the Americans’ well-documented admiration for the monarchy
  
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• Laryngomalacia symptoms explained as Mrs Hinch warns parents to 'trust their gut'

  18-04-2025 10:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mrs Hinch has revealed her baby son's health diagnosis after rushing him to A&E but thankfully medical experts explain that while terrifying for parents, there's no need for major concern
  
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• Blow for Keir Starmer as Donald Trump says 'baseline' 10 per cent tariffs are set to stay - despite PM's bid to woo US President with state visit

  18-04-2025 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US President has imposed sweeping 10 per cent tariffs on all goods imported to America, while he has also slapped 25 per cent charges on aluminium, steel and cars.
  
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• Inside nuclear UK 'war room' up for sale with apocalypse equipment frozen in time

  18-04-2025 10:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jaw-dropping pictures show what one of the UK's last remaining war rooms looks like - with certain items still intact. The property is on sale for a whopping £50,000 in Bristol
  
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