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Texas man who torched 76-year-old gas station attendant alive during robbery put to death

Texas Death Row inmate Matthew Lee Johnson is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, May 20 for the murder of Nancy Harris in May 2012. (Image: Texas Department of Corrections)A Texan man, found guilty...

Jet2 boss issues Spain holiday price warning as tourism protests threaten higher taxes

Jet2's chief has sounded the alarm over potential hikes in tourist taxes due to persistent protests. Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2, voiced concerns that tourist taxes might increase as a result of...

Gaza parents desperate as children face starvation under Israeli blockade

Gaza parents desperate as children face starvation under Israeli blockadeThe UN has called for urgent international action to get aid into Gaza, amid fresh warnings that nearly half a million people...

Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues

Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues38 minutes agoHannah O'Grady and Joel GunterBBC PanoramaFormer members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC...

Outlander's Claire and Laoghaire scene changed for tragic reason

Caitríona Balfe, the star of Outlander, showed restraint for a pivotal scene where her character Claire Fraser confronts Laoghaire MacKenzie, depicted by Nell Hudson.The tense moment had Claire...

Death row inmate 'suffered a slow death' after executioners 'botched' firing squad kill

Lawyers representing a South Carolina death row inmate who was executed by firing squad on April 11 claim that the state mishandled the sentence, causing Mikal Mahdi to endure a longer and more...

'Death Row has been my life for 25 years – the worst thing about it haunts me'

A double killer who has been on Death Row for 25 years has opened up about the grim reality of his situation.Charles Thompson was found guilty of a double homicide in 1998 after he shot his...

'Hitler birthday party' in pub sees nine people arrested

Nine people have been arrested after a group of neo-Nazis who threw a pub party to celebrate the birthday of Adolf Hitler last month. Members of the far-right group British Movement North West posted...

Rebekah Vardy finally agrees to pay Coleen Rooney £1.2m after six-year Wagatha row

Rebekah Vardy has finally agreed to pay almost £1.2 million of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs following their high-profile Wagatha Christie libel battle, a judge has been told.Wayne Rooney's wife...

White House Crackdown: Trump Bans Funding for ‘Pandemic-Causing’ Experiments in China

Donald Trump has signed a dramatic executive order to cut off all federal funding for dangerous virus research in hostile or unregulated countries — five years after COVID-19, which US intelligence...

Millions of people lost their lives during WWII... but ONE death was entirely welcome

Allied War correspondents are shown where Hitler’s body was said to have been burned and buried (Image: Getty)No one knew how or when the Third Reich would collapse. British parliamentarian Harold...

The Handmaid's Tale Eden star Sydney Sweeney's exit from series explained

Over the years, Hulu's dystopian series The Handmaid's Tale has seen several characters exit the show, including Alexis Bledel's character Emily/Ofglen. As the final season airs, fans have been...

North Korea unveils 5000 tonne 'Aegis Destroyer' with new cruise missile test

North Korea has showcased a formidable new naval weapon this week, with state media announcing the deployment of a potent arsenal aboard its latest 'Cheo Hyun' class warship.Supreme Leader Kim Jong...

Pilot's chilling final words before largest loss of life on British airliner

One missing letter caused deadly plane crash in perfect storm of tragic coincidences (Image: Captain Airplane/Youtube)The notorious airport disaster that still holds the record as the worst crash in...

Moment Prince William showed he will be 'ideal king' at Pope Francis funeral

As heir to the throne, Prince William attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City yesterday on behalf of his father King Charles. The Prince of Wales, 42, was the only British royal at the...

Village 'worst-affected' by HS2 is cut in half by massive 700m train tunnel

Burton Green, Warwickshire (Image: Emma Trimble / SWNS)The residents of Burton Green, a village in Warwickshire, have spoken out about the nightmare of living in what's been labelled the...

Keir Starmer, there's one thing you must do after Supreme Court trans ruling

I’m not sure which was the more definitive noise coming from the Labour front bench as Parliament returned from its Easter break this week – the sounds of clucking and flapping as chickens came...

Daily Express cartoonist who mocked Hitler so successfully he was put on a Nazi death list

Express cartoonist Carl Giles at work in his studio on his Suffolk farm in 1948. (Image: Getty)Legendary Daily Express cartoonist Carl Giles refined his craft during the biggest conflict in modern...

China executes man who stabbed Japanese school boy

China executes man who stabbed Japanese school boy 4 hours agoKoh EweBBC NewsReporting fromSingaporeChika NakayamaBBC NewsReporting fromTokyoGetty ImagesChina has executed a man for fatally stabbing...

Prove your smarter than your family this Easter with incredible 100 question quiz

Test your knowledge in our quiz - are you smarter than the rest of your family this Easter? (Image: Getty)We hope that you've enjoyed a fun-filled Easter with your family and friends, but now the...