Starmer to play into Farage's hands and announce new soft Brexit push
The Prime Minister is expected to deliver a speech in the wake of dismal local election results in which he will claim that closer links with the EU are needed to tackle the cost of living.
WHO warns MORE cases of rat virus are likely as case is confirmed in the Netherlands - RECAP
RECAP: Our coverage of the hantavirus outbreak on board the MV Hondius cruise ship amid fears infections could spread across the world.
Traveller brazenly advertises 'land grab' plot a week before diggers turned up: How illegal caravan sites are being put up for sale on Facebook before they've even been built
Martin Mongan advertised for 'off-plan' buyers for one of the yet-to-be-built caravan pitches in a Facebook post.
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Brave volunteers who risked their lives to bring down the drug gangs
Neil Forsyth's impassioned anti-drugs thriller Legends opens with a double death in 1990, as a schoolboy on a Liverpool council estate is cajoled into trying heroin at a nightclub.
Keir Starmer will face the cameras and take responsibility for Labour's local election drubbing in 'masochism strategy' inspired by Tony Blair
After a bruising night for his party, the Prime Minister will face the cameras on Friday morning.
Criminals are using photos from school websites to create child sex abuse imagery then blackmailing headmasters, experts warns
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and child safety experts have warned that criminals are using AI to manipulate photos of children and then demand huge sums to not publish them.
US military virologist warns 'perfect storm' of contagion caused lethal hantavirus cruise outbreak... and it's not over: 'Blood vessels leak, lungs fill with fluid'
'It takes a very, very rare widow for all of these things to happen,' Dr Jay Hooper told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.
Scandalous secrets Ted Turner wanted to bury: CNN founder's relentless daily sex quota... newsroom romps... and stinging nickname Jane Fonda gave his affairs
Everyone who ever met him seems to have an outrageous anecdote about the late CNN founder Ted Turner, but few can match the one recalled by the network's former chief news honcho.
Izzy the abandoned cat is rescued after being trapped between a boiler and wall for 12 days
One-year-old Izzy, a Domestic Shorthair crossbreed, was discovered by a shocked contractor in Inglemire, Kingston upon Hull.
Paramedic tells inquest 999 crews 'winged it' as they tried to save mother stuck headfirst in sea defence rocks from drowning
Paramedic Billy Seaman gave evidence at Suffolk Coroner's Court on Thursday as the inquest continued to examine the response to the incident.
Mother gets to hold her dead daughter's hand again - by meeting her transplant recipient
Jackie Kirwan, 65, said Georgie Peterson would have been 'over the moon' to know that she had helped Kim Smith, who lost her limbs as a result of sepsis.
Portugal and Italy refuse to suspend controversial EU border checks that have caused travel chaos and left Britons facing hours-long queues
Reports earlier this week suggested the two nations would follow in the footsteps of Greece in suspending the new Entry-Exit System (EES) rules.
Silky anteater puts on a show for the cameras in Suriname
Weighing less than a mango and highly shy, the petite silky anteater is one of the smallest mammals on the planet. But at least one of the species was happy to put on a display for the cameras.
Teenage boy who went on a shoplifting spree and stole more than £100,000 from high street stores is spared jail
The 17-year-old raided the London branches of high street giants Boots and Holland and Barrett in dozens of raids over the last two years.
Baby dies after 'incident' at home in south Manchester
Emergency services including an air ambulance rushed to a property on Platt Lane in Fallowfield on Thursday morning.
Man, 39, is charged with harassment after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 'threatened near his home'
Alex Jenkinson, 39, has been charged with two counts of harassment after an incident in Wolferton, near Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home on the King's Sandringham estate
Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte help Robert Irwin name Australia Zoo's newest kangaroo - and she has a sweet connection to Wales
To help name the joey, Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, enlisted the help of the young royals, who opted for a name with a sweet nod to Wales.
Moment young British couple are caught by Turkish customs with 19 kilograms of marijuana in their suitcase while flying from Thailand to London
Holly Cooper and her boyfriend Taylor Johnson, both 20, were detained at Istanbul Airport after arriving on a flight from Thailand and attempting to board a connecting service to London .
Inmate who 'murdered Ian Watkins' claimed Lostprophets singer was 'treated like royalty' in prison and was disgusted at having to share a wing with sex offenders, court told
Rico Gedel, 25, allegedly killed Watkins, 48, in a 20-second jail cell attack before quipping, 'have a good night's sleep' as he lay dying, a jury heard.
Teacher sacked from one of England's most outstanding state schools 'over relationship with teen boy'
The woman was immediately fired over the reported inappropriate contact with a teenage boy at Chiswick School (pictured).