Belgian customs crush 2,000 cans of American Miller High Life for falling afoul of European laws

More than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life beer were crushed for falling afoul of European laws over their decades-long slogan, ‘Champagne of Beers’. The Comité Champagne halted the American beer shipment this week and paid for the 2,352 cans to be destroyed when they arrived at the Belgium port in Antwerp.  The shipment was … Read more

Queen Consort a mane-stay no more: Camilla says she no longer rides horses because she is ‘too old’ 

The late Queen was seen riding horses well into her 90s but the younger Queen Consort has revealed it is a pleasure she is now ‘too old’ to enjoy. During last week’s State visit to Germany, Camilla told a group of school children that she could no longer ride but still found time to keep … Read more

Plane passenger, 50, appears in court after being caught smuggling 83,000 cigarettes to Newcastle

Man, 50, busted trying to smuggle in 83,000 cigarettes worth £28,000 on a flight from Nigeria to Newcastle Samuel Onyemenam, 50, filled two suitcases with 83,600 smuggled cigarettes He was arrested and has since pleaded guilty to fraudulently evading duty  By Natasha Anderson Published: 21:36 GMT, 19 March 2023 | Updated: 07:21 GMT, 20 March … Read more

Rishi Sunak urges ‘talented’ Gary Lineker and the BBC to resolve their dispute in a timely manner

Rishi Sunak urges ‘talented’ Gary Lineker and the BBC to resolve their dispute in a timely manner as he makes defence of government’s controversial new immigration bill By Chris Matthews For Mailonline Published: 18:40 GMT, 11 March 2023 | Updated: 18:41 GMT, 11 March 2023 Rishi Sunak has urged ‘talented’ Gary Lineker and the BBC … Read more

Gary Lineker broke down in tears when he learned pundits had backed him in solidarity

Gary Lineker reportedly broke down in tears after learning his fellow Match Of The Day stars had backed him and pulled out from tonight’s show after BBC bosses took the presenter off the air. Regular pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer both announced they would not appear on tonight’s show to round up the day’s … Read more

Pregnant woman’s boyfriend will see birth of his child after Home Office U-turn in deportation row

EXCLUSIVE Pregnant horse-riding instructor’s Australian boyfriend who faced missing birth of his child amid deportation row is set to remain in UK after Home Office U-turn Sophie Seymour’s Australian boyfriend was in a Home Office deportation row James Sheppard broke rules when he left the country for a work trip in Germany But a U-turn … Read more

Frenchwoman makes history as the first female referee to take charge of a men’s World Cup match 

Frenchwoman makes history as the first female referee to take charge of a men’s World Cup match Three women referees took charge of Germany v Costa Rica World Cup game  Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart, 38, led the line up of the all-female team  Her assistant referees were Brazil’s Neuza Back and Mexican Karen Diaz Medina Frappart … Read more

Not ONE migrant has been sent back to France under post-Brexit rules, new figures show

Not ONE migrant has been sent back to France under post-Brexit rules, new figures show, despite 70,000 crossing the Channel since last January No asylum seekers forcibly returned to France under post-Brexit border rules Since January last year only 21 ‘enforced removals’ carried out, none to France Only 83 asylum seekers were told another country … Read more

UK ‘will be worst-performing economy in the G20 apart from Russia next year’

UK faces being worst-performing economy in the G20 apart from Russia next year, warns OECD OECD predicting that UK will be worst-performer in teh G20 apart from Russia GDP is expected to go into reverse next year and still be stuttering in 2024 Global growth is being hammered by the fallout from the war in … Read more

Storm grows over ‘fake fans’ at Qatar World Cup as FIFA president claims it is RACIST

Storm grows over identikit ‘fake fans’ in Qatar as FIFA president Gianni Infantino claims it is RACIST to claim World Cup supporter groups are paid actors Videos of supporters at the Qatar World Cup have led to allegations of ‘fake fans’ Speculation has grown that Qatar has paid people to pretend to be supporters  Qatar … Read more

Angela Merkel says she has NO regrets over her decision to bind Germany to Russian gas

Angela Merkel says she has NO regrets over her decision to bind Germany to Russian gas which has now led to spiralling inflation and economic chaos Merkel left office with 55 per cent of German energy coming from Russia Now Germany is trying to wean itself off the Kremlin amid Ukraine war The former chancellor … Read more

Passenger films ‘non-stop’ baby screams during 29-HOUR flight from New Zealand to Germany 

Passenger films ‘non-stop’ baby screams during 29-HOUR flight from New Zealand to Germany Musician on a 29-hour flight recorded the incessant screams of a baby  He was flying from New Zealand to Germany, which is at least a two-legged trip Henry Beasley sarcastically complimented the baby’s ‘great projection’ He documented his own deteriorating mood throughout … Read more