Death of soldier, 24, who was shot through his helmet by a comrade during ‘pitch black’ night training exercise was an accident, jury rules Private Conor McPherson was shot at Otterburn Training Area in August 2016 A jury found that Private McPherson’s death had been an accident The inquiry said […]

Footballer Jason Lee accuses David Baddiel of inflicting a ‘whole new layer’ of racist abuse on him by ‘blacking up’ for ‘pineapple on his head’ sketches on BBC’s Fantasy Football League in 90s Footballer Jason Lee said David Baddiel show was ‘violation on so many levels’ Baddiel wore blackface impersonating […]

Tory civil war on Brexit reignites over plan for ‘Swiss-style’ deal: Ministers deny claims that No 10 is mulling closer ties with the EU that could mean accepting bloc’s law, paying into Brussels coffers and higher immigration Reports suggest the government is considering a Swiss approach to help trade But […]

By Annika Smethurst Daniel Andrews in his office during the penultimate week of the state election campaign.Credit:Eddie Jim After almost 20 years on Spring Street – eight as Victorian premier – Daniel Andrews might be forgiven for wanting to walk away. From the political high of leading Labor to victory […]

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Take politics out of the NHS – and start fixing its problems What is the point of targets, if nobody ever hits them? And yet the National Health Service, striving to pretend to itself that it is the envy of the world, is still beset by […]

The littlest book on my shelves is also one of the biggest books in history. It’s about 10cm by 14cm by 3cm, a little brick. You could build houses upon houses with it. Actually, metaphorically, that is indeed what has transpired across the centuries. It is the Bible. The cover […]

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 […]

Rishi Sunak fears for his daughters walking alone and wants more criminals jailed: Prime Minister pledges to create thousands more prison places Prime Minister said he had ‘taken for granted’ the safety of women walking alone But said cases like Sarah Everard showed more needs to be done to jail offenders […]

Qatar World Cup: Welcome to the land of smoke and mirrors where they make up the rules as they go along, writes IAN HERBERT in Doha Demands by the Qatar royals to ban the sale of alcohol at World Cup stadiums come as little surprise to those who have watched […]

EXCLUSIVE: A romance marked by shared grief: How fiancé of Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi lost his 19-year-old brother in fatal car accident that mirrors crash that killed his soon-to-be grandfather-in-law President Joe Biden’s first wife and daughter Peter Neal, 25, lost his oldest brother Willie Neal in a fatal car […]