A light aircraft crashed and burst into flames near woods in Sussex today. The plane came down in open ground near the village of Cross in Hand in Heathfield shortly after 11am. MailOnline understands the plane was controlled by a private pilot who had just taken off from the nearby …...Read More

Two French friends who are living in America have gone viral after they filmed themselves trying to pronounce a series of challenging English words. Students Alexandre Durand and Tom Carles, both 20, who are originally from Paris and are currently living in Charleston, South Carolina, have been trying to master …...Read More

Amir Khan broke the imposed lockdown restrictions in Manchester to celebrate Eid with his family and friends in his back garden. The boxer, 33, who lives in a £1.3million mansion in Bolton, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a slew of photographs of the festivities. Joined by his friends …...Read More

Politician Jess Phillips shared her delight after she was the answer to a question on last night's University Challenge. The question, correctly answered by Strathclyde, was: 'Elected MP for Birmingham Yardley in 2015, who wrote Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth?' In response Mrs Phillips took to Twitter …...Read More

Exam bosses responsible for accrediting qualifications in Scotland have marked down 124,564 pupils – after ‘optimistic’ teachers tried to give them the highest results in history for their coronavirus-cancelled tests. The Scottish Qualifications Authority downgraded the students’ marks for the exams that were not sat, changing a massive 93.1 per …...Read More

Advertisement Britons have faced a frantic scramble to hire a car for their staycation - with Europcar customers reporting two-hour queues at branches and no answer from the firm's phone help lines. Nearly 20 million Britons are expected to holiday in the UK this year with campsites, B&Bs and holiday …...Read More

In every great American crisis, there is a moment where the whole world can see the true character of a President. For George W. Bush it came when he was photographed staring down from the luxurious comfort of Air Force One on the wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, after his …...Read More

Line of Duty showrunner Jed Mercurio has revealed bosses are hoping that series six will be wrapped by the end of this year. The acclaimed writer revealed that BBC bosses are currently working to get production back up and running again, with the hope that a sixth series could air …...Read More

Advertisement The mayor of an upmarket coastal town dubbed 'Chelsea-on-Sea' has urged visitors to 'show a bit of respect' and follow social distancing rules after the normal population surged by 1,000 per cent amid a staycation boom. Thousands of tourists and second home owners flocked back to Salcombe in Devon …...Read More

The world's 'smallest dinosaur' is actually a lizard, scientists have admitted in a retraction of the paper in which they misclassified the 99-million-year-old specimen. Researchers had claimed the fossil skull — which is stunningly preserved in amber — came from a hummingbird-sized dinosaur they named 'Oculudentavis khaungraae'. However, this classification …...Read More