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Bristol Live'Sad' Tesco shopper 'clears' supermarket shelves to make £1,000 profit
Sam, who has raked up an impressive 95,000 followers on TikTok, is one of many young Brits trying to make quick cash by reselling
- Wales Online
Queuing Greggs customer cannot believe his eyes at man in shop's actions
'A man weaved through the line in front of me, heading to the sandwich section, and I thought nothing of this at first'
- Birmingham Live
Police pull driver over on M6 and are left stunned when he shows his licence
The driver was pulled over on the M6 in Staffordshire
- Bristol Live
New rule leaves National Lottery winner who won £10,000 with nothing
Jennifer Gothard won £10,000 on a £3 "triple cashword" scratchcard in March - but is still waiting for her winnings due to a new rule introduced by operator Allwynn
- The Telegraph
Wife of presenter Jay Blades leaves marriage after it ‘got worse and worse’
The wife of Jay Blades, the Repair Shop presenter, says that she has packed her bags and left their marriage.
- Manchester Evening News
'This is the Lidl bakery treat that costs just 59p and sells 122 times a minute - it's the best I've ever had'
This item from the Lidl bakery sells 122 a minute
- OK! Magazine
Benidorm star totally unrecognisable 17 years since ITV debut and enjoying co-star romance
Loyal fans of hilarious-but-axed ITV sitcom Benidorm were in shock to see how one regular character has changed so much over the years, and to discover the co-star he has been dating all these years
- Liverpool Echo
Teen drug dealer screams 'I'm going to f****** get you' after stabbing boy
The judge said the 17 year old was 'tasked, as an expendable foot soldier, with inflicting lethal punishment'
- OK! Magazine
Benidorm's Solana barman Mateo actor Jake Canuso looks very different 6yrs on from ITV show
Benidorm actor Jake Canuso, who portrayed bartender Mateo Castellanos in the ITV show, looks worlds away from his former role, six years after the ITV show finished
- Manchester Evening News
Christine McGuinness says she 'never thought' she'd make claim over sex life after Paddy split
The former couple announced their separation back in 2022 after after 11 years of marriage
- Wales Online
Strictly's Bobby Brazier says he will 'never' do The One Show again after Alex Jones snub
The EastEnders actor and Strictly Come Dancing finalist joked he wouldn't be returning to the BBC programme after appearing alongside Rebel Wilson
- The Independent
Father’s plan to swap aisle seats with a plane passenger backfires: ‘Never switch’
‘Airplane etiquette is crazy,’ woman says
- Liverpool Echo
ITV The Chase fans slam 'disgusting behaviour' after Coronation Street question
Fans took to social media and joked it was 'disgusting behaviour'
- The Telegraph
Teenager shot dead during burglary as farmer is arrested on suspicion of murder
A suspected burglar has been shot dead during a “targeted” break-in at a remote farmhouse in the Peak District.
- Sky News
Wife of doctor who 'drove car off cliff' with family inside begs for attempted murder charges to be dropped
The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports. Dharmesh Patel, 41, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. Patel, a 42-year-old radiologist, was driving his white 2021 Tesla Model Y along the Pacific Coast Highway south of San Francisco, when it plunged several hundred feet off the cliff at Devil's Slide.
- OK! Magazine
King Charles 'must sit down' with Meghan and Harry and say 'I'm sorry' in difficult conversation says Piers
TV presenter Piers Morgan has claimed King Charles should sit down with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to discuss the pair's use of their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles
- HuffPost
CNN Legal Analyst Says 4 Words From Trial Are ‘Ominous’ For Donald Trump
A text message saw “the normal hush of the courtroom” suddenly “punctuated by the audible clattering" of journalists' keyboards, noted Norm Eisen.
- The Telegraph
‘Sword killer’ attacked man in home while four-year-old girl slept, court told
A 36-year-old man charged with the murder of a teenage schoolboy during a sword attack also broke into a nearby home where a four-year-old girl was asleep and attacked her father, a court has heard.
- Wales Online
Famous Welsh beach named one of the worst in the UK and needs millions to fix
The UK's most disappointing beach has been named - and it's one that locals have long been campaigning to improve
- Business Insider
A NATO country says it could join Ukraine's war with Russia if 2 conditions are met
French President Emmanuel Macron said France could send troops if requested by Ukraine in response to a Russian breakthrough.