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Deutsche Panzer bereit zur Überquerung einer Pontonbrücke

Interessantes Foto einer deutschen Panzereinheit im Vorfeld der gesprengten Brücke bei Krementschug an der Ostfront. Links ist eine Behelfsbrücke zu sehen, die als Überquerung diente. Die Pioniere der deutschen Armee waren zu diesem Zeitpunkt erfahren im schnellen Bau robuster Pontons…

GMB’s Richard Madeley leaves Reeves squirming as she fails to answer simple question

Rachel Reeves appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (Image: ITV) One question left Chancellor Rachel Reeves squirming on Good Morning Britain on Thursday. The Labour politician appeared on the ITV breakfast show, where hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid put questions to her, after she delivered an update…

ALEX BRUMMER: If this is a fixed economy, I’d hate to see a broken one

Nearly half a century has passed since Margaret Thatcher skewered the incumbent PM James Callaghan at the 1979 election with her famous ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ poster, which showed dole queues stretching across the horizon. We are not quite there yet. But after years…

Die verdrehte Geschichte von Irma Grese, der sadistischen Nazi-Konzentrationslagerwärterin, bekannt als „Das schöne Tier“

Irma Grese war eine der grausamsten Kriegsverbrecherinnen während des Holocaust und wurde 1945 im Alter von 22 Jahren für ihre Verbrechen hingerichtet.   Wikimedia CommonsIrma Grese im Hof ​​des Gefängnisses in Celle, Deutschland, wo sie wegen Kriegsverbrechen festgehalten wurde. August…

Labour missing housebuilding target by 170,000 homes a year, report finds

Labour is on track to miss its housebuilding target after planning permission for new homes tumbled to a record low. A bleak report by the Home Builders Federation yesterday dealt a blow to the Government’s vow to build 1.5million properties…

Migrant rescues in English Channel meant coastguard was too busy to come to aid of stricken yacht

The coastguard were too busy dealing with migrant rescues yesterday morning to assist a yacht and kayak who believed they were in trouble in the English Channel. Border Force, RNLI and several French vessels scrambled with the coastguard at around 5am…

Labour accused of ‘quietly urging shamed MP Andrew Gwynne to stay on’ over fears of losing another by-election to Reform

Labour is privately urging a disgraced MP not to quit for fear of losing another by-election to Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK, it was claimed last night. Sources said former health minister Andrew Gwynne, suspended by Labour after The Mail on Sunday exposed…

Vinted guru who has made over £4,000 warns against sending items in a certain packaging

Vinted guru who has made over £4,000 warns against sending items in a certain packaging (Image: TikTok/Dassie Stores) A smart seller who has been making money on Vinted has shared crucial tips after she earned £4000 from selling her clothes, it has been…

Cannabis should be decriminalised, says London’s mayor

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has backed calls for cannabis to be decriminalised and said current laws around the drug ‘cannot be justified’. Sir Sadiq said a report published today – which he commissioned – provided ‘a compelling case’ for decriminalisation and urged the…

You can’t catch me! How brazen thieves making up to £15,000 a month stealing phones, bikes and cars in broad daylight boast they ‘ain’t going to be nicked’ as C4 Dispatches uncovers Britain’s unsolved crimewave

This is the moment a phone snatcher boasts ‘I don’t give a f*** about what the police are doing… I ain’t going to get nicked’ – as new figures revealed the Met Police’s shocking failure to tackle thefts and robberies….