Thief who swapped £4.2m diamonds for pebbles in ‘audacious’ Mayfair heist jailed

A woman who stole diamonds worth £4.2m by swapping them for pebbles - in an "audacious" heist likened to a Hollywood movie - has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

More storms to come for parts of UK after downpours, lightning and hail ‘the size of peas’

Heavy downpours, lightning and hailstones "the size of garden peas" have caused disruption across the UK, with more stormy weather set to come.

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill has died aged 72, says US rock group

Dusty Hill, the bassist in the American rock group ZZ Top, has died aged 72.

PS5 becomes fastest Sony console to achieve sales of 10 million

The PlayStation 5 has become Sony's fastest ever selling games console, the Japanese electronics giant said.

Kids show Arthur cancelled after 25 years on air

Sad news for 90s kids and meme lords - as the cult children's show Arthur will air its final season next year, PBS has announced.

Ex-Paralympian convicted of causing public nuisance after gluing himself to plane

A former Paralympian has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance after supergluing himself to the roof of a British Airways plane.

‘No one really knows’ what level COVID cases will reach, says health secretary

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said "no one really knows" how many COVID-19 cases there might be during the rest of the summer as he failed to stick to his previous prediction of 100,000...

Woman unaware for weeks she had winning lottery ticket worth nearly €33m in her purse

A woman who carried a winning lottery ticket worth almost €33m (£28m) in her purse for weeks without realising says she still becomes "dizzy" at the thought of what she did.