All news by author James Smith

Tourists filmed themselves laughing at a Muslim woman wearing a niqab at a rooftop restaurant in Dubai.

Denise Coates, chief executive of the gambling firm Bet365, took a massive pay cut last year, but still received a package worth almost £158m.

A hotel worker accused of selling One Direction star Liam Payne drugs before his death has handed himself into police.

Concerns raised over role of Faculty AI, which has worked with NHS and government safety body.

A prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate in his cell has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment for divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown.

SSV Reutlingen have confirmed the death of player Luca Meixner of midfielder having released an emotional statement to supporters on Monday with the football world mourning him.

Diageo, which owns Guinness, was forced to place ’allocation limits’ on the number of kegs UK pubs could receive in the run up to Christmas due to a surge in the stout’s popularity.

Rapper-turned-mogul Jay-Z was declared hip-hop’s first billionaire in 2019, with a net worth of £2 billion.

Government plans for publicly funded operator CalMac have been mired in controversy, with replacement vessels delayed and costs spiralling.

A man has died after falling 230ft (70m) fall from a mountain ridge in front of shocked climbers.

A drunken pest, a misfortune, a pity, an approachable guy when sober — just some of the descriptions given to one of Ireland’s most prolific offenders...

Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede emphasised his desire to pursue independence from Denmark...

A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and US singer Bebe Rexha.

A Seoul court issued a warrant for Yoon’s detention on Tuesday after he evaded multiple requests to appear for questioning and blocked searches of his office in Seoul.

Critics say border security bill for England and Wales likely to have minimal effect as record number of people cross Channel illegally.

Days before what would have been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday, a lawsuit has been lodged over more than £1.6million of items supposedly bought from his manager in 1990

Entrepreneur Adam Vincent Gilmer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to the US in 1989.

House was put up for sale for $5.25m earlier this year.

UK house prices increased for the fourth month in a row in December, sitting just below an all-time high according to Nationwide Building Society.

Mystery of Sheila Fox’s disappearance at 16 solved after fresh police appeal.

A Liverpool fan is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being attacked by a rival fan not long after the final whistle.

The Royal Navy recalled nearly 200 sailors on Christmas Day to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel.