All news by author James Smith

SpaceX launched the Tesla Roadster on the maiden flight of the spacecraft company’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018

Protest group says it targeted insurers ‘due to their critical role underpinning the fossil fuel economy’

Raymond Mills, 74, had walked to the shipwreck of the SS Vina at Brancaster Beach in Norfolk with his granddaughter - but got into difficulties after being caught in the tide

Leaders of Colombian drug trafficking organization plead guilty in Florida court to conspiring to smuggle 43,000 kg of cocaine into the U.S.

Huang Zhiyang was already facing human trafficking charges for allegedly running compounds where people were forced to carry out online scams.

People who lost thousands of pounds after the collapse of a pre-paid funeral firm have hit out at the "tiny" sums they are set to be repaid after three years of waiting.

Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute, while others are uncertain and argue the focus should be on Musk’s stated support for the far-right.

A firm run by the daughter and son-in-law of Captain Sir Tom Moore has registered a fall in net assets of more than £330,000.

Donald Trump’s official cryptocurrency has plunged by 32% over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Spain is looking to ban non-EU residents from buying homes in the country.

A Greggs favourite has been urgently recalled over a potentially serious health risk.

President Trump and his wife Melania shared their first dance at the Commander in Chief inaugural ball on Monday night.

PM Keir Starmer will deliver remarks in Downing Street on the Southport stabbings after warning there are questions to answer on how young victims were ’failed’ by the state.

BBC child star Imogen Moorsom died by suicide aged 20 after being rejected from four medical schools, an inquest has heard.

Decision by Biden comes after Trump warned of enemies list, including people who investigated Capitol attack.

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that new planned powers will mean that money can be reclaimed from people who have committed fraud and are not on benefits or PAYE.

Leeds surgeons first to use new type of surgery that gives hope to patients whose cancers were previously inoperable.

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

Michael Whitbread, 75, is on trial in Lanciano for murder of fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023

Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’

Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died aged 84.

Aimee Betro, who was extradited to UK, also charged with firearm possession and illegally importing ammunition.

Muhammed Qayyum and Adbdul Khan intercepted post and used it to gain access to victims’ account details.

UK defence chiefs see no need to recruit extra sailors as maritime force will become hybrid with uncrewed systems.

The Mayor of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, is at the center of a scandal involving his personal life.