The infamous 'beer and sandwiches' were replaced by 'cheap unbranded' biscuits and tea: Inside the pre-Budget No 11 backdoor summit between union barons and the Chancellor

Emergency services cordon off street after fire at fish and chip shop

Firefighters were scrambled when a commercial fryer burst into flames

Russell Brand rape trial: Follow every twist from Southwark Crown Court with the Daily Mail's award-winning Trial podcast

Follow the case the world is watching with the Daily Mail's award-winning Trial podcast.

Minnesota Somali fraudster billed taxpayers $1m for feeding hungry children... then used cash to pay off her mortgage and buy a Lexus

Muna Wais Fidhin, 45, was found guilty of using $1 million of taxpayer dollars meant to feed hungry children to pay off her personal expenses.

Wall Street banker, 38, stares silently into the distance as he makes latest court appearance on charges of raping woman, 25, that saw him lose job offer

The 38-year-old allegedly pulled the woman's pants down, held her down against a mattress raped her and told her that she 'had this coming.'

'Europeans depend on American technology': Vance challenges Europe over Musk's Starlink regulations

5 more Orange County parents charged in e-motorcycle crackdown

Parents whose children were illegally speeding or driving illegally on public streets have been charged in a crackdown by Orange County prosecutors.

JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: How long before Sir Roger the stuffed elephant is sent to a museum warehouse because he failed to sign a consent form?

Some time around 4,000 years ago there lived a Dunbartonshire man who was probably a farmer and almost certainly died before he was 40.

Get Rosebank oil flowing, urges Scots Labour leader

The leader of Scottish Labour has piled pressure on the Energy Secretary to give the green light to the Rosebank oil development.

Karoline Leavitt takes brutal shot at Katie Zacharia after five-day stint as Trump's new press secretary

Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is keeping it blunt when describing her successor, Katie Zacharia's brief stint in the job.

Raging Crufts competitor who drove van into show ring before hurling racist insults at judge after her dogs were barred from contest is fined £4,000

Marianne Hunter, 63, flew into a rage and racially abused a judge for blocking her beloved dogs from entering two categories in the 'Snooty Fox' dog show, a court heard.

'Narcissistic' engineer made terrified girlfriend shower in the dark in campaign of abuse before raping and murdering her when she tried to leave, court told

Stephen Sexton, 39, also broke Joanna Derkacz's phone and laptop because he was 'jealous' and didn't like her going out, jurors were told.

Hands off! Dithering Swinney's North Sea cash grab is rejected

John Swinney has been accused of trying to manufacture grievances over North Sea drilling as his demands for an energy wealth fund to be restricted to Scotland were rejected.