Author: Darren Smith

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is to be depicted in a new drama recreating scenes from his fall from public life, The Mail on Sunday can reveal, with his lawyers offered the chance to give his side of the story before the script is finalised, an offer he has declined to take up. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is set to feature in a forthcoming film reconstructing episodes from his downfall, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The drama, titled The Janitor, stars Peaky Blinders actor Harry Kirton as a publicist who cleans up scandals for the elite, and includes a scene dubbed “The Table of…

Behind political headlines about “chemical castration” for sex offenders lies a much more clinically complex NHS-funded treatment pathway, more than a decade in the making, that doctors insist is designed to treat diagnosed medical conditions rather than simply control reoffending risk. A pioneering medical treatment pathway for male sex offenders in England and Wales could be expanded across all prisons and probation services by December 2028. Known formally as the Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) pathway, the programme sits at the intersection of criminal justice and NHS healthcare. While recent political debate has focused on using the drugs…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino ignored a request from his own vice president to stay away from an Under-14 tournament in the Caribbean, making a rare public appearance in the Dominican Republic just weeks after abandoning a controversial plan to sell a stake in FIFA’s commercial operations to private investors, amid mounting internal opposition to his leadership. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defied a request from one of his own vice presidents to stay away from a youth football tournament in the Caribbean, making a rare public appearance amid the ongoing fallout from his abandoned plan to sell future World Cup…

President Donald Trump has publicly turned on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, branding him a “loser” with a “very low IQ” on Truth Social, after Carlson met with prominent former MAGA allies Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie in what has been described as a gathering of an emerging anti-Trump, anti-war faction within the movement. President Donald Trump has turned publicly against former ally Tucker Carlson, accusing the journalist of conspiring with politicians to undermine him. Trump, 80, launched the attack late on Friday night, describing the former Fox News personality as a “loser” with a “very low IQ”…

IndyCar drivers will race through the heart of Washington, D.C. this weekend for the first time in the sport’s history, as the Freedom 250 Grand Prix turns the National Mall into a temporary racetrack as part of celebrations marking 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Race car drivers are set to compete in the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. this weekend, in what organisers are billing as the first-ever motor race held on the National Mall and the streets of the capital. The event forms part of the wider celebrations marking the 250th…

A teenager and his parents died after falling from a cliff in India following a three-hour standoff, sparked by a family argument over an unpaid instalment on an iPhone the teenager had bought, with police still working to establish the exact sequence of events that led to all three deaths. A teenager and both his parents have died after plunging from a cliff in India, in a tragedy that began with a family argument over an iPhone purchase. Kunal Chandude, reported to be either 18 or 19 depending on the source, made his way to Khavda Hill in Tisgaon on…

The family of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line last year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and its security contractor, alleging chronic understaffing and missed fare checks contributed to her killing, as a new state audit reveals nearly half of transit passengers ride without paying. The family of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee killed on Charlotte’s light rail system last year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Charlotte and its private security contractor, Professional Security Services. Zarutska was killed on 22 August 2025…

Saja El-Khawas, six, has died in hospital days after being pulled from the sea at Shoreham, meaning all four members of her family who entered the water off the Sussex coast have now lost their lives, Sussex Police have confirmed. A six-year-old girl who had been fighting for her life after being pulled from the sea off the Sussex coast has died, meaning all four members of her family who entered the water have now lost their lives. Saja El-Khawas had been in a critical condition since being rescued from the water at Shoreham on Tuesday. Her 14-year-old sister, Sara…

Several people have been injured in a sword attack at a school in Fagersta, central Sweden, prompting a major police operation and the lockdown of eight schools in the area, with one suspect now in custody after reportedly being shot by police. Several people have been injured after a person armed with a sword attacked a school in Fagersta, central Sweden, around 170km northwest of Stockholm. Police were called to the secondary school after reports of what Swedish authorities describe as “ongoing deadly violence,” a term used for serious incidents involving an immediate threat to life. One person has been…

A man from Higher Broughton has been charged with failing to disclose information about terrorist activity in connection with last year’s attack at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, which claimed the lives of two worshippers, as Greater Manchester Police confirm the wider investigation now involves at least eight arrests. A man has been charged in connection with the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester last October. Greater Manchester Police said Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, from Higher Broughton in Salford, has been charged with failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity. Hakim, an Iraqi national whose self-defined…