Author: Darren Smith

The engineering boss, who ran his family firm Amcanu in Burry Port, has been remembered as an “unstoppable force” following the crash of a Cirrus SR22T near Leukerbad in Switzerland’s Valais canton. A British millionaire businessman has died alongside two friends after the light aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the Swiss Alps. Owain Davies, 55, from South Wales, was one of three people killed when a Cirrus SR22T came down near the town of Leukerbad in the southern canton of Valais on Tuesday morning. Davies, a father of two, headed the engineering firm Amcanu, which his father, Spencer…

Security analysts say Vladimir Putin may be preparing a coordinated hybrid assault on airports across the Baltic states, designed to sow confusion over Russian responsibility and fracture Nato unity, following a string of drone incursions and military confrontations across the alliance’s eastern flank. Vladimir Putin could test Nato’s resolve with a “large-scale hybrid attack” targeting the Baltic region, according to security experts speaking to The Sun. The warning follows a chaotic 24-hour period in which Nato jets shot down a drone over Lithuania, a Russian frigate fired flares at a Danish military helicopter, and another drone washed up on a…

Doorbell footage captured Jamie Allen pulling a knife on a pensioner and spitting in her face after she and her husband challenged him for dumping rubbish near their Northamptonshire home. A 29-year-old man has been jailed after doorbell camera footage captured him threatening an elderly woman with a knife and spitting at her, in an attack that came days after she and her husband caught him fly-tipping outside their home. Jamie Allen, of Duston, Northamptonshire, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years at Northampton Crown Court on 4 September after admitting a string of offences, including threats to kill and possession of…

Nyadol Nyuon told a televised debate she has ‘no intention of assimilating’, as a bitter dispute with her former employer over allegations of racism drives her decision to quit the country and renounce her citizenship. An Australian-South Sudanese human rights lawyer has said she intends to leave Australia and give up her citizenship, telling a televised debate that she has “no intention of assimilating” and that the concept of a single “white culture” does not exist. Nyadol Nyuon, who was born in an Ethiopian refugee camp before settling in Australia at the age of 18, made the remarks during an…

A social media post by academy player Shea Lacey has drawn attention at Manchester United, coming just days after 15-year-old prospect JJ Gabriel asked to leave the club and was left out of Tuesday’s Carabao Cup squad. Manchester United’s academy has been thrown into turmoil after 19-year-old Shea Lacey appeared to aim a pointed message at teenage prospect JJ Gabriel, following Gabriel’s request to leave the club. It emerged on Tuesday that the 15-year-old, regarded as the standout talent of United’s youth setup, wanted to depart, and he was subsequently left out of the squad for the club’s Carabao Cup…

A handful of copies of Earl Spencer’s forthcoming memoir about his sister were taken from a lorry parked overnight in the Dutch countryside, just days before the book’s worldwide publication and its exclusive serialisation in the Daily Mail. Several copies of Earl Spencer’s forthcoming memoir about his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, have been stolen from a lorry in the Netherlands, days before its scheduled worldwide publication. The book, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, was due to be serialised exclusively by the Daily Mail ahead of its release next Tuesday by Penguin Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random…

Britain’s headline unemployment rate stayed flat in the three months to July, defying forecasts of a rise — but weaker vacancies, falling payrolled employment and a jump in benefit claims suggest the jobs market is cooling faster than the single percentage figure implies. Britain’s unemployment rate held at 4.9% in the three months to July, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, defying analysts’ forecasts of a rise to 5%. The flat headline figure comes despite mounting pressure on the Labour government to address the growing number of young people not in employment, education or training.…

The former prime minister was travelling back towards Poland after a Kyiv security conference when his train stopped amid a drone alert — shortly after a separate passenger service nearby was struck. Boris Johnson was reportedly among passengers evacuated from a special train in Ukraine after a Russian drone strike hit a separate passenger service nearby, close to the border with Poland. The former prime minister was travelling back towards Poland after attending a major security conference in Kyiv when his train stopped at around 5am amid a drone alert. According to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, passengers in part…

Two juveniles were arrested after a Waymo robotaxi alerted police to a firearm inside the vehicle, with officers discovering an unserialized AR-style rifle during a high-risk stop in San Francisco. Two young people have been arrested after a Waymo driverless vehicle alerted the company to a suspected firearm inside the car in San Francisco. Police responded to the Outer Richmond area shortly before 4am on September 3 and carried out a high-risk vehicle stop before discovering an AR-style rifle described as a ghost gun. Officers also reported finding suspected marijuana and mace, while the male and female passengers were booked…

Royal Mail missed its delivery targets for the year to March 2026 by a wide margin, prompting fresh criticism from ministers — but customers hit by delays may already be entitled to compensation under the company’s existing rules. Royal Mail is facing renewed government pressure after missing its delivery targets for the year to March 2026, with ministers warning that its service has “not been good enough.” Kate Dearden, Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, set out the government’s position this week, responding to a parliamentary question from John Slinger, Labour MP for Rugby.…