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Imagine this. At 8.37pm tonight, as one section of the national grid is hit by a sharp imbalance between electricity supply and demand, the entire network starts to go down. One piece topples the next, like dominoes.The country goes dark. The lights switch off in every home and business. Airports, hospitals and other essential utilities scramble to switch to back-up generators.Trains and lifts judder to a halt. Mobile phone transmitter towers switch to battery and back-up power, but networks rapidly become congested and coverage progressively deteriorates.Firefighters struggling to contain wildfires across the country face catastrophic disruption as computer systems and…

Human trafficking gangsters may have pocketed almost £2million in just three days this month – after their profits were inflated by the use of new mega-dinghies, the Daily Mail can reveal.Official figures show that in between August 8th and 10th, a total of 911 illegal immigrants were smuggled into Britain in just ten Channel crossings.That period included the record 230 migrants crammed into a single 49ft dinghy that arrived in the UK in the early hours of Monday last week- including a baby.That monster boat – which is now being stored in a Government warehouse – was 7ft longer than any…

Dominik Szoboszlai scored a last-gasp penalty to earn his Liverpool team a draw at St James’ Park in the first game of the Andoni Iraola era.A raucous, hostile stadium was rocking after Anthony Elanga and substitute Joe Willock scored for Newcastle either side of Cody Gakpo levelling.But Szoboszlai’s 99th-minute thunderous strike from 12 yards saw Liverpool head back to Merseyside with a point that is hard to argue they deserved.Alexander Isak was also back at his old workplace and was booed with his every touch. This is how Daily Mail Sport’s Lewis Steele rated both sides. Dominik Szoboszlai’s last-gasp penalty…

She once revealed a casting director branded her a ‘lanky freak’ in the early stages of her career, while a drama teacher cruelly said she would never work on screen because ‘she looks like one side of her face had a stroke’.However, today the 52-year-old Hannah Waddingham is worlds away from receiving such negative remarks.Fans now regularly marvel at the London-born actress’s ageless beauty during her performances and red-carpet appearances.Hannah – who was catapulted to superstardom after appearing on Ted Lasso, an Apple TV show about an American football coach managing a British team – looks just as youthful as she did at…

Donald Trump took center stage as he led the lap of honor at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the IndyCar spectacular that he created, on Sunday. The President was joined by First Lady Melania as the ceremonial sporting events to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary continued in Washington, DC. The NTT IndyCar Series took to the streets of the capital in one of its most unique events as the Freedom 250 Grand Prix loops around Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington DC’s landmark national monuments on Sunday afternoon. The 1.7-mile track wove past several iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital, including the National Mall, the Washington Monument…

Footage shows how one of the men who died in a crash that also killed two police officers filmed himself driving recklessly just months ago.A clip shared on TikTok this May appears to show 23-year-old Jacob Matusiak behind the wheel – with the caption: ‘Unfortunately I’m not a nonchalant boyfriend’.A pair of hands is seen at the steering wheel as the car careers down streets and through neighbourhoods. Mr Matusiak was among seven people who died in the early hours of Saturday when a car travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough crashed head-on into a vehicle carrying two police officers.One of…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will look to have a hybrid private-royal status when they make their return to the UK, it has been claimed.A source says the Sussexes will try to work out a mutually beneficial relationship with the Royal Family as ‘private royals-plus’.But the length of their stay and where they’ll end up after it if they decide to leave is yet to be determined.It could be as short as just six months to a year before the ‘international couple’ could decide to go to Australia or Canada, the source said.But for now, a reorganising of family and…

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts and Senate primary candidate, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 23, 2026.MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re going to turn now to another congressman, and that is Seth Moulton, who joins us from Salem, Massachusetts. And Congressman Moulton wants to be Senator Moulton. He’s launched a primary challenge to Ed Markey. Good to have you on the program, Congressman. The last–REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON: Good to see you, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: Last time we saw a young challenger go after Senator Markey’s seat, Markey won.…

Whether a hardened gardener or a proud homeowner just trying to stop the flowerbeds from wilting, all agree that the hosepipe bans are a pain in the neck – but for many it’s more than just a turn of phrase.Osteopaths are reporting a ‘huge’ increase in the number of people suffering strains and other injuries as a result of having to heft heavy watering cans to stop their beloved lawns and plants from dying in the tinderbox conditions.The elderly are particularly at risk but even young, fit people are getting caught out with a range of injuries from repeatedly carrying…

A former church leader has claimed hidden clues in the Bible reveal that humanity may once have encountered mysterious beings who descended from the sky.Paul Wallis, who spent more than 30 years in church ministry, believed stories traditionally interpreted as encounters with God may instead describe contact with multiple advanced beings.The former Anglican archdeacon in Australia reached that conclusion after revisiting puzzling passages in the Old Testament and comparing them with stories preserved by ancient civilizations.’I talk about ancestral narratives, and themes within those narratives that suggest our ancestors may have had contact with non-human intelligence,’ Wallis told the Daily…