Daily Express - April 26, 2025

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April 26, 2025

BRITAIN WILL ENJOY A WEEK OF 27C HEAT

BRITAIN is set to bask in the hottest temperatures of the year at 10C above average next week.

2 mins

Marathon ace brings own medal

A SUPERFIT dad hopes to set a Guinness World Record tomorrow by completing his 50th - and final - marathon while dressed as a medal.

1 min

M&S chaos as cyber attack hits website and app

MARKS & Spencer has been forced to halt all online orders after a cyber attack hit its website and mobile app services.

1 min

Weather will be hotter than Tenerife and Ibiza

FROM PAGE ONE look forward to a bright and warm weather U-turn. The warmest days of the week are set to be Wednesday and Thursday with 27C expected “quite widely”, most likely in Berkshire, Hampshire and potentially Kent and East Anglia.

1 min

Patiently they queue in their thousands to pay respects to the pontiff

POPE Francis will be laid to rest today in a huge security operation.

3 mins

Shopper Pope liked ice cream

IN streets around the Vatican, traders mourn the man they knew not as a church leader but as an ordinary shopper.

1 min

Lorry's loose load 'a killer'

A MUM pushing her daughter in a pram died after being hit by a lorry where crane equipment had not been properly secured, a court heard.

1 min

BGT rape accuser: I just froze

A WOMAN who accused a former Britain’s Got Talent contestant of rape said she then stayed the night as she “felt frozen”.

1 min

Bombshell poll puts Reform eight points clear of Labour and Tories

A SHOCK new poll has put Nigel Farage’s Reform UK even further ahead of its rivals.

1 min

'Plotter' Jenrick insists Kemi doing 'bloody good job'

..and he denies talks over Farage coalition

2 mins

Fury at EU's demand for cash to join defence fund

BREXITEERS hit out at Labour yesterday following reports that Britain will have to pay to join a European Union defence fund.

2 mins

iPhone factories 'to switch to India'

APPLE is reportedly planning to move the production of the iPhones it sells in the US to India - away from China - in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

1 min

Reeves suggests EU trade more vital than US...hours before Washington talks

NUMBER 10 has rebuked the Chancellor after she claimed that the European Union is a more important trading partner than the US.

1 min

US president pins war blame on Ukrainians

DONALD Trump has blamed Ukraine for provoking Moscow’s full-scale invasion and predicted that Crimea will not be returned to Kyiv.

1 min

Deadly drone strikes in defiance of Trump

VLADIMIR Putin defied Donald Trump’s demand to cease bombing Ukraine by launching another round of deadly drone strikes.

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'Time to force our Army and NHS to buy British first

THE NHS and Armed Forces should be ordered to \"buy British\" to protect jobs, a senior Tory has warned.

2 mins

Procession starts the VE Day 80 celebration

THE King and Queen will host a tea party for wartime veterans for the VE Day 80th anniversary.

1 min

Heroes invited to lead Dutch military parade

TWO veterans and their carers are being offered the chance to stand with giants as British soldiers return to the scene of their finest hour.

1 min

Fox denies sex offences 'after sharing photo'

Charges over upskirting image of star

1 min

'It was a beautiful ending'

Ruth Jones on the final episode of Gavin & Stacey

1 min

VE Day brought joy but ashes of war still linger today

VE DAY on May 8, 1945 was an event that remained in the memory of all those who witnessed it. It meant an end to nearly six years of a war that had cost the lives of millions of people, destroyed homes, families, and cities, and brought huge suffering and privations to the populations of entire countries.

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Trans-trums by sore losers

THE RIDICULOUS Lord Cashman — once a two-bit actor in EastEnders — claimed this week that trans people are fleeing abroad seeking asylum because they’re terrified for their safety after the Supreme Court ruling that said a trans woman isn’t a woman.

2 mins

Is pension triple lock soon to be unpicked?

IT WOULD be fair to say the country is strapped for a bit of cash at the moment.

5 mins

Setting safe parameters for 999 staff

MANY years ago when I was a local newspaper reporter, I took a story to my editor. “My police contact says an ambulance paramedic was assaulted last night by someone they were taking to hospital.”

1 min

Reverse gear for cowardly Keir

I'M NOT sure which was the more definitive noise coming from the Labour front bench as Parliament returned from its Easter break this week - the sounds of clucking and flapping as chickens came home to roost, or the screech of tyres on Tarmac as U-turns were hastily executed. There was certainly a smell of burnt rubber in the air, so probably the latter.

1 min

School stab teenager 'glorified the Nazis'

A BOY accused of stabbing a girl to death and injuring three others in a school attack had \"glorified\" Adolf Hitler, it was claimed yesterday.

1 min

100 years in prison after robber shot

GANG members who plotted to murder a criminal convicted of Britain's largest cash robbery have been jailed for a total of a century.

1 min

UK targets deadly sand fly fever

BRITISH scientists are leading the fight against one of the world's deadliest parasites by testing a treatment that could save thousands of lives a year.

1 min

Hunt for mystery killer decimating Windermere's Ice Age relic fish

THE race is on to halt a dangerous decline of one of the UK’s rarest fish.

1 min

I've always been watching the detectives....

And now Jeremy Vine has created his own crime caper. The veteran broadcaster, writing exclusively for the Daily Express, reveals why the inspirations behind his thrilling new novel include both Agatha Christie and Elvis Costello

5 mins

Knifeman shot dead by cop had 'called 999 to warn of gunman'

A MAN armed with a knife who was shot dead by police at a railway station may have made a 999 call claiming there was a gunman at the site.

1 min

Life in prison for man who knifed his lecturer ex to death

A FORMER bouncer was jailed for at least 27 years yesterday for murdering his estranged wife in a frenzied knife attack outside her home.

2 mins

Jealous head hit his 'love rival' deputy with wrench

A HEADTEACHER who was caught on CCTV attacking his deputy with a wrench in a fit of sexual jealousy has been jailed for two years.

1 min

Community helps fund Tommy's cancer care

THE parents of a toddler with cancer were stunned after well-wishers organised a fundraiser to pay for potentially life-saving treatment.

1 min

Most musicians are self-centred, it’s their job... they'll always let you down

As he publishes a collection of his iconic Oasis images ahead of the Manchester band’s mega-reunion this summer, legendary music photographer Tom Sheehan on 0zzy's outrage, handcuffing Snoop Dogg and keeping his own feet firmly on the ground

7 mins

The Saturday briefing

Is there anything you're yearning to know? Send your questions, on any subject, to the contacts given below, and we will do our best to answer them...

3 mins

Period dramas were a class act

LONG before Downton Abbey there was, of course, Upstairs, Downstairs.

1 min

The humble genesis of Rome rebel

HE DESCRIBED himself as \"an outsider... someone from the end of the world\" and his modesty never wained. Amid all the pomp and ceremony of Rome's papal protocol, he would answer his own phone and walk or take the bus, rather than ride in a limousine.

1 min

ENGLISH TOURIST WHO HELPED JEWS FLEE THE NAZIS

Trapped in Norway by the shock German invasion of April 1940, Myrtle Wright joined a daring underground resistance group to help smuggle hundreds of Jews to safety

6 mins

A pain in the grass

our garden should be a space of joy without jeopardy. With a few simple steps, you can stay safe, protect your family, and make the most of every moment outside - whatever the weather.

2 mins

Magic touch

Fall under the spell of this Art Deco property in Miami, just steps from the famous beach

2 mins

HIT AND MYTHS OF THE LATEST TRIDENT

Those of you familiar with Greek and Roman mythology, which I'm sure is all of you, will know the trident was a three-pronged thingy wielded by Poseidon, aka Neptune, to poke sleeping jellyfish, fend off bolshie sharks and generally show his power over all the wet bits on Earth.

3 mins

Rolls-Royce comes roaring back after tariffs shock

SHARES in Rolls-Royce surged to their highest value since Donald Trump shocked markets with his trade tariffs.

1 min

Major UK export industries 'vulnerable' without US deal

KEY UK industries will be exposed to the worst effects of US tariffs unless a trade pact with Donald Trump's administration is sealed, official data suggests.

1 min

CO FOR IT

Minella can be Mullins' title winner

1 min

Kipchoge aims to beat strongest line-up

ELIUD KIPCHOGE insists he can win a fifth London Marathon tomorrow.

1 min

Marcus in last-ditch chance for Lions tour

MARCUS SMITH gets his last chance to impress Lions head coach Andy Farrell when he lines up for Harlequins at Leicester today.

1 min

DRUGS, EGGS AND TALK TAINT FATHERS' LEGACY

IF THIS is a fight built on the foundations of a great rivalry between their fathers then it is fair to say the doping scandal is the building blocks on which this event has been made.

2 mins

Doherty is tipping Rocket to quit if he wins eighth crown

KEN DOHERTY reckons Ronnie O’Sullivan could quit snooker if he wins a record eighth World Championship this year.

1 min

Amorim urges stars to 'change my mind'

RUBEN AMORIM has told his players there is still time to save their Manchester United careers before he begins his summer overhaul.

1 min

HOWE BACK WITH A NEW MENTALITY

WORKAHOLIC Eddie Howe has pledged that he will not change his schedule despite his recent health scare.

2 mins

Hannibal has turned into a serial thriller

SCOTT PARKER has praised the impact of his serial thriller after he had to dish out a Hannibal lecture.

1 min

Time to love yourself, says Eddie after scare

WORKAHOLIC Eddie Howe has pledged that he will not change his schedule despite his recent health scare.

2 mins

All Wel with Hurzeler

BRIGHTON head coach Fabian Hurzeler says he has no problem with Danny Welbeck criticising his team-mates — and wants to avoid a “happy-clappy” atmosphere at the club.

1 min

ARNE IS 'INCHING' CLOSER TO GLORY

No celebration until Reds secure title

2 mins

Glasner hoping to find sweetest thing

U2 fan Oliver Glasner hopes it will be a beautiful day for Crystal Palace at Wembley.

1 min

I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES

Heroes. Now he has joined the podcast market, forging a holy trinity with former Forest defender Viv Anderson and England warhorse Peter Reid called The Grumpy Old Men of Football, hosted by TV presenter Rob McCaffrey.

2 mins

Rodri back in the frame for final if pals can progress

RODRI is desperate to make a sensational return in the FA Cup final.

1 min

The defeat of Hitler remains the greatest chapter in our proud history

IN HIS most inspiring wartime speech, delivered in August 1940, Winston Churchill declared that if Britain prevailed in the epic quest for survival against Germany, future generations would say: \"This was their Finest Hour.\"

4 mins

Pioneering Daily Express reporter who broke news of the Second World War

Clare Hollingworth was just 27 and a week into her new job as a foreign correspondent when Germany invaded Poland... her scoop, initially pooh-poohed by officials, launched an incredible 75-year career

5 mins

The Express cartoonist on Hitler's 'death list'

CARTOONIST Carl Giles refined his craft during the biggest conflict in modern history, the Second World War. His wartime experiences were rendered into his daily drawings, helping to raise a chuckle or two both at home and among those fighting overseas.

3 mins

'I'm back to my old self'

Foot pain caused Raj Gil to put on weight - but chatting to a Boots pharmacist changed everything

1 min

Martin's Atlantic adventures

From thrilling fireside dance rituals to hair-raising car rallies, Martin Clunes discovers the wild and wonderful in his new travel show exploring the islands of the Atlantic.

1 min

Shear madness

TV shepherdess Amanda Owen on her new farm show, wayward goats and working with her ex-husband

3 mins

Mind games

David Tennant hosts the ultimate brain challenge show

1 min

Labour of love

Ever since she hoodwinked Cilla Black and found herself on Blind Date as a teenager, Amanda Holden has dreamt of hosting her own dating show.

3 mins

It'll all end in tears

Coronation Street's Charlotte Jordan predicts plenty of drama ahead of her character Daisy Midgeley's exit

2 mins

Fatal mistake

Russell Tovey heads the cast of a new Disney+ drama on the events surrounding the 2005 death of Jean Charles de Menezes

3 mins

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