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National Lottery website CRASHES as punters try to make last-minute bid to grab record £169m

The National Lottery website has crashed as punters try to make last-minute bids to grab a record £169m EuroMilions jackpot that must go tonight.




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Leicester mother 'had no idea her husband stole £1.25million from National Lottery and Yopa

Sofina Sarwar, 34, of Leicester, denies knowing anything about the money Haroon Cassim, 36, took from Camelot and Yopa Property while he worked for both firms between 2010 and 2018.




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Winner of £57m Euromillions jackpot is yet to claim prize a week after winning amid lockdown

A UK winner of a £57million EuroMillions jackpot is yet to claim the huge prize more than a week after winning - and may not know they are a multi-millionaire (pictured, The National Lottery sign).




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The National Lottery will divert £300m to support Britain's most vulnerable amid coronavirus crisis

The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to £300million in funds to support the most vulnerable across the UK during the crisis.




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Baby Trump balloon takes to the skies again as a few hundred people protest the US President

Anti-Trump protests including a 'baby Trump' balloon took place in Dublin today in the President's absence, while Mr Trump returned from France to Doonbeg.




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Emmy-winning actor David Clennon turned down role in a Netflix show in support of Palestinian rights

David Clennon, 76, says he did not submit an audition tape for Netflix project Sycamore/Hit and Run, produced by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, because of his solidarity with people of Palestine.




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AOC laughs off Trump claim she's FUMING Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tliab are becoming face of Democrats

Trump tweeted Friday about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'Like it or not, Tlaib and Omar are fast becoming the face of the Democrat Party. Cortez (AOC) is fuming, not happy about this!'




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Dunkirk veteran who did not collect his medals finally receives them... on his 100th birthday 

Dunkirk veteran Doug Jones has finally received his medals on his 100th birthday after refusing to collect them because he wanted to avoid 'glorifying' the conflict. He was evacuated on a ferry.




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Girl, eight, faces race against time to avoid being sold for 50 sheep

Eight-year-old Zakura, a young Bedouin girl who wants to become a doctor, is facing a race against time to avoid being sold as a child bride for 50 sheep soon after she starts her periods.




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Florida Senator Marco Rubio's staffer Michael Brennan 'rolled his wife up in a carpet and beat her'

Michael Brennan, a regional director for Florida Senator Marco Rubio, resigned following the battery arrest after allegedly beating his wife on Friday night.




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Vice presidential hopeful Marco Rubio's chances may be harmed by his Mormon past

Viewed by many as a likely- and popular- vice presidential candidate in the upcoming elections, the admission that Florida Senator Marco Rubio was a Mormon may hinder his chances at the seat.




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Mitt Romney: Marco Rubio Being 'Thoroughly Vetted' for Vice President

Grassroots Republicans were livid that Rubio, 40, one of his party’s rising stars and its most prominent Latino voice, was being passed over without a serious look.




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Marco Rubio's plane makes safe emergency landing as he misses Iowa rally for possible presidential running mate Mitt Romney

Florida Senator Marco Rubio had to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a sensor went off on his private jet that indicated electrical problems.




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Marco Rubio blasted by Left for 'anti-science gaffe' about age of earth - even though Barack Obama said the same thing

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has been criticised for describing the age of the earth as a 'great mystery' even though almost all scientists agree that it is 4.54 billion years old.




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Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton 'is going to have to explain' the State Department's Benghazi failure if she runs for president

'Either, number 1, they were aware of a security situation in Libya and failed to act accordingly, or, number 2, they had such a bad operation that they were not aware of it'




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Florida Senator Marco Rubio, 43: 'I'm ready to be president'

In an interview with ABC's This Week, 43-year-old Rubio added fuel to the speculation that he's planning a run for president by telling host Jonathan Karl that he has plenty of experience to hold the country's highest office.




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Marco Rubio would be 'open' to prohibiting illegal residents from 'ever becoming citizens'

'If that’s what we have to do to get this thing passed, I would be open to it,' he said. 'But I don’t think that’s a wise thing to do.'




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Marco Rubio to skip work next week to fundraise for probable presidential campaign

Rubio suggested on Wednesday that he was still mulling over his 2016 options. But an adviser says, 'he has told us to proceed as if he is running for president.'




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Marco Rubio to enter presidential race at Freedom Tower, a historic Cuban immigration site

Monday's site is where the US processed Cuban exiles who fled Castro's communist regime. Rubio was accused of embellishing his parents' story to make it seem like they were among them.




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Marco Rubio enters 2016 presidential bid and takes swipe at Hillary Clinton

At Miami's Freedom Tower, known as the 'Ellis Island of the South,' the 43-year-old Floridian proclaimed that he's all-in for 2016, joining fellow Republicans Ted Cruz and Rand Paul in the contest.




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Presidential candidate Marco Rubio 'always tips' at Chipotle 

Rubio was spotted at a Washington, D.C. Chipotle, located just steps from the Capitol, this week, furthering the trend that started Monday with Hillary Clinton - who did not tip.




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Marco Rubio at Iowa State Fair as his family get giddy over Carrie Underwood

The Florida Senator tossed around a pig skin with his sons Dominic and Anthony and other children in a Des Moines suburb this evening. Tomorrow he's taking his family to the fair.




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Marco Rubio sides with BILL CLINTON on family and medical leave

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on Friday embraced the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act and called for expanding it through tax credits to businesses that offer paid leave.




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Marco Rubio blasts Vladimir Putin and vows to assist Ukraine if he's elected president

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a gangster and a thug,' and vowed to take a hard line against him if he reaches the Oval Office.




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Marco Rubio marks 'Back to the Future day' with video slamming Hillary Clinton

Marco Rubio doesn't want the country to go back in time when picking its next president. To mark 'Back to the Future Day' Rubio's campaign put out an ad calling Hillary Clinton 'a 'blast from the past.'




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Marco Rubio tells Florida Christians to show more compassion toward the gay community

While maintaining his position against same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio used a speech before a group of Christians to speak of the perils of intolerance toward the gay community.




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Wikileaks emails show Hillary Clinton's staff didn't see Trump as a threat

A new batch of Wikileaks emails from Hillary Clinton staffers to campaign manager John Podesta show the campaign was worried about Marco Rubio and thought he was another Obama.




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Marco Rubio calls Obama's statement on Fidel Castro's death 'pathetic'

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has hit out at President Barack Obama for not taking a more hard-line stance in his statement on former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death.




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Timelapse reveals 6-hour Miami instant bridge installation technique

The bridge was installed less than a week ago after months of construction - using a method called Accelerated Bridge Construction, or instant bridge.




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Miami bridge collapsed during 'stress testing' killing at least four

At least six people have been killed after a newly-erected bridge collapsed on to an eight-lane highway at Florida International University on Thursday as steel cables were being tightened.




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Rubio says he sees 'no evidence' the FBI spied on Trump's campaign

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio resisted claims of FBI 'spying' on Donald Trump's campaign – and defended investigations of people who are 'suspicious' like those with Russia ties.




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Marco Rubio is ridiculed and denounced after blaming Venezuela power outages on 'German Dam' blast

Marco Rubio is being criticized for a number of tweets he has posted over the past few days about the increasingly fraught situation in Venezuela, including one in which eh confused a dam.




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Evacuees from the Bahamas are stranded after residents without a visa are forced off ferry to US

About 130 fleeing the Bahamas were forced off a ferry before it left for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sunday evening. They were left stunned and confused after initially only they needing a passport.




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Trump defends visa rules after hundreds trying to flee Bahamas were kicked off a Florida-bound ferry

President Donald Trump said 'everybody needs totally proper documentation,' when fleeing the Bahamas, hours after a ferry kicked off those lacking a proper visa to enter the U.S.




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Simon Property Group to open 49 mall locations in 10 states starting Friday

Simon Property Group, the biggest mall operator in the country, will open 49 mall locations in 10 states between Friday May 1 and Monday May 4.




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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of Arizona man who drank fish tank cleaner

Gary Lenius, 68, died in March after he and his wife Wanda both drank the fish tank cleaner that contained chloroquine phosphate. Detectives say it is normal protocol for homicide to look into it.




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FEMA orders 100,000 more COVID-19 body bags to prepare for 'worst case scenario'

FEMA placed the ominous $5.1 million order for 'human remain pouches' on April 21, following just weeks after a separate order for 100,000 body bags was made by the agency.




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Beef prices hit a record high and shelves stay empty amid growing fears for the meat supply

Latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture reveal that wholesale American beef now costs a staggering $357.38 per 100 pounds amid nationwide food shortages. 




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Donald Trump tweets claim economy will be so strong Democrats will accuse him of hyping COVID-19

President Donald Trump retweeted a conservative supporter Thursday who predicted the economy will be doing so well by summer Democrats will accuse him of 'hyping' the coronavirus outbreak.




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Rutgers professor blames Trump's 'clusterf****d' COVID response for more black infections

Brittany Cooper, a professor at Rutger's Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, lambasted Trump and his supporters, who she declared were 'willing to die' for him.




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Top COVID-19 model predicts 100,000 dead by end of summer

The MOBS model from the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University also estimates that there will be about 89,000 deaths by mid-May if stay-at-home orders remain in place.




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Trump campaign to launch advertising blitz after he erupted 'I'm not f***ing losing to Joe Biden'

Donald Trump's reelection campaign will release a nationwide ad Sunday touting his response to the coronavirus pandemic then a second wave of ads will issue attacks on Joe Biden.




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Trump: Biden 'should respond' to assault allegations saying 'I've been falsely charged'

President Trump said Joe Biden 'should respond and answer' to sexual assault allegations made by a former Senate staffer that are currently dragging down the Democrat's presidential campaign.




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Donald Trump says he has seen evidence that the coronavirus started in Wuhan virology laboratory

President Donald Trump made the explosive charge that the coronavirus that has caused millions of infections may have been created in a Chinese lab in Wuhan and spoke of ways to punish the nation.




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Coronavirus: Trump criticises Sweden for avoiding lockdown

Schools, restaurants and hair salons across Sweden have remained open amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected upwards of 3.2million people globally.




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Secret Service paid Trump's Washington DC hotel more than $33,000 while guarding Steve Mnuchin

Receipts show they booked a standard room with two beds from January 25, 2017 but a spokesperson has confirmed they also used a luxury adjoining suite.




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Roger Stone appeals three-year prison sentence after former Trump aide was denied new trial

Roger Stone, long-time ally of President Donald Truymp, is appealing his three-year prison sentence after his bid for a new trial, based on the argument of jury bias in the original, was rejected by a judge




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WHO say they want to participate in Chinese probe into origins of Covid-19 after Trump's lab claims

The World Health Organization said it was hoping for an invitation from Beijing to take part in its probe into how the coronavirus originated in animals, then jumped to humans.




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Trump gets out of the WH for first time in weeks with weekend in Camp David ahead of Arizona trip

Donald Trump will leave the White House for the first time in more than a month as he departs for Camp David Friday night after the president has expressed his desire to get out of Washington, D.C.




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Trump claims Joe Biden could face MORE women 'coming out'

President Donald Trump on Friday predicted more accusers would come out against Joe Biden and said he was 'sticking up' for the former vice president.