Rats have apparently been wrongly labelled as superspreaders of the Black Death as new research appears to clear the rodent's name while identifying the real suspect

With many Brits looking more like Donald Trump with their tans, people are now changing their ways and embracing their pasty skin like pop sensation and global megastar Taylor Swift

A vending machine selling unclaimed packages from delivery lockers has been spotted at a railway station - it's a hit with punters but not everyone is convinced by it

Content creator Brooke Johnson, from the US, developed a 'hack' that involves taking her knees up to her chest, putting her feet on the seat and strapping her ankles with the seatbealt

Ann Summers released their top ten best-selling sex toys of 2024 so far – and the 'rabbit' style device is certainly proving popular with pleasure seeking customers

A man who spent six months converting a "knackered" 50ft narrowboat into a stunning floating Airbnb has left people in awe with his incredible work – and now people are desperate to book

A TikTok video shared on Reddit shows a Henry Hoover that has been transformed into a mini motorbike - and people have joked it would be a better alternative to public transport

A property listing has left house-hunters feeling "unsettled" after they spotted a rather "weird" feature – which they claim is completely at odds with the rest of the house

McDonald's fans have been left disgusted after a post about a worker at one of the fast-food chain's branches in Australia drying a dirty mop head under the French fry heater went viral on Facebook

Geoffrey Ralph Kitchen, 73, is believed to have been hurled from side-to-side when the plane was struck by treacherous conditions at 37,000ft above the Indian Ocean

John Darwin, who was jailed for faking his own death in a plot with ex-wife Anne Darwin, now lives in the Philippines and features in his young wife's cringe Facebook videos

A viral image of a chocolate character has left Facebook users in hysterics, after one claimed it had definitely taken Ozempic. But others were quick to point out one key detail

A pub in the Scottish Highlands dubbed the 'UK's most remote' attracts only the bravest of boozing Brits as there are only two ways to get there – and one of them is gruelling

A woman has taken to Reddit to ask for advice after a dad who picks up his daughter from the daycare she works at started getting "inappropriate" and "pushy" with her

At the age of 28, Elizabeth Krohn was struck by lightning, beginning an extraordinary 'second life' where she gained the ability to foresee future disasters in uncanny detail

Russia's Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles could hit the UK from all angles and it's likely they would come in waves of 60 to 90 at a time - and Britain has no way of stopping them

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Thailand following reports it hit severe turbulence sometime after it took off from London's Heathrow airport

A woman has been praised for her clever hack to make giant Yorkshire puddings. Her brother didn't believe it would work till seeing the size of the roast dinner staple

Princess Kate has been praised by Royal Family fans for being a 'true lady' after a TikTok video showed the Princess of Wales 'perfectly' executing an act that Meghan Markle struggled with

EXCLUSIVE: 'Britain's most tattooed woman' Becky Holt is quitting the adult industry after wanting to escape it for the past three years - and here she talks us through her new life

Asian hornets being spotted across the UK, with new data showing that experts have managed to capture many of them – including two on one day from two different sightings

Struggling mum Brittany Wilson spoke out about her frustrating treatment at the hands of Florida state officials, after she was refused her £3,930 lottery winnings

Newly unearthed flight-tracking data of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 321 shows the massive Boeing-777 jet seemingly plummeted around 6,000 in the space of around three minutes

Colorado City, Arizona, was ruled for years by the sickening polygamist cult-leader Warren Jeffs who has reportedly had as many as 78 wives – many of them underage

Russian, Victoria Unikel is mixing her blood with the blood of her Ukrainian husband for a piece of art calling for the end of the conflict between the two countries

Ray Jefferson Cromartie was executed by lethal injection in 2019, but not before he requesting a huge final meal which would have seen him chow down on lobster and steak

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of this weeks global virtual AI safety summit held in South Korea, tech expert Olivia DeRamus posed a stark warning for the future of the internet in the age of brainless bots

Chloe Welsh, 36, from Wrexham, broke both her feet after falling out of a taxi in 2015 - and now she makes a killing on OnlyFans by pretending to be in plaster casts

After giving the homeowner a surprise but unwanted embrace, she then made herself comfortable by sitting on a living room chair and even taking a brief rest on a bed

In the wake of what has become only the second Singapore Airlines incident to involve a fatality, the Daily Star looks back at the first Boeing 747-400 crash that claimed the lives of 83 people

A former US Navy sailor who was on board the USS Nimitz at the time of the notorious 'Tic Tac' UAP incident says that as well as the well-known sightings from aircraft, he had his own up close and personal UFO encounter

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star had a chat with Google's large-langauge model chatbot called Gemini to figure out how likely it would be for the UK to defend itself in the event of nuclear war

A doctor has claimed he has fallen victim to a stalking situation that bears some similarities to events described in hit Netflix TV show Baby Reindeer which details the events around one person's obsession with another

Singapore Airlines flight that left London on Monday evening suffered extreme turbulence en route to Singapore but was forced into an emergency landing

An officer quickly fired a round towards the suspect in the home as brave cops then burst inside to rescue the six-month-old who was found with several gunshot wounds

A woman was left feeling 'creeped out' when her new neighbour came round to her house to ask for sugar - but his behaviour was very different to what she was expecting

An alien-like sea creature with a bizarre sex life has landed on a beach in Oregon, while a local aquarium can't help but point out its similarity to a fish depicted in Finding Nemo

Brits have been warned to prepare for possible lighting strikes and flooding off the back of a pair of weather warnings for parts of the Northern Ireland, Wales and Englanf

From a flower penis design that 'turns into a tree' to a tribute to his parents that is misspelt - below we take you through the unique tattoos of the one and only Paul Gascoigne

The weather gods could be looking favourably upon the UK with a 'super heatwave' being predicted by one set of experts . . . although others are claiming the exact opposite

A top professor has gone public to admit that a colleague of his has already created a handheld mini-nuclear reactor with the aim of trying the lure aliens and UFOs to Earth

Young artist Rylo Huncho gripped the gun, appeared to disengage the safety, pointed it at his head, and uttered a profanity-laced statement before pulling the trigger

EXCLUSIVE: A man who is covered in face tattoos believes most women are obsessed by him - saying his unusual mind is like a 'superpower' as opposed to a red flag

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT Anthony Stocks is accused ogf launching the boy off the 100ft cliff in Brighton after the child allegedly tried to stop him from raping his younger sister

EXCLUSIVE: 'UK’s top Arsenal girl' Arabella Mia shared how she feels about missing out on her full package experience with The Girthmaster after Manchester City won the Premier League - but she's looking ahead already

A dad decided to teach his daughter what UK road signs really mean - but people were in stitches when he instead gave his own hilarious explanations behind them

On the 100th anniversary of the notorious Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb case, JAMES MOORE reveals what happened to the deadly duo and other ‘brainiac’ killers…