Medieval benefits! Token that was given to the poor by ‘boy bishops’ to spend at Christmas 600 years ago is discovered near Norfolk country home

Medieval benefits! Token that was given to the poor by ‘boy bishops’ to spend at Christmas 600 years ago is discovered near Norfolk country home

Coin dates back to between 1470 and 1560 and was found near Oxburgh Hall  The token could be spent at the Abbey in Bury St Edmunds or on food  By Harry Howard, History Correspondent Published: 13:42 GMT, 18 December 2023 | Updated: 13:49 GMT, 18 December 2023 A 600-year-old token that was given to the … Read more

Queen Letizia ‘branded a “daughter of a b****” by a Spanish government politician’ on ‘plane home with Luis Rubiales’ after Women’s World Cup that she watched in Australia

Queen Letizia ‘branded a “daughter of a b****” by a Spanish government politician’ on ‘plane home with Luis Rubiales’ after Women’s World Cup that she watched in Australia

Queen Letizia was branded a ‘daughter of a b****’ by a top government politician, it has sensationally been claimed. The Spanish Secretary of State for Sports, Victor Francos, allegedly used the expletive as the ‘kissgate’ scandal following the Women’s World Cup final erupted. Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales was banned for three years in October after he … Read more

Inside Alex Batty’s ‘nomadic’ life while living in a commune with mother Melanie as British boy is found six years after disappearance

Inside Alex Batty’s ‘nomadic’ life while living in a commune with mother Melanie as British boy is found six years after disappearance

The British boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother and grandfather to live in a ‘spiritual commune’ has spent the last six years travelling from house-to-house with his ‘solar panel obsessed’ family while foraging for food, it was revealed today.  Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return … Read more

Pictured: Isolated farm where Alex Batty spent the last two years living under a false name and doing odd jobs in return for board and lodgings

Pictured: Isolated farm where Alex Batty spent the last two years living under a false name and doing odd jobs in return for board and lodgings

This is the isolated farm in the Pyrenees mountains where British schoolboy Alex Batty lived for the past two years, MailOnline can reveal. Situated in the tiny hamlet of La Bastide with a population of just 15 people, the local mayor confirmed that Alex, now 17, had lived there with his grandfather David Batty since … Read more

The remarkable rise of the ‘Queen of Stops’: How Mary Earps went from playing park football aged 14 to favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year after winning nation’s hearts at World Cup (and THAT expletive-filled penalty save celebration)

The remarkable rise of the ‘Queen of Stops’: How Mary Earps went from playing park football aged 14 to favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year after winning nation’s hearts at World Cup (and THAT expletive-filled penalty save celebration)

She’s become a hero among football fans for her passionate on-field displays, hilarious videos with teammates and resilience in the face of adversity. Now, England goalkeeper Mary Earps is the strong favourite to win the BBC‘s Sport Personality of the Year award after the six nominees were announced. The 30-year-old Manchester United star put in … Read more

Wish you weren’t dear! Families race to bag holidays before prices soar for hotels and flights abroad

Wish you weren’t dear! Families race to bag holidays before prices soar for hotels and flights abroad

Travel experts warn holiday prices are set to soar by an average of 10 per cent  By Sean Pulter Consumer Affairs Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:05 GMT, 16 December 2023 | Updated: 00:09 GMT, 16 December 2023 Families are facing a scramble for holiday discounts against a background of spiralling costs for hotels … Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 50 goals and earned a cool £175MILLION this year… but the Portuguese superstar has endured housing problems, had to deny ‘completely false’ cheating claims and faces a $1BILLION US lawsuit as he looks to a better 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 50 goals and earned a cool £175MILLION this year… but the Portuguese superstar has endured housing problems, had to deny ‘completely false’ cheating claims and faces a $1BILLION US lawsuit as he looks to a better 2024

It has been a year to remember for Cristiano Ronaldo, both for reasons good and bad.  The last 12 months has seen perhaps the biggest change for the Portuguese superstar during his footballing career. Ending his time at the top of the European game and becoming the first big-name player to take the plunge in … Read more

Dreaming of a life abroad? British expats in France, Spain, Vietnam and Indonesia reveal if the grass really IS greener on the other side – and what they miss about the UK (spoiler… not the weather!)

Dreaming of a life abroad? British expats in France, Spain, Vietnam and Indonesia reveal if the grass really IS greener on the other side – and what they miss about the UK (spoiler… not the weather!)

Is life for Britons actually greener away from the Motherland? MailOnline Travel speaks with four British expats who certainly think so.  From a young couple who have tripled their spendable earnings in Vietnam to a builder who now enjoys lounging by his outdoor pool in Spain, they each reveal what they love about living abroad … Read more

This is the ramshackle French mountain farm where Alex Batty, the British boy who vanished, was known as Zak… as locals lift the lid on what the now-17-year-old from Oldham has been up to for the last six years

This is the ramshackle French mountain farm where Alex Batty, the British boy who vanished, was known as Zak… as locals lift the lid on what the now-17-year-old from Oldham has been up to for the last six years

Travelling by night, and sleeping rough in gardens by day, Alex Batty spent four long days trekking more than 30 miles, across muddy, rain-lashed, mountainous terrain in his bid for freedom. It’s the sort of walk that would challenge a seasoned traveller, with professional camping equipment plus a smart phone and GPS to guide their … Read more

British killer who beat his wife to death on Christmas Day is arrested on the Costa Blanca after nearly a decade on the run

British killer who beat his wife to death on Christmas Day is arrested on the Costa Blanca after nearly a decade on the run

By Natalia Penza and Ivan Prothero Published: 18:21 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 18:26 GMT, 15 December 2023 A British wife killer has been arrested on Spain‘s Costa Blanca after nearly a decade on the run. Glenn Wathall, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1999 for beating his partner to death in a Christmas Day … Read more