Chris Pollard

2 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard |Rebecca Camber

Brewed from the leaves of the psychotria viridis shrub, ayahuasca is a powerful South American hallucinogenic tea created by ancient Amazonian tribes for spiritual ceremonies. So potent is the psychedelic concoction, users are advised to ingest it only when supervised by an experienced shaman. Drinking the tea is often followed by aggressive vomiting before a euphoria so intense users claim they have been on a mystic journey that has changed them forever.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard |Shannon McGuigan

Sister of film director, 69, found dead in her Camden home wrapped in a blanket with tape over her mouth appears in court charged with her murderBy CHRIS POLLARD and SHANNON MCGUIGAN Published: 09:16 EDT, 20 June 2025 | Updated: 09:19 EDT, 20 June 2025 The sister of a film director discovered dead in her Camden flat, wrapped in a blanket and with tape over her mouth, has appeared in court charged with her murder.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | James Reynolds |Sabrina Penty |Chris Pollard

The Austrian school shooter who massacred 10 people at his former school on Tuesday killed his neighbour in the horrific attack, it has emerged. Artur A., a 21-year-old from a suburb of Graz, was revealed to have shot and killed a young girl who lived nearby as further details emerged of his abandoned plans to carry out a bombing and messages left behind for family.

4 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard

The West is helping fund Russia’s war in Ukraine by spending billions more on importing oil and gas than Kyiv has received in military aid, analysis suggests. Vladimir Putin’s regime is still raking in huge profits from its hydrocarbon exports to the EU – even as its brutal assault on Ukraine enters a fourth year. Despite sweeping sanctions, data shows European countries have handed Moscow three times as much cash for fossil fuels than they have given Kyiv in aid since 2022.

4 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Chris Pollard

Russian captain of container ship in devastating fatal crash into oil tanker in North Sea denies manslaughter by gross negligenceBy CHRIS POLLARD Published: 06:37 EDT, 30 May 2025 | Updated: 06:37 EDT, 30 May 2025 The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a crewman. Vladimir Motin, 59, appeared at the Old Bailey in London via video link from HMP Hull.