We’ve compiled the biggest stories of the day in this Thursday’s Mirror Daily Digest, including Kate Middleton missing Ascot yesterday, a serial rapist who was sentenced to the real reason.
Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, a collection of our best articles from our News, Showbiz, Sport, and more. We’re covering everything from the PhD student facing rape and drugging 10 women to Buckingham Palace’s justification for Kate’s absence from Ascot, and the announcement of the hottest day of the year.
This afternoon, serial rapist Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years after raping and drugging 10 women. Elsewhere, Buckingham Palace set the record straight on Kate’s Ascot absence and the Met Office has declared this Thursday the hottest day of the year so far.
PhD student who raped and drugged 10 life-serving women.
This afternoon, our news team was in court as Zhenhao Zou, 28, was sentenced after being found guilty of raping and drugging 10 women and filming several of the disgusting attacks. The serial rapist Chinese PhD student has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years.
Zhenhao Zou, 28, attacked women in London and China between 2019 and 2023. The vile criminal filmed nine of the sexual assaults as “souvenirs”, and kept a trophy box of women’s belongings. He lured young women back to his plush properties, plied them with a cocktail of drink and drugs before attacking them and filming it on hidden spy cameras.
Zou, who was found guilty on March 5, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court. He will spend 22 years and 227 days in prison before he could leave on parole, taking the number of days he has already spent in prison into account – meaning the 28-year-old cannot be released from jail before 2048.
Read the entire story here.
Kate’s absence at Royal Ascot is brought to the palace’s attention with an explanation.
Following Kate’s shock absence from Royal Ascot yesterday, Buckingham Palace has set the record straight with an explanation for why the Princess of Wales missed the event. Kate’s absence left Prince William to attend the event solo, joining King Charles and Queen Camilla in the first carriage of the procession.
Kate’s sudden absence surprised many people, given the fact that her name had already been printed in the day two programme and shared by the Royal Ascot social media accounts. However, the Palace soon clarified that Kate’s non-attendance at the event was the result of a “miscommunication”.
The confusion began when the Royal Ascot X and Instagram pages, seeming to confirm that Princess Kate would be riding in the first carriage alongside King Charles, Queen Camilla and Prince William. However, just moments later, Kensington Palace issued a statement saying Kate would not be coming.
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Met Office predicts a warmer day tomorrow, but today is the hottest day of the year.
The Met Office has declared this Thursday the hottest day of 2025 so far, in a news that won’t surprise anyone in the UK. According to the most recent Met Office weather forecast, today’s temperature reached 32.2C.
Tomorrow (33C) and Saturday (34C), which are both expected to be significantly above the threshold for an official heatwave in England, will also be expected. The UKHSA upgraded its heat health alerts across England to amber, indicating that vulnerable people are at risk of dying as a result of the roasting conditions.
Days after the record was last broken when Santon Downham in Suffolk reached 29.4C, Wisley, Surrey, set the record for 2025.
Read the entire story here.
Social services contacted about Kyle Walker’s children, according to Lauryn Goodman.
This morning, our Showbiz team broke the shocking story that trolls ‘called social services on Lauryn Goodman children with Kyle Walker’. The star shared her nightmare experience with a notorious gossip website.
The 34-year-old reality TV personality has been subjected to vicious slurs on the “toxic” website Tattle Life from what she dubs “keyboard warriors.” The website has seen the sharing of gossip and personal information about celebrities and influencers.
Tattle Life allows for members to post anonymously about anyone and anything they want, which has led to some heartbreaking consequences for those written about including businesses ruined and some even resorting to self-harm. Among those talked about on the site include Katie Price, Alice Evans, Stacey Solomon and Molly-Mae Hague.
Read the entire story here.
The largest shark tracker in history has been mapped after reaching its 14-foot height.
“Contender”, the world’s largest great white shark, is being tracked by scientists at OCEARCH. According to experts, the massive predator could visit many places in the Northeastern US and Canada, including some tourist hotspots. Although there are “two primary locations” where he might be spotted in the summer.
Since January, researchers at OCEARCH, a non-profit organization that studies large marine animals, have been tracking “Contender,” a 30-year-old adult male shark. 45 miles off the Florida-Georgia coast, the predator was first tagged in the North Atlantic. The beast is estimated to weigh a whopping 1653 lbs. and measures 13 feet, 9 inches long.
According to Dr. Harley Newton, OCEARCH Chief Scientist & Veterinarian, it took six people to tag and release “Contender,” including three fishermen and scientists. The release is then electronically tracked through the Argos satellite system.
Read the entire story here.
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