8 h. ago TOM UTLEY: £180,000 a year to teach a child to be an English gentleman? By the time he grows up, that species won't exist

My first thought when I read that a foreign businessman and his wife are seeking a £180,000-a-year tutor to turn their son into an 'English gentleman' was: 'Wow! Nice work if you can get it!'

Society

18 h. ago Sir Alex Ferguson and pals kick off Cheltenham's new season with £180,000 racehorse

Un Sens A La Vie was purchased for the six-figure sum after racing at the venue last November. The team added the gelding to their team after win for Potters Charm in the same silks

Economics

19 h. ago The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits audiobook review – an American road trip with a twist

A law professor leaves his failing marriage and faltering career and hits the open road in this Booker-shortlisted novel of midlife turmoilAt the start of The Rest of Our Lives, we learn that Tom, a 55-year-old law professor from New York, plans to leave his wife just as soon as he has dropped their youngest child off at college. Tom and Amy have been together for 30 years. He believes theirs to be a “C-minus marriage” which was irreparably ruptured when Amy had an affair 12 years previously. And so, after leaving their daughter Miriam at college in Pittsburgh, he keeps on driving, revisiting old friends and places in search of his departed youth.Benjamin Markovits’s 12th novel – which has been shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize – could be seen as a companion piece to Miranda July’s celebrated All Fours in its exploration of the dissatisfaction of middle age. Tom is not a reliable narrator of his life, though he is nonetheless a compelling protagonist even in his flagrant mome...

Transport

22 h. ago Family looking for £180k tutor to help boy, one, become an 'English gentleman'

A family living in North London are offering a huge £180,000 salary for a one-year-old boy to be educated in a "quintessential" English environment and prepare him for public schools like Eton

Economics

35 h. ago Family seeks £180,000 tutor to help boy, 1, become 'English gentleman' destined for 'Eton or Harrow'

The couple, understood to be wealthy business people, are looking for a 'quintessentially British' environment that includes polo and classical music.

Economics

56 h. ago Success of the Rolex Rippers who terrorise London: Police's own dismal figures show just one in 88 luxury watches snatched in capital are returned to their owners

Some 5,180 timepieces worth more than £3,000 were snatched in the capital between January 2022 and July 2025, but only 59 were found - just one in 88, according to the Metropolitan Police data.

Events

58 h. ago LAURA CRAIK: Now £180,000 buys you a fresh chance to bag a Birkin

Thousands of Hermes fans watched an electrifying bidding war play out between nine determined collectors via livestream.

Economics

3 d. ago Revealed: 500,000 penalty tickets for drivers who failed to pay Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls

About 100,000 fines a month - each with a face value of £180 - have been issued since Sadiq Khan introduced the road charges in April

Events

5 d. ago Pride of Britain winners keep on saving lives by providing defibrillators

The Mirror has campaigned for more defibrillators in public places. Our Pride of Britain winners Sergio and Emma Petrucci's Red Sky Foundation raised £180,000 to pay for the latest machines.

Politics

5 d. ago Amy Dowden's Strictly exit 'sealed' after eight years for huge reality show stint

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden could be set to leave the BBC show, according to the latest odds

Politics

2 w. ago Jailed, nurse who shaved head and inserted cannula in fake leukemia scam

A nurse shaved her head and put a cannula in her arm to convince her family she was dying of leukaemia as part of a £180,000 pension scam.

Events

2 w. ago Thomas Skinner speaks out after Strictly elimination: ‘I move like a fridge’

Skinner and his professional dance partner Amy Dowden became the first couple to leave the series on Sunday

Politics

2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Thomas Skinner's 'true feelings' over early exit 'uncovered'

The former Apprentice candidate and professional dancer Amy Dowden were the first to leave the BBC One dance contest

Politics

2 w. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden breaks silence on show exit with Thomas Skinner

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden and Thomas Skinner were the first duo to leave the BBC One dance competition

Culture

2 w. ago Strictly's Amy Dowden's emotional statement in full as she leaves BBC series

On Sunday night, the first couple was sent home from Strictly Come Dancing

Politics

2 w. ago Storm Amy leaves 21,000 homes without power as engineers work in 'challenging' conditions

"Extremely damaging" winds left thousands of homes without power over the weekend

Events

2 w. ago Storm Amy in pictures as fierce 100mph winds spark chaos across UK leaving one dead

Brits have been hit by powerful winds brought by Storm Amy this weekend - with city centres and seaside hotspots washed out with torrential rain and severe flooding

Events

2 w. ago Storm Amy leaves 100,000 without power as cleanup under way in Ireland

A cleanup after Storm Amy got under way across the island of Ireland on Saturday, after hundreds of thousands were left without power.

Events

2 w. ago Storm Amy: Major travel disruption as 96mph winds kill man and leave thousands without power

The Met Office said the highest recorded gust on Friday was at Tiree in the Hebrides at 96mph.

Events

2 w. ago Big Brother's second housemate evicted as Gani Khan leaves the house in a dramatic live show rocked by Storm Amy

The hit reality show, which returned on Sunday, had already sent the first housemate packing in a brutal launch night twist.

Events