4 h. ago Australia v Lions live: Tom Curry masterclass gives tourists control of first Test in Brisbane

The Lions have never lost in Brisbane – can they notch another victory in the first Test of the 2025 series?

Society

4 h. ago Top doctor behind bot that ‘skips’ UK driving test queue for eye

The Mirror's probe comes after the practical test backlog topped 600,000 for the first time earlier this year – with the average wait time now a staggering 22 weeks

Politics

4 h. ago ‘When you get old, you become young again’: remembering Fauja Singh, the marathon man

After a life shaped by grief and resilience, Singh began running at 89 and became an icon of endurance and joyThe first 20 miles of a marathon are not difficult, Fauja Singh once said. When it came to the last six miles, however, “I run while talking to God.”The fact that he was attempting the distance at all might seem, to some, proof of divine assistance. Singh was 89 when he first took up distance running, having stumbled across a TV snippet of people running a marathon, and decided to give it a go. By his mid-90s he was a marathon veteran, a record holder for his age group and even a poster model for Adidas; aged 101 – or at least so he believed, since he never had a birth certificate – he became the oldest person ever to run the distance. Continue reading...

Sport

4 h. ago Breaking the Binary: meet the founder behind a US theater company for trans and non

George Strus founded Breaking the Binary Theatre, one of the only theatrical spaces in the US created for and run by gender-expansive artists, in 2022For George Strus, theater was one of many roving interests during their childhood in northern New Jersey.First, there was baseball. Then, a short stint in ice skating. “I was really into Webkinz for like, two months,” said the 27-year-old during a phone interview. A fixation on Sillybandz, the brightly colored, animal shaped rubber bracelets, soon followed. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Serial dating and push presents: love in the age of the algorithm is complex | Zandile Powell

Couples and singles let us into their idealised love lives online, but our role as viewers makes it more of a ménage à troisSitting in a hospital bed, pregnant Campbell Puckett, known as “Pookie”, is handed a Craie Kelly Epsom 25 Hermès bag (retailing around £20,000) by her husband, Jett. “It’s time for her push present,” he says behind the camera. The husband and wife are arguably the internet’s favourite heterosexual couple at the moment, and if they are anything to go by, the standards for modern romance are high.Jett recently gave Pookie a single instruction on one of their European getaways: “Do not leave Paris without a Birkin.” Luxury unboxings are a staple on their page.These #relationshipgoals have increasingly influenced viewers’ standards and expectations in their own relationships. The spectacle of lavish gifts and experiences can shift expectations and expressions of love towards the more demonstrable aspects of romance. “If my husband doesn’t get me a Hermès Kelly as m...

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5 h. ago Bert the police dog who took part in Queen's funeral and once sniffed out £250,000 of cash in single search dies in car crash

PD Bert, a five-year-old springer spaniel, was involved in a collision with a BMW on Stockton Street, Hartlepool at around 9pm on Thursday, July 17.

Events

5 h. ago Australia v Lions live: Latest score as tourists make dream start to first Test showdown in Brisbane

The Lions have never lost in Brisbane – and are already on course for another victory in the first Test of the 2025 series

Society

6 h. ago Check your change for 'super rare' 50p coin that could be worth £40,000

A coin collector has revealed the one thing you need to look out for on the 50p to determine whether it's worth a small fortune or not - and it's all to do with a certain date

Economics

6 h. ago Man who said Turkey teeth was 'worst mistake' of his life owes £100k in tax

HMRC has named and shamed a tax cheat who previously spoke about his 'the worst mistake' of his life after getting his teeth done in Turkey and now he owes £100,000

Economics

6 h. ago US teenagers are arrested at Heathrow after buying illegal booze with fake ID and getting drunk on school trip to UK

The out-of-control children on a school trip aged 17 and 18 had topped up their in-flight drinks with alcohol and when the plane was cruising at 30,000 feet were sozzled.

Events

6 h. ago The herb linked to better memory, lower anxiety and Alzheimer’s protection

Rosemary is more than just a kitchen staple. It’s a natural remedy with ancient roots and modern scientific backing

Politics

6 h. ago Postcode Lottery sees hundreds of people in one part of Wales share jackpot, as one person scoops £400,000

He was the only big winner of the lottery prize

Economics

6 h. ago 'NHS can't keep me alive for my son, so I'm raising £100,000 to try'

Rebecca has been told all the NHS options have been exhausted in her cancer battle, but there is another treatment available

Economics

6 h. ago Mum told NHS can't do anything else for her raising £100,000 to live

Rebecca is fighting to stay alive for her young son

Economics

6 h. ago Voices: How the far right is politicising the return of the wolf – and again threatening its presence in Europe

When author Adam Weymouth retraced a journey through the Alps made by a wolf called Slavc, he discovered how the animals' rising numbers are making them targets

Politics

6 h. ago Fears rise over Yellowstone supervolcano eruption as new hole discovered in park basin

A new 13ft hole in a basin in Yellowstone National Park has been discovered by scientists leading to rising fears it could be on the verge of an eruption

Politics

6 h. ago Trump cannot dispel the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump’s grooming of his followers is impossible to undo. Now he is bedeviled by a conspiracy theory gapSome enchanted evening, Donald Trump saw a stranger across a crowded room.It is likely that there is hardly anyone living who knows exactly under what glowing lights Donald Trump met Jeffrey Epstein, except perhaps Trump himself and Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend who is serving a 20-year prison term for helping to procure minors for sexual abuse. Trump said in an interview in 2002, when his Epstein relationship was still tight, that it had been a 15-year mutual admiration society. Epstein was “a terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with,” and “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side”. Epstein described himself as “Donald’s closest friend for 10 years”. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago He didn't know her, never visited, and wasn't at her funeral

Neighbours of Eileen Holland say they never once saw the knife-wielding Romanian thug who inherited her house - not when she was alive, not at her funeral, and not even after police raided .

Politics

7 h. ago Daniel Dubois vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 LATEST start time due to major rule

Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will meet for a second time later this evening in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium as the Ukrainian looks to go 2-0 up in the series

Politics

7 h. ago Golf course dubbed 'Scotland's Augusta' lays abandoned with iconic building overcome by nature

Letham Grange in Angus, once regarded as one of the most picturesque golf courses in Scotland, continues to lie in ruins after plans to revive the site were dropped

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