79 m. ago A moment that changed me: I’m a chef who joined the Ukrainian army – and it transformed how I live and cook

When I opened my first restaurant, just before the war began, I was a perfectionist. My time in an army unit taught me about discipline and what’s really importantEvery chef longs to open their own restaurant so, when I did, it felt like a dream. I had been away working in some of the best restaurants in Europe. My business partner had a great spot for a restaurant in the centre of Dnipro, my home city in Ukraine, and we opened to rave reviews. My team and I were all a similar age and we had a shared vision: to create modern Ukrainian food.But by February 2022, just three months later, we knew war with Russia was likely. I was already in touch with friends in the army and, if Russia invaded, I knew I would fight. When the war started, all the team gathered in the restaurant and I said I would understand if anybody wanted to leave Dnipro and move west, where it was safer, which lots of people were doing. Nobody wanted to. We decided that anyone who wasn’t going to join the army would...

Society

96 m. ago Donald Trump says 'that's not my signature' as he speaks out on lewd Epstein cartoon

President Donald Trump has denied writing a letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the media is "wasting their time" with the story and that "it's not my signature"

Politics

3 h. ago AKA Charlie Sheen review – he shows no genuine remorse for all the terrifying things he’s done

This flimsy tell-all about the actor’s decades-long addiction to pills, alcohol and crack-cocaine is far too light on contrition or self-reflection. You pity everyone around himIf it comes as a shock to anyone that at some point in the grip of a decades-long addiction to pills, booze and crack cocaine the essentially heterosexual Charlie Sheen occasionally “turned over the menu” and had sex with men, then I am delighted. I did not know such pockets of naivety could still exist in this benighted world. You sweet things. Enjoy your time!That this is the fact that has made headlines (the few there have been) around the release of the two-part documentary AKA Charlie Sheen is testimony to how little new information there is in it. How, really, could it be otherwise? Every one of the three acts – which in the film he labels “Partying”, “Partying with problems” and “Just problems” – of his adult life has been comprehensively documented by the media in real time. Sometimes that was via sto...

Events

3 h. ago Failure to tackle dependence on food banks in UK driving public discontent

One in six households went hungry last year, says Trussell, with Britain facing ‘new normal’ of severe hardshipDowning Street’s failure to tackle child poverty and reduce food bank use is helping to drive public discontent with falling living standards and fuelling a desire for political alternatives, the UK’s biggest charity food provider has warned.Trussell said one in six UK households went hungry last year and, without ambitious policies to tackle deepening poverty, Britain faces the prospect of locking in a “new normal” of increasingly severe hardship across society. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Dear Coleen: She loves me but menopause has ruined our sex life

"She’s been upfront about it and says she still loves me and finds me attractive, but has zero sex drive."

Politics

8 h. ago Influencer who was photographed celebrating with a binder of Epstein documents is now ripping into his victims

Jessica Reed Kraus has sympathized with convicted sex offender, Ghislaine Maxwell, believing she was unfairly blamed for actions committed by Epstein’s ‘clients’

Culture

11 h. ago Kendall Jenner stuns fans as she reveals plans to quit fame forever for 'normal job'

Reality TV star and supermodel Kendall Jenner has shared her desires to step back from the spotlight to focus on a much simpler life

Politics

12 h. ago Trump calls release of suggestive note to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a ‘dead issue’

Administration says it would support an expert review of signature to determine whether it was Trump who signed itWhite House officials on Tuesday doubled down on their assertion that a sexually suggestive letter carrying what appeared to be Donald Trump’s signature that was included in a birthday book for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had not been signed by the president.The letter, and its drawing of a naked woman’s torso around an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, was part of a batch of documents released by the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena after its existence was first reported in July by the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago White House denies that Trump wrote Epstein letter and calls investigation a Democrat ‘hoax’ – live

White House press secretary denies that president wrote Epstein a card that included the outline of a woman’s body for the sex trafficker’s 50th birthdayPhoto of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a womanJeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book – in picturesMy colleague, Oliver Holmes, has been going through the Jeffrey Epstein 50th birthday album that House Democrats on the oversight committee released on Monday, after they subpoenaed Epstein’s estate.As Oliver notes, much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein. They include photos of him embracing women in bikinis whose faces were redacted, and others showing scenes featuring wild animals having sex.Bill Clinton, who had left the US presidency a couple years before the publication of the book, is listed in the “friends” section.Peter Mandelson, the current UK ambassador to the United States, called Epstein his “best pal”. There are al...

Politics

12 h. ago Major crackdown on networks profiting from online child sex abuse

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans for the UK to disrupt criminal networks that exploit children

Economics

13 h. ago Best alternative advent calendars of 2025: Stationery, sex toys, coffee and pinball machines

The countdown to the most wonderful time of year starts here

Politics

13 h. ago Ben Gannon Doak admits he fell into 'trap' at Celtic but Liverpool taught him how to escape it for good

Gannon Doak is one of Scotland's main men and he admits he doesn't feel the pressure any more

Politics

13 h. ago UK to crack down on networks profiting from online child sex abuse

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled new plans at a summit with Five Eyes countries.

Economics

13 h. ago Aimee Lou Wood puts on a very busty display in a plunging black midi dress as she attends a BBC screening of the Film Club

The Sex Education star, 31, put on a busty display in a plunging black midi dress, teamed with sheer tights and pointed toe heels.

Culture

16 h. ago Lesbian Space Princess review – A fizzy animated film with loads of laughs and a lot of heart

This award-winning Australian feature mixes madcap comedy with a who’s who of queer performers to produce a magical, joyful gemGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt’s hard being a lesbian space princess. In this buzzy and giddily ambitious new Australian animated film, Saira (Shabana Azeez) – once voted the most boring royal in gay space – is a perpetually single introvert with a passion for closeup magic (she’s “good with her hands”). After her heart is thoroughly broken by Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel), all finger-guns and sapphic swagger, Saira is devastated – but there’s no time to cry, because Kiki has been kidnapped by the Straight White Maliens (played by Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane of Aunty Donna) and only Saira’s legendary magical labrys can save her.Except Saira has never been able to summon the labrys which is her birthright. And also, of course, a lesbian space princess can cry while she fights to not just save her ex but also win her back: it’s her qu...

Politics

17 h. ago Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500

President and convicted sex offender appear in birthday scrapbook photo with check signed by ‘DJ Trump’US politics live – latest updatesA scrapbook for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday released on Monday contains a photo of him holding a novelty check signed by Donald Trump with the suggestion that Epstein “sold” him a woman for $22,500, shedding further light on the longtime relationship between the president and the convicted sex offender.The photo shows Epstein and Joel Pashcow, a longtime member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and a third figure, apparently a woman, whose face is redacted. They are holding a novelty check over a handwritten caption, apparently from Paschow, reading: “Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! Sells ‘fully depreciated’ [redaction] to Donald Trump for $22,500.” Continue reading...

Culture

18 h. ago Epstein 50th birthday book: who is in it and what did they say?

Figures including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the UK ambassador to US, Peter Mandelson, apparently contributedDemocratic politicians have released a 238-page scrapbook given to Jeffrey Epstein as a present on his 50th birthday, with contributions attributed to high-profile figures including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the current UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson.Much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein. They include photos of him embracing women in bikinis whose faces were redacted, and others showing scenes featuring wild animals having sex. Continue reading...

Politics

18 h. ago Gabby Logan's sex talk became son's gym playlist as rugby team

Young Sale Sharks star Reuben Logan had to endure his mother, Gaby Logan, speaking about her sex life as his rugby team-mates used her podcast as their gym playlist

Politics

19 h. ago 'This man destroyed my childhood and damaged the foundations of my adulthood'

Sex offender John Ahern has been jailed

Events

19 h. ago Gabby Logan's rugby player son, 20, says her sex life revelations are being played in his team gym as he begs her to stop discussing her 'daily romps'

Reuben Logan, son of Match of the Day presenter Gabby, has opened up on how his parents' sex life revelations have impacted his job as a professional rugby player.

Sport