30 h. ago Premium Bonds checker: big winners nab £1m in September 2025 NS&I draw – UK results, high value prizes checker

Thousands of savers shared in September’s tax-free prize pot 🎉

Economics

32 h. ago Premium Bond results September 2025 revealed including £1million winners

Premium Bonds are a savings product by National Savings & Investment (NS&I) but instead of getting interest on your savings, you're entered into a monthly prize draw

Economics

63 h. ago Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2025 winners – in pictures

A painterly, macro view of a cauliflower soft coral by Ross Gudgeon has taken out top prize in the Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition. ‘This is an exceptional photograph that skews perception and leaves us questioning reality,” the judges said. ‘Giving us a unique perspective on coral. There’s nothing fake here, but still we ponder, is this nature or a painting?’ An exhibition is on now at the South Australian MuseumThe week around the world in 20 pictures Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago Love Island winner Cach shares major move with Toni just weeks after 2025 final

Love Island 2025 winner Cach Mercer has shared an update on his relationship with Toni Laites

Politics

4 d. ago Wuhan Open Snooker 2025 Prize Money: Tournament history, winners, format, how to watch, how much the winner gets

The world’s best snooker players are battling it out in China this week.

Politics

4 d. ago Scottish Bar and Pub Awards 2025: Scotland's pub of the year has been crowned

A family-run Glasgow pub scooped up the top spot

Events

4 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Dani Dyer admits personal 'worry' as fans respond to 'partner' update

The former Love Island winner has been sharing updates ahead of taking part in the 2025 edition of the BBC show

Politics

5 d. ago Love Island 2025 winner Cach Mercer issues 'living situation' update in major move

Cach Mercer admitted that Toni Laites will be moving in with him once she returns to the UK

Politics

5 d. ago Scotland's best restaurants named as 'secret supper club' takes top spot

See the full list of winners at the Food Awards Scotland 2025.

Society

6 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Dani Dyer 'fights tears' as she issues 'begins' update

The former Love Island winner is among the 15 stars to be announced for the 2025 edition of the BBC One dance contest

Politics

6 d. ago Edinburgh Comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: ‘Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!’

The comic was determined to make a blockbuster standup show that didn’t address trans issues. Then she changed her mind – and scooped comedy’s biggest prizeThere’s efficiency, then there’s the process that led to Sam Nicoresti winning the most prestigious award in live comedy. “A year ago my girlfriend asked me to marry her,” says Nicoresti on accepting the £10,000 prize last weekend. “[When] we were talking about how to pay for the wedding, I joked and said, ‘It’s easy, I’ll just win the Edinburgh comedy award’.” Can it be true? Is Nicoresti not only the first transgender winner of the so-called Oscars of comedy, but the first ever to manifest victory by force of strategic will?“It’s amazing what you can do,” she grins, three days after her triumph, “if you set your mind to something.” And that’s what Nicoresti has done in the last 12 months, turning around a niche career in alt-comedy, pointing it towards stardom, and pressing her pedal to the metal. Her winning show Baby Doomer w...

Events

6 d. ago A wasp riding a broomstick, march of the penguins and coyotes on the prowl

Picked from more than 60,000 entries, these stunning images are among the 'highly commended' in the Natural History Museum's wildlife photographer of the year.

Politics

8 d. ago Britain's best pubs revealed as 16 boozers share prize – see if your local is a winner

The Campaign for Real Ale has published its list of 16 regional winners for its Pub of the Year 2025 competition, with those shortlisted beating thousands of entries

Politics

9 d. ago Four finalists hoping to be crowned Sunday Mail Pub of the Year

It is the most coveted mirror in the whole of Scotland – and it will soon be hanging proudly on the wall of the 2025 winner.

Politics

9 d. ago Sharapova enters tennis Hall of Fame with surprise cameo by Serena Williams

Williams surprises Sharapova at induction23-time major winner hails fierce rivalryBryan brothers, Sharapova join 2025 classSerena Williams made a a surprise – and early – appearance at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, emerging from behind the stage to introduce “former rival, former fan and forever friend” Maria Sharapova for her induction on Saturday night.Williams, a 23-time grand slam champion who will be eligible for her own enshrinement in 2027, drew gasps and shrieks from the crowd at the Newport shrine. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Handré Pollard scowls at the uprights as if he owns them. Australia could do with a ruthless winner like him

It would be simplistic to say South Africa won this slugfest solely because of Pollard. But he did kick all six of his shots at goalHandré Pollard doesn’t simply point to the poles. The South African metronome, his face stuck in a perpetual scowl, thrusts a meaty finger towards the uprights as if he owns them. “You’re mine,” he growls, with the promise that in just a few short seconds an oval ball will be spiralling through them courtesy of his swinging right boot.If there’s such a thing as a Test match animal then it is Pollard, the only fly-half present at the final whistle of two victorious World Cup campaigns. And Test match animals win Test matches. Whatever transpires across 80 minutes is almost immaterial. All that matters is the result. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing fans name 2025 winner despite 'serious competition'

The 2025 run of the BBC One dance contest is yet to get underway, with weeks to go until the launch is set to take place

Sport

1 week ago Going nuclear: Kathryn Bigelow back in geopolitical territory with atomic thriller

A House of Dynamite, told from perspective of White House officials, will premiere at Venice before Netflix rolloutAn unattributed missile is launched at the US, setting off a desperate effort inside the White House to determine who fired it and how to respond: not the latest news headline but the premise of Kathryn Bigelow’s political thriller A House of Dynamite, which will premiere at the Venice film festival.The film marks a return to the large-scale, geopolitically attuned storytelling that made Bigelow one of the most decorated directors of her generation. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Scotsman Fringe First awards: our final four winners of 2025 revealed

Our prizes for outstanding new writing premiered at the Fringe are announced each Friday during August - today we reveal our final week of winners.

Sport

1 week ago Former Strictly Come Dancing winner sends message to 2025 contestants in 'dazed' admission

The tips on how to win Strictly were provided on ITV talk show Lorraine

Events