89 m. ago 'I bought cat painting for £20 in charity shop and was stunned by it's true value'

A savvy bargain hunter has shared how he was stunned when he bought a piece of artwork for just £20 - and now he's hoping to make a hefty profit from his impulse purchase

Economics

4 h. ago John Lodge, singer and bassist of Moody Blues during classic era, dies at 82

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82

Events

4 h. ago Kourtney Kardashian sweetly holds hands with husband Travis Barker as they celebrate his son's 22nd birthday

Landon's mother is the rock star's ex wife, Shanna Moakler, who was a Playboy model and starred on the TV series Pacific Blue. The model is now 50-years-old.

Culture

4 h. ago Stunning UFC ring girl dubbed 'too hot for the internet' as she risks Instagram ban with snaps

Brittney Palmer once strutted her stuff as a ring girl inside of the UFC octagon - and the stunner has now risked an Instagram ban with some sultry snaps

Sport

5 h. ago TV star wife of pop singer behind iconic Sky Sports football song dies

Lisa Knapp, who shot to fame on the original version of the TV show Survivor, has died suddenly at the age of 52. She was married to Swedish pop-rock singer Andreas Johnson

Events

5 h. ago Bellingham must accept Tuchel’s collective structure or risk England exile | Jacob Steinberg

Manager learned at PSG to ignore star power in pursuit of a winning formula that prioritises brotherhoodThomas Tuchel once stood on the touchline at Anfield, watching in disbelief as his self-indulgent Paris Saint-Germain players refused to put in the hard yards against Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool. “Guys, what is this?” he said, but there was never going to be a reaction from individuals with too much power and not enough respect for the basic concepts of teamwork.Intensity? Tracking back? Not for us, thanks. Too many wanted to do their own thing and it ground Tuchel down in the end. The German is a coach who wants structure, identity, sacrifice and energy. At PSG, though, he saw how individualism can bring a dressing room down. How could Tuchel make his mark when he had players who would moan if a teammate looked at them the wrong way? Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Bonnie Blue claims she also gets love from the ladies after Bang Bus tour

The adult star, infamous for her bonking stunt, insists she gives female fans more of her time because they are "noisier", whereas the boys just say "you're hot" and move on

Events

6 h. ago How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration

Events

6 h. ago These are the 6 best jewellery advent calendars to shop with big savings picked by a fashion writer

Some of 2025’s best jewellery advent calendars have already launched and can save you hundreds of pounds on accessories for the festive season; here’s are our 6 favourites to shop

Economics

6 h. ago This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on itWhen he first learned that federal agents had detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil in the lobby of his university housing complex, Jameel Jaffer knew he was in for a fight.Jaffer is the director of a Columbia-affiliated institute devoted to the defense of the first amendment, and Khalil, a green card holder, had been a fixture at the pro-Palestinian encampments on campus. Months earlier, Jaffer’s organization had hosted a symposium about the free speech rights of noncitizens. The institute had been established to defend the very constitutional principles the Trump administration was now openly flouting – and that Columbia seemed too scared to defend. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial

Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too lateThe message from global regulators this week was blunt: the AI boom is driving stocks to dotcom-bubble highs – and the world is finally listening. With so much cash riding on so few firms, any loss of faith could send shares tumbling and drag down the wider economy. China’s proposed export controls on rare earths add a fresh threat: not just to sentiment, but to advanced chip supply chains themselves. It’s a long way down from such dizzying heights if gravity reasserts itself.Warnings from the past abound in Charles Kindleberger’s history of financial crises, Manias, Panics and Crashes, which begins with tulip mania in 1636. What commonly happens, he wrote, is “that some event changes the economic outlook. New opportunities for profits are seized, and overdone.” Once the mistake is realised, there’s a panicked exit with a crash in the price of “whatever has been the subject of the man...

Politics

6 h. ago The Guardian view on AC Milan playing a ‘home’ game in Perth: the clue should be in the name | Editorial

Famous European football clubs should not be shunted around the globe in search of sports promoters with deep pocketsFootball clubs are community assets, possessing a value, history and meaning which cannot be captured on a balance sheet. They belong to the cities and towns that have sustained them over the decades. For the vast majority of supporters, the sense of identity and matchgoing rituals associated with following their team are worth as much as the occasional trophy or glorious victory.That culture becomes harder to maintain, however, if your club’s next game is taking place 5,000 miles away. European football’s governing body, Uefa, this week announced that it will allow a Spanish league fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona to take place closer to Cuba than Catalonia, in Miami’s Hard Rock stadium. This will be followed, in February, by the relocation to Australia of an Italian Serie A match between Milan and Como. Global sports promoters, rubbing their hands ...

Politics

6 h. ago John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedeliaMoody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82The moment everything changed for John Lodge and his bandmates in the Moody Blues came one night at the Fiesta club in Stockton. Lodge and Justin Hayward were new to the band, Lodge playing bass and Hayward guitar, who had been booked into a well-paid series of cabaret shows in northern England. The Moodies were playing a revue-style show, with bits of R&B punctuated by comedy numbers, dressed in blue suits. They’d had a big hit a couple of years earlier with Go Now, but by 1966 they looked and sounded passé.After the show, Hayward told me a few years ago, a man came to the dressing room to see the band. “Normally they would say something like, ‘Oh, you’re great.’ But he said, ‘I just thought I’d tell you, you’re the worst fucking band I’ve seen in my life. You’re rubbish. And somebody’s got to tell you.’” Hayward and sing...

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7 h. ago Kerri Rawson’s father gave her a car in high school. Years later, she learned he was the BTK killer – and had stashed his final victim in the trunk

‘Can you imagine finding out your father is one of the most evil people on earth?’ That haunting question opens the trailer of My Father, the BTK Killer, the new Netflix documentary premiering on October 10 – and it’s a question Kerri Rawson has lived with for 20 years. Andrea Cavallier delves into the shocking case as it’s being retold by his own daughter

Events

7 h. ago Brit couple find meal deals in American supermarket but are baffled by one thing

A meal deal from the supermarket is a go-to lunch option for many people in the UK, but a British couple visiting the US were stunned by the selection they found in an American store

Economics

8 h. ago Gerwyn Price's net worth, huge weight loss and amazing house transformation

Gerwyn Price secured his place in the last eight of the World Grand Prix after sweeping aside Josh Rock in a 3-0 victory, while Luke Littler defeated Mike de Decker to book his spot

Economics

8 h. ago Five amazing things to do in Greater Manchester this weekend

This weekend will see thrift markets, pumpkin picking and the Manchester Half Marathon take place

Politics

8 h. ago Beach walker picks up 'rock' in sand and is stunned when he learns what it is

A beach walker was left utterly gobsmacked after he picked up an item in the sand, as it was not what he was expecting at all - and it's left people in awe

Politics

8 h. ago Debenhams shoppers 'can't believe' sale price of 'stunning' £3,195 diamond watch

The GV2 Bellagio Swiss Made Quartz Watch is currently on sale at Debenhams with a 94% discount, meaning customers can save a whopping £2,999 on the usual price

Economics

8 h. ago Calls for UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft

Council leader writes to home secretary asking for general pardon for ‘witches’ convicted in 16th and 17th centuriesOn 30 July 1652, seven women were hanged on Penenden Heath in Maidstone, Kent. Witch trials and executions were far from unusual at the time, in the town or elsewhere, but rarely were so many convicted at once.The women – Anne Ashby, Mary Brown, Anne Martyn, Mildred Wright, Susan Pickenden, Anne Wilson and Mary Reade – had been accused by their neighbours of terrible acts including “bewitching to death” a 10-day-old baby, the child’s mother, and another three-year-old. Several were claimed to have “carnally known” the devil in exchange for their monstrous powers. Continue reading...

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