9 h. ago I dated Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz and quit Hollywood after dark spiral of addiction and rehab stint

Paul Sculfor was one of the world's leading male models in the late Nineties and early Noughties, racking up a huge list of A-list connections.

Politics

24 h. ago Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize

Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’For the past five years, David Liu – a professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a biomedical research facility in Massachusetts – has marked Thanksgiving by handing over his entire annual salary, after taking care of taxes, to the staff and students in his laboratory.It started as the pandemic broke and Liu heard that students who wanted to cycle instead of taking public transport could not afford bicycles. Given how hard they worked and how little they were paid, Liu stepped in. He couldn’t unilaterally raise their incomes, so emailed them Amazon eGift cards. This ran into problems too, however. “Everyone thought they were being scammed,” he recalls. And so he switched to writing cheques. Continue reading...

Economics

35 h. ago I almost died in the Colorado mountains but a guardian angel saved me... and what he said changed my life forever

Jen Roby, 36, decided to tackle the Colorado Trail - which covers 540 miles and runs from Denver to Durango - and she set out alone on her mountain bike.

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41 h. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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41 h. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

Politics

48 h. ago 9 health tests that could 'save your life' especially in later years, say experts

Conditions like aneurysm and high blood pressure may not show symptoms until it’s too late

Science

54 h. ago ICE to temporarily release detained migrant so he can donate kidney to his brother

José Gregorio González has reportedly been granted humanitarian parole to ‘save his brother’s life’

Events

4 d. ago Hero dad makes huge leap across breaking walkway connecting two buildings in earthquake

Dad-of-one Kwon Young Jun risked his life to save his wife and daughter when he jumped across a collapsing sky bridge on the 52nd floor of a 672ft apartment block

Politics

4 d. ago 'My boob job saved my life after implants revealed cancerous lump'

Tayla Gardiner was showering when she felt something wrong in her right breast

Politics

4 d. ago Farmers make a shocking discovery after spotting a giant 'HELP' sign written on a dirt road

A sign written into a dirt road likely saved the life of a man who went missing in remote Queensland.

Events

5 d. ago Grandma's wise advice that saved little girl's life when she was dragged into ocean by huge wave

A 12-year-old girl used her grandmother's smart advice to save herself after she was pulled into rough water at Oregon's Seaside Beach on Saturday evening.

Politics

6 d. ago Former Man City boss Stuart Pearce reunited with flight attendant who 'saved his life'

Stuart Pearce shared his experience on ITV's This Morning programme after suffering a health scare on board a plane

Politics

6 d. ago Stuart Pearce reunited with cabin crew that 'saved his life' after medical emergency in the air

Former England and Manchester City defender Stuart Pearce suffered a medical emergency while on a flight from Las Vegas to London and he has now been reunited with a member of the flight's cabin crew

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6 d. ago England legend Stuart Pearce reunites with cabin crew who 'saved his life' in airplane health crisis update

The incident occured on a Virgin aircraft that was flying to London

Society

7 d. ago Rare George Cross found at car boot sale for £20 could make owner MILLIONS

The 1957 George Cross was awarded to Michael Paul Benner who gave his life in an attempt to save his companion in the mountains of Austria

Economics

8 d. ago Cate Blanchett, Heston Blumenthal, FKA twigs: best original Observer photography

From Heston Blumenthal on the bipolar diagnosis that saved his life to FKA twigs and Charlotte Church on her retreat space in Wales: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in March 2025 Continue reading...

Culture

9 d. ago Woman dies on easyJet flight despite passengers fight to save her life

The woman, believed to be 67 years old, suffered a cardiac arrest onboard an easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Events

9 d. ago Woman dies on flight to Liverpool from Tenerife after suffering suspected cardiac arrest

Three fellow passengers fought to save her life

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9 d. ago EasyJet flight horror as woman dies after passengers tried to save her life

The woman was on an easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool's John Lennon Airport when she suddenly fell into cardiac arrest as three others including a medical professional tried to save her life

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9 d. ago Woman dies on easyJet flight as three plane passengers fight to save her life

A woman believed to be 67 suffered a cardiac arrest soon after an easyJet flight left Tenerife for Liverpool John Lennon Airport and died, despite the efforts of those aboard

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