1 hour ago Lucky customer scoops £2m from scratchcard and changes shopkeeper's life

Shopkeeper John Evans, of The Paper Shop in Prestatyn, North Wales, received a life-changing sum of money after one of his customers purchased a scratchcard and won £2m

Economics

3 h. ago EuroMillions results and numbers: National Lottery draw tonight, December 16

THE draw for tonight's National Lottery EuroMillions (December 16) has taken place, with life-changing cash prizes at stake. Check the results to see if you have just won a fortune and bagged enough to start that jet-set lifestyle you always dreamed of. Every EuroMillions ticket also bags you an automatic entry into the UK Millionaire...

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14 h. ago Rise of the full nesters: what life is like with adult children who just can’t leave home

In the UK, close to half of 25-year-olds now live with parents who, in many cases, would expect their nest to have long since emptied. How does this change families, for good and bad?If life had worked out differently, Serena would by now be coming to terms with an empty nest. Having brought up seven children, she and her husband might even have been enjoying a little more money and time for themselves. But as it is, three of their adult children are now at home: the 23-year-old finishing his degree; the 28-year-old, a teacher, saving for a house deposit; and the 34-year-old, after a mental health crisis. At 63, Serena comes home from her job as a social worker to a mountain of laundry, and a spare downstairs room requisitioned as a bedroom.Having a houseful is “really good fun”, she says, and makes life richer and more interesting. But it took a while to get used to partners staying over – “I’m not a prude, but you don’t necessarily want to be part of that life for your children, d...

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16 h. ago 'My life was endless parties, booze and cocaine, this is how I changed'

Kevin Swindells, 36, from Levenshulme spent years partying four nights a week enjoying heavy drinking sessions and illegal substances until the early hours

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18 h. ago My white wine habit almost killed me. Weeks after my last drop, I received the diagnosis every woman fears

Kathryn Elliot had finally had enough in 2019. But 55 days after pouring her bottles of chardonnay down the drain, her life changed forever.

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30 h. ago Rob Reiner’s son Nick arrested in connection with deaths of his parents

Nick Reiner arrested on suspicion of murder after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner found dead at their homeRob Reiner and wife Michele found dead in apparent homicideRob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywood for everNick Reiner has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, according to the Los Angeles police chief, Jim McDonnell.Nick, 32, was taken into custody Sunday night, and his bail was set $4m, jail records show. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Head of equalities watchdog says male and female toilets could be made gender

Mary-Ann Stephenson, chair of the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said 'straightforward' changes could make life easier for trans people.

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32 h. ago Rob Reiner’s son Nick arrested following the deaths of his parents

Nick Reiner was taken in for questioning after Rob and Michele Singer were found dead Sunday at their Los Angeles homeRob Reiner and wife Michele found dead in apparent homicideRob Reiner – a life in picturesReiner changed Hollywood for everNick Reiner has been arrested following after the death of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, according to Los Angeles jail records.Nick, 32, was taken into custody Sunday night, the records show. The records accuse him of “gang activity” – a felony – but do not elaborate, and they indicated that his bail was set at $4m. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Little boy wakes up to water rushing through front door and window

The family are having to stay the night at a hotel due to the extensive flooding in their home which has wrecked the house days before Christmas

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35 h. ago Macan 4 Review: 'Proper Porsche that is practical SUV and saves you on petrol'

Mirror Motoring's Stephen Jones has to change cars and is for the first time in his life, considering an SUV and going electric, is the Porsche Macan 4 the car for him?

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35 h. ago My nightly white wine habit almost killed me. Weeks after my last drop, I received the diagnosis every woman fears

Kathryn Elliot had finally had enough in 2019. But 55 days after pouring her bottles of chardonnay down the drain, her life changed forever.

Events

36 h. ago ‘A lot of stories but very few facts’: sceptics push back on buzzy UFO documentary

The Age of Disclosure was granted a Capitol Hill screening and has broken digital rental records but does it really offer proof of alien life?It has been hailed as a game changer in public attitudes towards UFOs, ending a culture of silence around claims once dismissed as the preserve of conspiracy theorists and crackpots.The Age of Disclosure has been boosted in its effort to shift the conversation about extraterrestrials from the fringe to the mainstream with a Capitol Hill screening and considerable commercial success. It broke the record for highest-grossing documentary on Amazon’s Prime Video within 48 hours of its release, Deadline reported this week. Continue reading...

Politics

36 h. ago Simple microwave cleaning hack makes stains come off 'super easy'

One simple cleaning hack to keep the microwave spotless using lemon and water takes just five minutes and is far better than soap and water. One social media user said it "changed my life".

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36 h. ago Handy microwave cleaning tip takes just 5 minutes and actually works

Keeping the microwave clean can be a struggle, but one person shared a simple trick which they say "changed my life". Others added their own helpful cleaning tips

Economics

38 h. ago ‘I consider him my first son’: how living with a baby monkey taught me I’m ready to be a dad

I went from selling flats in Paris to being alone in a cabin in Guinea looking after primates. It changed my life, but one relationship marked me like no otherIn 2022, I had a job at an estate agents in Paris selling ridiculously expensive flats, and decided I needed to do something more meaningful with my life. I resigned, and six months later arrived in Guinea.In hindsight I was a young kid, full of anger, not happy with his life. That 26-year-old is definitely not me now – and it was living with primates that changed my life. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago The one change that worked: sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us

Would telling a buddy my to-do list was done – before I’d done it – really make it more likely to happen? But leaving her a voice note every day has increased my productivity, and deepened our friendship When my friend Rosamund suggested we try a productivity technique of leaving each other a voice note every day, I immediately said yes – even if I suspected, deep down, that we might not keep it up for long. I was circumspect because we both lead busy lives, 3,500 miles apart. She lives in London and I’m based in Brooklyn. It is hard to keep in touch sometimes. Even talking on the phone feels tough, what with the time difference and our schedules. Adding another thing to do every day, even a small, two-minute task, felt like a challenge.The technique is simple enough. You send a friend a voice note in the morning saying what you “did” that day. You always speak in the past tense for accountability. The theory is that once you tell a friend you have “done” something, you will be more...

Economics

58 h. ago A hidden life in the era of social media can still change history, as the story of Jesus shows

I see in Christmas an invitation to see differently: God in the social outcast, life on the margins reimagined as the centre of gravityDo you want to be influential?So do 57% of Gen Zs in the US who aspire to be influencers, presumably lured by money and fame. But say you also want to make the world a better place. In that case, maybe the spiritual instruction you need emerges in the famous final lines of George Eliot’s 1871 novel Middlemarch:Justine Toh is senior research fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity. Continue reading...

Culture

58 h. ago A hidden life in the era of social media can still change history, as the story of Jesus shows | Justine Toh

I see in Christmas an invitation to see differently: God in the social outcast, life on the margins reimagined as the centre of gravityDo you want to be influential?So do 57% of gen Zs in the US who aspire to be influencers, presumably lured by money and fame. But say you also want to make the world a better place. In that case, maybe the spiritual instruction you need emerges in the famous final lines of George Eliot’s 1871 novel Middlemarch:Justine Toh is senior research fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity Continue reading...

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3 d. ago These 10 loveable dogs are desperate to find their forever home in Greater Manchester

Change a life this Christmas and adopt a dog

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3 d. ago Edward Enninful: ‘Britain feels less tolerant now than we were in the 90s’

The former British Vogue editor reflects on his early years in London, the importance of celebrating diversity and why he takes comfort in the younger generationWhen Edward Enninful was scouted on the tube travelling through London in 1988, it changed his life. The Ghanaian teenager, newly arrived in Britain, was drawn into the capital’s creative scene of the 90s – as a model, then stylist and, by 18, the fashion director of i-D magazine.“It was the height of the YBA [Young British Artists] movement – Jay Jopling, Tracey Emin. I met Kate [Moss] at a casting,” he recalls. “Then Naomi [Campbell] for a cover, and I knew we’d be great friends. We all hung out across disciplines. Friday rolled into Saturday into Sunday. I miss that rawness.” Continue reading...

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