11 m. ago Every coach Emma Raducanu has worked with and what happened to them

Emma Raducanu has enjoyed a wealth of success in the world of tennis in a short but incredibly sweet career, but she has gone through a number of elite-level coaches on the way to the top

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14 m. ago Michael O’Leary challenges Elon Musk to arm wrestle to settle Ryanair

Exclusive: Airline boss calls proposal from The Independent for test of strength ‘a brilliant idea’

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53 m. ago Hundreds of millionaires and billionaires sign open letter demanding higher taxes on the super

“The super-rich are being given complete free rein,” the letter says, arguing that often unelected figures have “accelerated the breakdown of the planet”

Economics

83 m. ago Ryanair boss taunts Elon Musk with free flight ticket as ‘battle of the billionaires’ erupts

Exclusive: Micheal O’Leary dismissed bid to buy the carrier, saying ‘non-Europeans cannot control a European airline’

Economics

83 m. ago Davos live: Trump lands in Zurich ahead of speech to world leaders; Merz meeting cancelled due to Air Force One delay

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where head of Nato insists Ukraine must be number one issueUS treasury secretary brands Denmark ‘irrelevant’ as Greenland row deepensNervous rex: the Davos elite brace for Trump and his dinosaur diplomacyQ: Is the US worried that institutional investors in Europe might pull out of the US Treasury market, such as pension funds in Denmark?Bessent brushes this aside, sayingThe size of Denmark’s investment in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.It is less than $100 million.They’ve been selling Treasuries for years. I’m not concerned at all. Continue reading...

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95 m. ago BA stewardess sues airline for £72,500 after being 'hurled into' air by turbulence

Laura Lanigan, 56, described how she was hurled into the air and crashed back to the floor, with an unsecured drinks canister crashing down on top of her on the BA Boeing 777 flight to Mumbai

Economics

2 h. ago Phil Collins details his health issues as he says: 'I've had five knee operations, I have a 24

Phil Collins has talked about his multiple health woes in a world exclusive interview with Zoe Ball for Eras - In Conversation for BBC Two to celebrate his 75th birthday. 

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2 h. ago Drivers are only just finding out what common car button does after years of avoiding it

A learner driver was left baffled by a particular symbol in her new car, after failing to find an answer in the manual - but social media users were quick to fill in the blanks

Transport

2 h. ago Adult model with 36DDs who got rare US 'John Lennon' visa says 'big boobs' are her talent

The US created the O-1B visa system after John Lennon was nearly deported, now nearly half the applicants for the exclusive visa in the last year are adult content creators. Imagine that!

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2 h. ago Adult model claims she was awarded a 'special talent' US visa because of her 36DD boobs

The US created the O-1B visa system after John Lennon was nearly deported, now nearly half the applicants for the exclusive visa in the last year are adult content creators. Imagine that!

Events

2 h. ago Parents take kids to Miller & Carter but are branded 'feral pigs' after diners spot table

EXCLUSIVE: Diners were appalled by the behaviour of one family in the upmarket restaurant after a huge mess was left behind on the floor

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2 h. ago ‘A grenade under her pillow?’: the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a ‘travesty of justice’. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorismFor weeks before the police came for her, Frenchie Mae Cumpio had noticed odd incidents. The Filipino journalist – just 21 years old but already hosting a radio show and working as executive director of a local news website – told colleagues that a stranger had begun turning up and asking after her at the boarding house where she lived. She was sent a bouquet of flowers designed for a grave. She reported that two men had been following her on a motorcycle.Cumpio believed it was deliberate intimidation. She had recently published a series of reports after visiting poor rural farmers who said they were being harassed by army units in the region. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Beckham neighbours divided as they label Brooklyn a 'spoilt child' and 'brave'

Locals living near David and Victoria Beckham's Cotswolds home have shared their opinions after Brooklyn's Instagram post about his parents sparked a family feud

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3 h. ago BA stewardess flung in air by turbulence locked in £72k court battle after claiming pilot flew ‘in danger zone’

A BRITISH Airways stewardess who was flung in the air during turbulence is suing for £72,000 after claiming the pilot flew into a "danger zone". Laura Lanigan, 56, was left in agony after the BA Boeing 777 suffered a "violent drop" above Mumbai, India, in June 2019. The veteran stewardess claimed she was hurled into...

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3 h. ago British Airways stewardess hurt during severe turbulence sues company for £72,500 claiming pilot flew 'in danger zone' too close to storm on flight to India

Laura Lanigan, 56, was left in agony after the BA Boeing 777 she was crewing suffered a 'violent drop' while in the sky above Mumbai, India, in June 2019.

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4 h. ago Rome pays its last tribute to fashion 'Emperor' Valentino in a two

Rome is paying its last tribute to legendary designer Valentino, who made of his high-glamour gowns and trademark shade of red an iconic symbol of Italian elegance

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4 h. ago ‘I’ve spent almost 20 years in prison for robbing £20. Now UK wants to deport me to a country I’ve never called home’

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Sheldon Coore, 47, says he is being punished ‘twice and thrice and even tenfold’

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4 h. ago BBC Winterwatch viewers 'switch off' as 'new element' sparks backlash

Winterwatch viewers were left fuming during the latest episode of the BBC nature show as they were left divided over a new segment

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4 h. ago ‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol of the divide between rich and poor

With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day, anger is rising over a taxpayer-funded road most will never useMumbai is known for its graphic inequality, its gleaming high-rises where the rich live with panoramic views of the Arabian Sea standing next to windowless hovels perched over drains. It is home to 90 of India’s billionaires, but also to more than six million slum dwellers, about 55% of central Mumbai’s population.Now Mumbai has a new symbol of the gulf between rich and poor: a high-speed, eight-lane motorway on its western coast, which critics say serves only the wealthy despite being built with taxpayers’ money. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Davos live: Trump to address world leaders amid Greenland standoff after ‘minor electrical issue’ on Air Force One

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in DavosNervous rex: the Davos elite brace for Trump and his dinosaur diplomacyQ: Is the US worried that institutional investors in Europe might pull out of the US Treasury market, such as pension funds in Denmark?Bessent brushes this aside, sayingThe size of Denmark’s investment in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.It is less than $100 million.They’ve been selling Treasuries for years. I’m not concerned at all. Continue reading...

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