10 h. ago Expert says 'small detail' could mean 50p piece in your change is actually worth £250

A coin expert says the specific design makes it highly valuable to collectors

Economics

14 h. ago Look out for this 'exceptional' 50p coin from 2009 worth £250

An excited coin expert has shared a video on TikTok warning Brits that there is one 50 pence piece that could be worth a lot more than its face value

Economics

19 h. ago Expert shares how to spot rare 50p coin in your change worth £250

It needs to feature a specific design and date to be particularly valuable

Economics

7 d. ago Check your change for 'rarest' 50p piece that's the 'Holy Grail of coin collecting'

An expert has spoken about the 'ultra rare' 50p coin that collectors all want to get their hands on.

Politics

1 week ago Man arrested after cops seize drugs worth £250,000 from vehicle on Scots motorway

Police found cocaine inside the vehicle after stopping it on Wednesday night.

Events

1 week ago Thieves drill through derelict building wall into boutique to steal £250,000 worth of WAGs’ must

Helpless owner watched on security camera as mob raid on celebrity store mirrored Hatton Garden heist

Economics

2 w. ago Gang steal £250,000 worth of luxury handbags after tunneling into designer boutique through a wall

The owner of Dress Cheshire has spoken of her devastation after the gang of three men broke into her store at New Road in Prestbury, Cheshire on Sunday night.

Events

2 w. ago How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset | Elisabeth Ribbans

‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortressIn Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II, a messenger breathlessly announces to the king that, “Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge”. Hold this late 16th-century text in mind as we fast forward to last week when Martin Kettle, associate editor and columnist at the Guardian in the UK, was seen to suggest in an opinion piece that, if King Charles has pushed the boundaries of neutrality, such as with his speech to open the new Canadian parliament, he has so far “gotten away with it”.In a letter published the next day, a reader asked teasingly if this use of “gotten” – and another writer’s reference to a “faucet” – were signs the Guardian had fallen into line with Donald Trump’s demand that news agencies adopt current US terminology, such as referring to the “Gulf of America”.Elisabeth Ribbans is the Guardian’s global readers’ editorguardian...

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3 w. ago ‘It was an I Will Survive for the 1990s’: how McAlmont & Butler made Yes

‘David only had words for one verse. “Just sing it twice,” I said. “We can worry about that later.” But we never got around to it – and people don’t seem to notice’I’d just left Suede and was living in a basement flat in Highgate, London, making music in my tiny box room. It was a lonely time, but a lovely summer and I decided to do something uplifting and joyous. There were a bunch of records I loved listening to on a sunny day – Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want to Be With You, The First Picture of You by the Lotus Eaters, You on My Mind by Swing Out Sister, which has Bacharach key changes and strings. I wanted to make a piece of music that gave me the buzz those songs did. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prolific thief who targeted Jenson Button's wife and stole her suitcase containing £250,000 of lavish goods is jailed

Thief, Mourad Aid, 41, who stole around £250,000 worth of luxury items and jewellery from Jenson Button's wife, Brittny, has been sentenced following a crime exclusively unearthed by MailOnline.

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