13 h. ago Gangster gran known as 'Queen Bee' lived life of luxury running family crime empire

She and fellow gang members have been jailed for a total of more than 100 years

Events

15 h. ago 'Gangster granny' draped in Gucci and known as 'Queen Bee' turns out to be head of family crime gang

Deborah Mason was known as "Queen Bee"

Events

15 h. ago The 'gangster granny' with the Gucci cat collar who was running a family crime gang

Deborah Mason was known as "Queen Bee"

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15 h. ago Fiona Phillips' daily torment in her husband's words as Alzheimer's takes hold

The much-loved broadcaster and her TV producer husband have written a book about her life in the public eye and what it's like to live with early-onset Alzheimer's disease - and it includes an agonising admission

Politics

20 h. ago ‘I love England so much’: From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence

Three decades on from Blur and Oasis, a new and more diverse wave of stars is celebrating British identityIn the opening episode of Lena Dunham’s Netflix show Too Much, a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London to live out her fantasy of British life and love stories. Jess is quickly swept up in her feelings for an indie musician, dreamily referring to him as “My Mr Darcy, my Rochester, my Alan Rickman”.Produced by the team behind Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually, the show was inspired by Dunham’s own move to London in 2021. Continue reading...

Culture

22 h. ago ‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’

When he left the Soviet Union for a new life in America, the novelist never imagined he would live under another authoritarian regime. Then Trump got back into power ... Is it time to move again?Oh, to have been born in a small, stylish country with good food and favourable sea breezes. No empire, no holy faith, no condescension, no fatal ideologies. The fish is grilled, the extended family roll in on their scooters, the wine looks amber in its glass as the socially democratic sun begins its plunge into the sparkling waters below.This was not my fortune. I was born to one dying superpower and am now living in another. I was born to an ideology pasted all over enormous granite buildings in enormous Slavic letters and now live in one where the same happens in bold caps on what was once Twitter and what purports to be Truth (Pravda?) Social. America, Russia. Russia, America. Together they were kind enough to give me the material from which I made a decent living as a writer, but they t...

Society

35 h. ago ‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason, 65, who had moniker ‘Queen Bee’, and seven members of her network sentenced to total of 106.5 yearsA family-run organised crime group, orchestrated by a 65-year-old described by police as a “gangster granny”, has been sentenced for dealing drugs with a street value of £80m across the UK.Deborah Mason, who had the moniker “Queen Bee”, and seven other members of the gang, were sentenced at Woolwich crown court in London on Friday for their involvement in supplying nearly a tonne of cocaine over seven months. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Gangster granny who used family to run £80m drug empire and splashed out on designer accessories for her cat is jailed for 20 years

Deborah Mason, 65, revelled in her status as a cocaine kingpin, instructing her own family, whom she recruited as drug runners, to call her 'Gangster Debbs' and 'Queen Bee'.

Events

38 h. ago Fiona Phillips’ husband reveals they were living ‘separate lives’ before Alzheimer’s diagnosis

The former GMTV host, 64, announced in 2023 that she had been diagnosed early onset dementia

Science

44 h. ago Game Of Thrones siblings cast as lovers in steamy horror movie

The Dreadful follows Anne and her mother-in-law Morwen who live a solitary, harsh life on the outskirts of society, IMDB's synopsis reads.

Events

44 h. ago Who is Hugo Ekitike? Liverpool transfer target's Champagne life and hat

Liverpool are closing in on signing Eintracht Frankfurt's star striker Hugo Ekitike who lives a Champagne lifestyle with a love of bold fashion and bling, fast cars and banging in goals

Events

44 h. ago Locals share tributes after beloved West Lothian zoo animal passes away

Shadow, the pygmy goat, was born at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder in 2014 where she lived her life happily, well-known to visitors.

Politics

61 h. ago Constance Marten only discovered Mark Gordon was imprisoned twenty years for rape after he assaulted two police officers at the birth of their first child, unseen family court documents reveal

Veteran crime correspondent Rebecca Camber has broken down previously withheld family court documents that refute many of the narratives Marten spun during the trial.

Events

2 d. ago Uni dropout lived life of luxury before dark web crimes were uncovered

Thomas White operated a site worth millions before he was caught by the National Crime Agency.

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3 d. ago University dropout lived a life of luxury, and thought he'd 'gotten away with it'

A National Crime Agency officer stole his ill-gotten gains

Politics

3 d. ago Empty seed packets. Tools that snap in half: As it hits 'financial difficulty', how gardening queen bee Sarah Raven's £27m empire is wilting fast

The news is likely to have horticulturalists up and down the country reaching not for the secateurs but for the smelling salts.

Economics

4 d. ago ‘Sobriety is like a second puberty’: Alcoholics on learning to live and enjoy life after drinking

Sobriety isn’t just about what to order at the pub instead of a pint. In conversations with recovering alcoholics, including the author of the new book ‘No Lost Causes Club’, Megan Carnegie explores how life without alcohol can be about flourishing, not just getting by

Politics

4 d. ago Coronation Street stars 'made up' for Kirk Sutherland star as he lives 'best life ever'

Stars of the ITV soap rushed to respond to Andy Whyment's recent updates away from the cobbles

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4 d. ago World leading expert warns that most people are taking popular supplement WRONG: 'You're putting yourselves at risk'

A world leading doctor has raised the alarm over a popular supplement that could cause life-threatening liver damage.

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4 d. ago Kevin Clifton shares major 'first' with Stacey Dooley 7 years after Strictly Come Dancing

The smitten couple have lived a happy life together since they were dance partners on - and won - the hit BBC One dancing show

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