47 h. ago New inquest rules South African Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was beaten to death in 1967

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death

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3 d. ago Dad calls lottery winner 'stupid' for not claiming millions before 'shock' realisation

A man in Germany called a lottery winner 'stupid' for not coming forward to claim the mammoth prize before he discovered the real truth months later

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5 d. ago McDonald's customer who 'finally' won Monopoly prize infuriated by what happened next

A McDonald's customer has been left fuming after 'finally' winning on the fast food giant's annual Monopoly promotion - only to be angered by the delivery of her prize by Royal Mail

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9 d. ago Booker Prize announces launch of first award for children’s fiction

The Children’s Booker Prize winner will be chosen by a combined panel of child and adult judges and awarded £50,000.

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9 d. ago Builder’s bad day turns to joy as he wins £30,000 BMW in a spot the ball competition

When Jamie Saunders woke up to a puncture, he feared the worst — until a £30,000 dream car pulled up outside his Essex home

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1 week ago Love+War review – Lynsey Addario’s courageous photojournalism shines out in occasionally odd study

The Pulitzer prize-winner has worked across the developing world, braved war zones and been taken hostage in Libya, but do we really need a tour of her beautiful home?The tumultuous life and career of Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario is the subject of this National Geographic film, produced and directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (who made the climbing documentary Free Solo and the biopic Nyad with Annette Bening as the endurance swimmer Diana Nyad). Addario’s work is certainly amazing and courageous. She has captured compelling images in Ukraine, where her picture of civilian fatalities helped mobilise western opinion against Putin; in Libya, where she was terrifyingly held captive for days along with three other colleagues from the New York Times; and across the developing world where her images of maternal death have been a spur to charitable work around the globe.Addario is a smart, candid interviewee – we also get shots of broadcast-journal...

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1 week ago Search underway for owner of winning lottery ticket – and they only have a month to claim £1million prize

Winner has just one month to claim prize

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1 week ago What does the winner of Big Brother get? Details of this year's cash prize

The winner of Big Brother 2025 will be revealed in the coming weeks, but what does the champion actually take home?

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2 w. ago Six Kings Slam prize money: How much is on the line as Alcaraz and Sinner compete for biggest payday in tennis?

Either Alcaraz or Sinner have the chance to win more than they did for triumphing at the US Open and Wimbledon this season

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2 w. ago Who won the Mercury Prize 2025? Sam Fender wins top music prize for album People Watching

Sam Fender beat out the likes of Pulp, CMAT, Fontaines D.C., Jacob Alon and more to win the 2025 Mercury Prize.

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2 w. ago Sam Fender reveals how he plans to celebrate Mercury Prize 2025 win

Sam Fender has won the Mercury Prize 2025 for his third album, People Watching on Thursday (16 October).

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2 w. ago Sam Fender wins the 2025 Mercury Prize with third album People Watching

Rock singer-songwriter won the prestigious music award in a homecoming triumph just a stone’s throw from where he was raised, in North Shields

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2 w. ago Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching

Geordie singer-songwriter’s album reached No 1 on the UK album chart and led to a series of stadium-sized concerts this summerSam Fender is the winner of the 2025 Mercury prize, for his chart-topping album People Watching.Announcing the award, Sian Eleri, BBC radio DJ and one of the judges on the judging panel, said the album was characterised by “cohesion, character and ambition. It felt like a classic album, one that will take pride of place in record collections for years to come”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Celebrity Traitors rumoured to be paid huge sum to appear on BBC show

Unlike the regular version, where the contestants keep the jackpot, the celebrities will give their prize winnings to a chosen charity

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2 w. ago Mercury Prize 2025: How to watch the ceremony on television, what time will the winner be announced, prize money?

It’s one of the biggest nights of the year for the British and Irish music.

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3 w. ago Man wins £104m lottery jackpot but leaves 'everyone' floored with decision over prize

The winner of a lottery prize worth over £100million surprised organisers by playing it very cool and not turning up to collect his winnings for a couple of weeks

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3 w. ago Shock Nobel Prize winner heaps praise on Trump as she explains why she dedicated award to him

Maria Corina Machado praised Donald Trump insisted that he deserved the award in an interview about her win which aired on Saturday morning.

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3 w. ago Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado dedicates award to Trump after he misses out

Maria Corina Machado phoned the U.S. president to inform him she was accepting the award in his honour

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3 w. ago Trump claims Nobel Peace Prize winner called and told him he really deserved it: ‘very nice thing to do’

Trump has openly lusted for the award once given to former president Barack Obama after the 2008 presidential election

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3 w. ago Nobel peace prize officials investigate surge in bets for winner

Bets for Maria Corina Machado spiked on Polymarket gambling site hours before she was awarded prizeNorwegian officials who oversee the Nobel peace prize are investigating suspicious online betting for this year’s winner that suggests a rare leak from the secretive committee that hands out the prize.Online bets for the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado spiked on the Polymarket gambling site shortly after midnight on Thursday, Norwegian time, according to the information on its website. Continue reading...

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