7 h. ago How one Brit holidaymaker spent a day in Spain and it cost less than a night out in the UK

Kelsie Stonya, from Southend-On-Sea, recently took on the ultimate 'extreme day trip' - battling a storm while trying for a quick getaway.

Economics

14 h. ago How one Brit holidaymaker spent a day in Spain and still spent less than a night out in the UK

Kelsie Stonya, from Southend-On-Sea, recently took on the ultimate 'extreme day trip' - battling a storm while trying for a quick getaway.

Politics

21 h. ago New York mayoral candidates campaign across city in final push before election

Zohran Mamdani walked across Brooklyn Bridge while Andrew Cuomo headed to the BronxThe candidates for New York City mayor spent a frantic final day campaigning across the city, as voters prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched races in the city’s history.Zohran Mamdani, the race’s frontrunner, whose campaign has been centered on affordability, has maintained a commanding lead, with most polls showing him leading by double digits. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Brit holidaymaker dies day after checking into hotel as 'loud thud' heard

The 52-year-old British holidaymaker was found dead after neighbours heard a loud thud after he checked into the Casa Vista Hotel in Belize on Monday

Events

8 d. ago The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus review – a cult writer tries something new

The I Love Dick author combines autofiction with memoir and true crimeThe Four Spent the Day Together is full of people seeking fresh starts, attempting to give up drugs or abusive marriages, only to find hope curdling into violence. Chris Kraus uses the phrase a lot, making it wilfully jaded in its repetitions. “He could make a fresh start.” “They decided to make a fresh start.” And all along, here she is, making her own fresh start, because this seems a new kind of book – documentarian, genuinely novelistic. But then it turns out to be packed with the same dilemmas and styles as the old ones.Kraus is an artist who became a writer almost accidentally with her 1997 cult classic I Love Dick, comprised of letters to an unreceptive lover, turning confessional female writing from abjection into assassination. She carried on writing, but the three subsequent fascinating and rebarbative novels lacked the shock and immediacy the letter form brought to the voic...

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2 w. ago Brit holidaymaker wakes up with a Thai accent after having a stroke on girls' trip

Cathy Warren went on holiday to Fethiye, Turkey, with her friends in September 2024 to celebrate her 28th birthday when she was hit with a wave of dizziness.

Politics

2 w. ago How Tom Aspinall, the UFC’s nice guy, became the baddest man on the planet

Alex Pattle spent the day with the UFC heavyweight champion, his father and coach Andy, and others close to the Wigan fighter – who tell the story of a generational athlete

Politics

2 w. ago I spent day inside New Jungle migrant camp & saw thousands of UK

AMID the sprawling squalour of the New Jungle camp in northern France, Somalian Mali Ali insists that Britain’s one-in, one-out deterrent is falling on deaf ears. “Everyone will still try to come,” says the 22-year-old ­Manchester United fan, with a sweep of his hand towards a dozens-strong queue of migrants waiting for food handouts. Hung...

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2 w. ago Literary fiction of the highest order: BOG QUEEN by Anna North, HEAP EARTH UPON IT by Chloe Michelle Howarth, THE FOUR SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER by Chris Kraus

Anthony Cummins reviews this week's literary fiction

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2 w. ago Merino double sparks Spain’s run of goals in domination of Bulgaria

It started in Scotland and it still has not finished yet. That night at Hampden was only Luis de le Fuente’s second as Spain coach; it also felt like it might be his last. Two Scott McTominay goals defeated the Seleccion but while just about everyone else thought his spell would be brief, he was talking about a pathway opening and here’s the thing: the man accused of living in Disneyland back then was right. Three years and four days later, Spain moved to within touching distance of the World Cup by racking up their 29th consecutive competitive game unbeaten*, equalling their record.On a night when Pedri played and Mikel Merino made the difference, Spain beat Bulgaria 4-0 to take them to 12 points from 12 in qualifying, close now. The Arsenal midfielder and sometime striker scored the first two and might even have got his second hat-trick in three Spain games but when he was fouled in the last minute he handed the penalty to Mikel Oyarzabal instead. And so it was the Real Sociedad s...

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3 w. ago Ungrateful locals on Guernsey reveal the reasons they prefer French tourists to Brit holidaymakers

Guernsey has experienced an unprecedented influx of French tourists who they claim are far more desirable due to their deep pockets and polite attitude.

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3 w. ago Ungrateful locals on Guernsey reveal they reasons they prefer French tourists to Brit holidaymakers

Guernsey has experienced an unprecedented influx of French tourists who they claim are far more desirable due to their deep pockets and polite attitude.

Politics

3 w. ago ‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remainsGhali Khadr spent two days pleading with his parents to flee with him to southern Gaza, warning them that it was too dangerous to stay. His father, known for being stubborn, refused. Their argument was never finished – an Israeli airstrike hit his father’s home, burying his parents beneath the rubble.On Sunday, two days after the ceasefire was announced, Khadr returned to search through the ruins of his parents’ home. He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago No walls, no right angles, and smack in the middle of wildest northern Spain

No walls, no right angles, and smack in the middle of wildest northern Spain - this is truly an architect's playground. Plus you can stay here too, and there's a hotel opening in 2028

Politics

3 w. ago Overjoyed man finds £2.6m in his bank account – then everything changes

Guilherme Moreira, from Goiânia, Brazil, was overjoyed when he found R$18,666,000 (£2,613,000) in his account one day in 2019 - but it all went wrong after he spent some of it

Economics

3 w. ago Trump says ‘we’re only going to cut Democrat programs’ as Senate again fails to advance stopgap funding bill – live

Trump says federal cuts made while government is shut down will ‘only’ target his opponents’s priorities; Democratic measure fails again on ninth day of shutdownThe president has spent much of Thursday morning thanking his allies on Truth social for praising his diplomatic efforts in Gaza. “I would like to thank Republican Congressman Brian Mast, of Florida, for his brilliant words and analysis on the return of the Hostages, and Peace in the Middle East, this morning on Fox & Friends. Thank you Brian!!!,” Trump wrote in a post. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago The armed robber who went straight: John McAvoy was born into the criminal life. Here’s how he escaped it

His stepfather was a serious criminal. His uncle was one of the Brink’s-Mat heist gang. McAvoy followed them into crime – and into prison. Then one day in the gym he discovered the talent, drive, support and friendship that changed everything John McAvoy sat in a holding cell in Belmarsh prison, waiting to be processed, plotting his escape. It was 2007, he was 24, and he had been arrested for firearms offences and conspiracy to commit robbery. He knew he was facing a long stretch inside, having previously served three years for possession of a firearm. He also knew his only chance of running was through the hospital wing, so had spent the day lying to guards, pretending that he had sustained a concussion during his arrest. When the holding cell doors opened, he figured that’s where he was going. Instead, he was cuffed and led away to a high-security unit (HSU).When McAvoy laid eyes on the unit, the magnitude of his situation hit home. “I thought: ‘I’m not going to see daylight for a...

Events

3 w. ago Details about deaths of parents who died in scalding hot bath revealed in toxicology report

Jeferson Luiz Sagez and Ana Carolina Silva had spent the day before their deaths celebrating their four-year-old daughter's birthday.

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3 w. ago Moment cops rescue a distressed hiker who had spent day stranded on Arizona mountain in 105 degree heat

Temperatures reached 105 degrees the day the hiker got lost

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4 w. ago Girl, 4, left orphaned after mum and dad die in scalding hot hotel bathtub

Jeferson Luiz Sagaz, 37, and his partner Ana Carolina Silva, 41 had spent the day celebrating their daughter’s birthday at a food park and drinking before heading to a nightclub

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