6 d. ago Astonishing cost of a burger at London NYE fireworks as fuming revellers blast Sadiq Khan’s event as a ‘pointless night’

REVELLERS at London's New Year's Eve fireworks display have taken it to social media to vent their anger over a "pointless night". While many spent the night at home or at bars, around 100,000 people lined the banks of the River Thames to watch the famous fireworks display. But for some, all they remember was...

Economics

2 w. ago My big night out: I spent the evening with Ant and Dec – and it sparked an audacious new ambition

I was a chemistry student, my days spent boiling, titrating and stirring. But after that night, I formed a double act with a friend, writing jokes and making a radio show, before heading off to Australia Although I loved my time at Nottingham University, I didn’t go there with much intention of doing anything with my degree in chemistry afterwards. Not only was it full-on, I wasn’t particularly good at it. In an experiment to examine the incubation of goat’s blood, I accidentally added 10 times too much hydrogen peroxide. Blood shot out of the flask and splattered all over my face like a scene from The Sopranos. I can still hear my professor’s screams.But that’s OK, because I hadn’t really gone to university to win the Nobel prize, I’d gone to experience the culture of the mid 90s. British dance music – through acts such as Orbital, Leftfield, Underworld, Faithless and the Chemical Brothers – was exploding. Britpop was happening around me: (What’s the Story?) Morning Glory was relea...

Politics

2 w. ago I spent a Christmas night out with a group of strangers and I realised one thing

I took the plunge and joined a group of people I didn't know for a Christmas party

Politics

3 w. ago She has stage four cancer. Her husband is a federal worker. Will she survive the Trump administration?

Michaela’s husband is away 14 hours a day amid Trump’s ban on remote work, the threat of layoffs is ever-present and their health premiums are set to multiplyMichaela felt a sharp pain shoot from her hip while she bent over to water some plants in early May 2025. Then she fell over and couldn’t get back up.Her husband called an ambulance and she spent the night in a hospital, where, at 57, she found out she had a mass on her spine. It was metastatic breast cancer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gruesome Dan Burn injury revealed after spending night in hospital

Burn spent the night in hospital after reportedly fracturing his rib and damaging his lung

Events

3 w. ago I spent the night in one of Cornwall’s oldest coaching inns – and one room is said to be haunted

THE unspoilt coastlines of Cornwall are speckled with charming hotels whose exteriors have been weathered from the salty seas. Few of these hotels have as fascinating a story to tell as The Wellington, though. Here’s everything you need to know. Where is The Wellington? The Wellington - named after Britain’s grand Duke of Wellington -...

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3 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: 'Catastrophe' as salmon stocks dry up on King's childhood fishing river

Few places are more intimately connected with the Royal Family than Broadlands, the 4,500-acre Hampshire estate where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip spent their wedding night.

Politics

3 w. ago Sherrone Moore's firing leaves Michigan and its troubled football program scrambling to find a coach

Sherrone Moore spent the night in jail awaiting arraignment while college football’s winningest school suddenly started searching for a new coach to lead the Wolverines

Sport