11 h. ago Gary Lineker chooses surprise Premier League venue to celebrate 65th birthday

The legendary former England and Barcelona striker, who spent almost three decades at the helm of BBC's flagship football show Match of the Day, celebrated his birthday by taking in a top-flight game on Sunday

Politics

11 h. ago Drugs, guns and blackouts I was so addicted to alcohol I downed half pints of gin – then 10 words changed everything 

SEEING guns waved around and drugs changing hands, rather than panic, Kit took another swig from the bottle of rum she was holding.  The now-41-year-old, from Bristol, recalls the horrifying moment in the Caribbean as something she’s fortunate to have survived. An alcoholic for more than a decade, Kit has spent the last five years...

Events

12 h. ago Ivan Milat was convicted of murdering seven people. Could he have killed scores more?

Retired UK detective believes family member was serial killer’s first unacknowledged victim, as NSW inquiry into unsolved murders calls for submissionsHugh Hughes, a retired UK detective with the Metropolitan police, has spent three decades travelling back and forth between his home in Wales and Canberra, trying to solve the murder of Keren Rowland, a cousin of his Australian wife, Andrea.Hughes is convinced that Rowland, who went missing from Canberra on 26 February 1971, was the first victim of the notorious serial killer Ivan Milat. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago 'Useless' Budget pulled apart by Asda boss, who says UK is stuck in reverse gear

Leighton, who has spent decades running some of the country's largest retailers, lambasted the Chancellor for policies that 'hamper investment' and hit growth.

Economics

3 d. ago Woman loses so much weight in a year she has to spend £5k on clothes

Ann spent decades yo-yo dieting and finally found a way to lose the weight and keep it off

Economics

4 d. ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

Events

5 d. ago Stunning treehouse with its own slide set in 'magical woodland' goes up for sale for £2million

Carpenter Guy Mallinson has spent a decade creating and adding to the eco haven across nine acres of woodland and four acres of meadow in Holditch, Dorset.

Economics

6 d. ago I wasn't an alcoholic but my nightly crisps and wine habit was controlling my life... Mounjaro helped me lose 5st but the effect on my drinking has been the biggest win

Ann White, from Northampton, had spent three decades yo-yo dieting, constantly flitting between highly restrictive diets and binge drinking.

Politics

6 d. ago 'Most tattooed woman' looks totally unrecognisable after covering face with make

Amber Luke has been getting inked for a decade and spent £190,000 on tattoos. Back in 2020, she shocked fans when she covered herself in makeup - to reveal her 'natural' beauty

Politics

6 d. ago 'I'm a forensic pathologist and two ways to die are worse than any other'

Forensic pathologist Roger Byard has spent decades investigating the macabre and morbid, and has shared some of the most gruesome ways to meet your maker

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8 d. ago Horror as gran, 64, brutally mauled to death by deer she rescued and cared for

Jodi Prodger had spent over a decade helping to look after deer, but her generosity came back to bite her after one of the animals she cared for repaid her by killing her

Events

1 week ago Choose Love celebrates 10 years at Royal Albert Hall concert: 'We should still have hope'

Choose Love has spent a decade helping some of the most vulnerable people in the world, and tonight’s show at the Royal Albert Hall will combine celebration with urgent calls for action

Culture

1 week ago How 1 in 3 pensioners will retire in poverty if Rachel Reeves pushes on with Budget pension plot

NEARLY one in three pensioners could retire in poverty if Rachel Reeves pushes ahead with her Budget pension plot. The government previously projected that 4.6million people will not have the minimum amount of cash required to cover their retirement. This currently stands at £13,400 per year in savings for a single person and £22,600 per...

Economics

1 week ago ‘Queen of Versailles’ Jackie Siegel: ‘I have so much darkness in my life and I found a way to turn it into light’

Jackie Siegel has spent two decades building a 90,000-square-foot replica of the Palace of Versailles in Florida. As ‘The Queen of Versailles’ becomes a Broadway musical, Caitlin Hornik joins Siegel to explore the spectacle and the sorrow behind the story that made her famous

Politics

1 week ago Bear expert's horror final act before he was mauled to death by beast

Vitaly Nikolayenko was one of Russia's most experienced bear experts and spent decades living among the animals

Events

1 week ago Why Australia will win v why England can win: two Guardian cricket writers make their Ashes cases

No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urnEven the greats of the Ashes have been weighed down by 143 years of shared history, tradition and controversy. For keen observers of Australia and England, Ashes anxiety can cloud judgments, hopes and dreams. Personally, a heart still bearing the scars from more than a decade spent living behind enemy lines as a once all-conquering Australia failed to tie – let alone win – an Ashes series in England, now insists on managing expectations. But as the ICC’s top two-ranked men’s Test teams prepare for a contest set to be shaped as much by endurance as execution, the head is ready to rule with a quiet confidence that Australia will triumph in a fourth straight Ashes as hosts. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Inside warped world of Lotto conman Edward Putman and how he was exposed

Edward Putman has spent decades meting out brutal acts of cruelty - but his most cunning con was stealing £2.5m from the National Lottery with a forged ticket

Events

3 w. ago Woman spends 11 years perfecting tomato soup recipe that has 1 unlikely ingredient

Aila Lin has spent more than a decade honing the ultimate tomato soup recipe – and now she's ready to share it with the world. Her secret ingredient is a bit unexpected

Events

3 w. ago ‘They’re not wolves – they’re sheep’: the psychiatrist who spent decades meeting and studying lone

From Port Arthur to Hoddle Street, Paul E Mullen has had a front-row seat to the men behind some of the worst public massacres. He says it’s possible to ‘disrupt the script’ for future violenceDr Paul E Mullen and his family were living near Dunedin, New Zealand when, one evening in November 1990, they heard gunfire. The shots continued into the night, followed by the distant sound of police and ambulances. At 9pm, a hospital colleague told him that a few kilometres away, in Aramoana, someone with a gun had started shooting.As it turned out, Mullen had heard of the perpetrator before; one of his long-term patients was the man’s nextdoor neighbour, and soon Mullen would learn that many other people he knew had been injured or killed.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Shamed Sarah Ferguson 'could flee UK' amid ongoing scandal but faces major drawback

Sarah Ferguson spent decades within the royal circle, but amid the ongoing scandal she now faces starting a new life on her own.

Politics