3 h. ago 'Lovely' dad won £9million on lottery but five years later it 'killed him'

Married dad Keith Gough from Shropshire lived a normal life before winning £9million on the National Lottery back in 2005. Tragically, he was dead just five years later

Economics

14 h. ago Lotto millionaire who said £9m win ‘ruined his life’ drank himself to death

It’s been 20 years since Keith Gough and his wife Louise won a staggering £9million on the lottery — a win he later said ‘ruined’ his life before his death just five years later.

Economics

31 h. ago Dad won £9m on lottery but was dead five years later after it 'ruined' him

Keith Gough thought his life would change for the better after winning £9million on the National Lottery 20 years ago but he tragically lost his life just five years later

Economics

1 week ago 'My mum and dad loved donkeys': Keir Starmer denies buying land for his parents' animal sanctuary using trust that excluded it from inheritance tax

The Prime Minister bought the land behind his parents' Surrey home for £20,000 in 1996 so his parents could create a donkey sanctuary.

Economics

1 week ago Experience: I was almost killed when a pigeon made me crash my motorbike

My face was so smashed up, you could fit a finger in the woundsBirthdays are always a big deal in my family – we love any excuse to spend time together. My dad’s 60th, in May last year, was a particularly special one, as we had family travelling from Germany to Eastbourne, in East Sussex, to celebrate.I spent the first part of the morning with my sisters at my mum’s nearby. She has a birthday in the same week, so we were celebrating hers first. Around midday, we decided to go to my dad’s house, a few minutes’ drive away. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A moment that changed me: I told my dad I was queer – and he said he found it hard to love me

The letter he slipped beneath my bedroom door was brutal. But our lost relationship became the furnace that forged meIn 2000, my dad wrote me a letter saying he found it hard to love me. “I don’t even understand you,” he said. He slipped it under my bedroom door when I was at my lowest point. The sentences split me wide open.I was always the pretty little boy in the corner of the playground, plaiting girls’ hair, dreaming of spotlights. My flamboyance didn’t seem to have an off switch. Dad tried his best to steer me into his version of a “proper” boyhood: football boots, muddy knees, the whole shebang. He’d tap my limp wrists into place and drag me to self-defence lessons in an attempt to turn them into karate chops.You Had To Be There by Jodie Harsh is published on 25 September by Faber (£20). To support the Guardian order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing Dani Dyer's relationship with soap star dad, Love Island win, and marriage to 'hot' neighbour

After finding fame in the Love Island villa, Dani Dyer will be taking on the glamour of Strictly

Culture

3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Dani Dyer asks 'am I sexy' as she shares dad's real thoughts on show stint

The former Love Island winner, with a former EastEnders star dad, is among the 15 celebrities set to take to the dance floor this year

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4 w. ago Who should you smile at in the street? Here are my rules – from dogs to babies | Zoe Williams

I’ll acknowledge young people in love, anyone in hi-vis and a dad who seems to be pulling his weight. The rest of the time, I have a face like thunderI just smiled at a middle-aged woman on a pushbike, and she looked at me as if to say, “do we know each other?”, and I thought, good point, we don’t know each other, why am I smiling?That was a straight solidarity smile – you are on a bike, I also have a bike. I wouldn’t just smile willy-nilly at anyone the same age as me, they would have to be doing something that not all of us do: vaping; cycling; whistling. I’ll always smile at a baby in a pram, but I won’t smile at the mum, because I remember how much I used to hate it when people assumed that, just because I had a baby, it meant I was nice. You’ve already lost so much identity, so fast. I will, however, smile at a dad, because if he’s pushing a pram, he’s pulling his weight. I know that walking to the nursery is the absolute bare minimum and doesn’t tell you anything about the dis...

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