22 h. ago I've cleaned up! Lorry driver wins £5.2million on the lottery and celebrates in style... by buying a new vacuum

Gary MacDonald, 60, shopped around for the best price on a new Shark model, which can cost hundreds, after learning of his Lotto win.

Economics

24 h. ago Bullish Lando Norris qualifies in third place for F1 Miami sprint race

Norris ‘more confident than I have ever been’Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes debut sprint poleLando Norris wants only to focus on his racing as he attempts to re-establish his challenge for the Formula One world championship this season. The McLaren driver insists he has never been so confident in his own ability before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, where he qualified in third place for Saturday’s sprint race and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took his debut F1 sprint pole.The British driver opened the season strongly with a win in Australia and led the championship until the last round in Saudi Arabia when he was overtaken by his teammate Oscar Piastri, who has now won three of the opening five meetings. Continue reading...

Sport

24 h. ago Lando Norris bullish over title bid and qualifies third for F1 Miami sprint race

Norris ‘more confident than I have ever been’Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes debut sprint poleLando Norris wants only to focus on his racing as he attempts to re-establish his challenge for the Formula One world championship this season. The McLaren driver insists he has never been so confident in his own ability before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, where he qualified in third place for Saturday’s sprint race and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took his debut F1 sprint pole.The British driver opened the season strongly with a win in Australia and led the championship until the last round in Saudi Arabia when he was overtaken by his teammate Oscar Piastri, who has now won three of the opening five meetings. Continue reading...

Sport

29 h. ago Lorry driver who won £5.2m on National Lottery bought new vacuum as first purchase

The 60-year-old rang his boss to resign after learning of his jackpot win

Economics

33 h. ago Lucky lorry driver wins £5.2m on lottery – celebrates by buying a new Shark vac

Gary MacDonald, 60, is a lorry driver who's worked most of his life and couldn't believe his luck when he won £5.2m last week - suffice to say he didn't bother going to work that day

Economics

36 h. ago Lorry driver wins £5.2m on lottery, quits job, buys vacuum cleaner

Gary MacDonald, of Barking, east London, had been delivering parcels for more than 30 years.

Economics

1 week ago Road rage driver assaulted dad in Wishaw after striking windscreen of car with child onboard

Kristopher Lorimer punched and kicked the victim at Tesco in Belhaven Road

Events

1 week ago Oscar Piastri just taught Lando Norris a lesson and made stroppy Max Verstappen fume

Max Verstappen started the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on pole but Oscar Piastri benefitted from a penalty for the Red Bull driver to win while Lando Norris limited the damage to his title charge

Politics

2 w. ago British siblings among four killed in cable car crash near Naples

Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, and Graeme Derek Winn, 65, died with Israeli woman and Italian driver of cable carA British woman and her brother were among four people who died when a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy.Prosecutors in Torre Annunziata have opened an investigation into possible manslaughter after the crash on Thursday at Monte Faito, a peak about 28 miles (45km) south-east of Naples. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Scaffolding collapses in high winds 'trapping driver' on busy Hackney street

A three storey scaffolding structure appeared to be ripped off a public library in Stoke Newington on Wednesday morning

Transport

3 w. ago Bernhard Langer keeps the faith right to the end of a classy Masters farewell

Two-time champion said the tournament was instrumental in him becoming a Christian after missing the cut on FridayYou expect to find Jim Nantz waiting for the Masters champion in Butler Cabin on Sunday evening, but it must be a surprise to find God is in there with him, too. But, as Bernhard Langer explained after finishing his 136th and final competitive round at the Masters on Friday evening, apparently that’s what happened to him when he won the tournament for the first time in 1985, back when it was Brent Musburger asking the questions on CBS. In one of the more extraordinary revelations, Langer told the press that he saw the light right by the side of the 18th green here at Augusta National.“I never mentioned it to the public but this tournament actually was very instrumental in me becoming a Christian,” Langer said, in a somewhat incongruous reply to a question about the fact that he was the last man to win a major using a persimmon driver. Apparently the club went by the name...

Politics

3 w. ago Moment screaming woman punched driver's window and smashed bonnet in 'road rage' attack

The woman was seen storming over to the car before screaming and swearing at the driver while bashing the bonnet.

Events

3 w. ago Holy Cow review – warmhearted story of smalltown teen turned champion cheesemaker

An 18-year-old from a family of comté-makers is left alone to look after his little sister in Louise Courvoisier’s warm-hearted and optimistic dramaIt doesn’t get more French than a drama about cheese. Holy Cow is the feature debut from director (and part-time farmer) Louise Courvoisier; it’s a social-realist drama that is the opposite of grim and miserable in its warm and often funny telling of a coming-of-age story about a teenager from a struggling family of comté-makers in the remote region of Jura. Courvoisier warms things up nicely with her idealism and optimism, and she gets brilliant performances from her non-professional cast, cows included. The opening scene features a calf sitting in the driver’s seat of a car staring out of the window.Newcomer Clément Faveau (a poultry farmer in real-life) plays 18-year-old Totone, first shown at a country fair so drunk that he jumps on a table and strips naked. Totone lives with his dad, a cheesemaker who drinks heavily, and his wise se...

Events

3 w. ago Holy Cow review – warmhearted story of smalltown teen turned competition cheesemaker

An 18-year-old from a family of comté-makers is left alone to look after his little sister in Louise Courvoisier’s warm-hearted and optimistic dramaIt doesn’t get more French than a drama about cheese. Holy Cow is the feature debut from director (and part-time farmer) Louise Courvoisier; it’s a social-realist drama that is the opposite of grim and miserable in its warm and often funny telling of a coming-of-age story about a teenager from a struggling family of comté-makers in the remote region of Jura. Courvoisier warms things up nicely with her idealism and optimism, and she gets brilliant performances from her non-professional cast, cows included. The opening scene features a calf sitting in the driver’s seat of a car staring out of the window.Newcomer Clément Faveau (a poultry farmer in real-life) plays 18-year-old Totone, first shown at a country fair so drunk that he jumps on a table and strips naked. Totone lives with his dad, a cheesemaker who drinks heavily, and his wise se...

Events