34 h. ago ‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall

Barack Obama, Prince William and Tanzanian president among many to mark death of primatologist at age of 91World leaders, friends and former colleagues have been paying tribute to the primatologist Jane Goodall, who died in California on Wednesday, aged 91.Goodall devoted her life to studying chimpanzees and other great apes, and became a global champion for primates and for conservation, helping to challenge the idea that the primates were vegetarian and that only humans could use tools. She died in her sleep from natural causes while on a speaking tour in Los Angeles, according to her institute, leading to an outpouring of dedications from around the world. Continue reading...

Politics

56 h. ago British Gas giving out £2,000 energy help to UK households from today

From October 1, the fund will re-open and British Gas is urging struggling Brits to apply

Society

58 h. ago ‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive

Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivorsThe stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition have been brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.The project is backed by a prominent British family who have owned up to their ancestors’ role in slavery. It was created by Stephen Lewis and focuses on his native Grenada where the British Trevelyan family has publicly apologised for its “crimes against humanity” for their ownership of more than 1,000 enslaved Africans. Continue reading...

Politics

60 h. ago British couple are left with £20,000 hospital bill following moped crash in Turkey after insurers say they were not covered

Holidaymakers Darren Webb, 34, and Danielle Davies, 30, were rushed to hospital on the first day of their dream trip to Marmaris.

Economics

5 d. ago British boy receives postcard from complete stranger 4,000 miles away after his message in a bottle lands on tropical beach

Harrison Mizen, eight, learned about the unique communication method at school and put a message in an old glass rum bottle which 'reminded him of pirates'.

Politics

5 d. ago Mark Williams' comments after £100,000 British Open win say it all about snooker legend

Snooker icon Mark Williams, who won the British Open in 2023, is still going strong and previously admitted to being surprised by his longevity in the sport

Politics

5 d. ago Mark Williams' comments spoke volumes after he won £100,000 at British Open

Mark Williams, who won the British Open two years, is still going strong at the age of 50 and remains as surprised as anyone by his longevity in the game

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9 d. ago Why Ronnie O'Sullivan pulled out of British Open after turning down £502,000 opportunity

Ronnie O'Sullivan did not appear at the British Open this week

Economics

1 week ago Stephen Hendry shows true colours with comments about Welsh icon Mark Williams

Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams had a fierce rivalry before the former retired, but Hendry was still full of praise for his snooker counterpart ahead of the British Open

Politics

2 w. ago British mother's holiday nightmare as £9,000 rings 'stolen from Tenerife hotel room as she slept by balcony burglar'

Vicki Pike, 51, says wedding, engagement and birthday rings were stolen in a spate of burglaries at family’s hotel on island

Economics

2 w. ago Ryan Reynolds donates £10,000 to British girl, 13, with aggressive heart cancer 'who dreams of visiting New York'

Lexi, 13, from Wrexham, North East Wales, was diagnosed with the disease just weeks after returning from a 'carefree and happy' holiday with her family this June.

Economics

3 w. ago Mark William Lewis: Mark William Lewis review – A24’s first musical signing’s cinematic south London scenes

(A24 Music)Haunting harmonica and poetic banality add to the Londoner’s spookily sonorous baritone to create a hypnotically familiar yet ineffably fresh albumFilm and TV powerhouse A24 bridges the gap between the cutting-edge and the commercial: their content dominates the cultural conversation, often with help from amusingly gimmicky merch (the Midsommar incense burner, the Uncut Gems basketball). Judging by their in-house record label’s first signing, this isn’t a model they’re bringing to their music ventures: it’s very hard to imagine the gritty, lugubrious, bathos-steeped tunes of south-east Londoner Mark William Lewis lassoing the zeitgeist, let alone lending themselves to a quirky product tie-in. (A vial of filthy Thames water, perhaps?)Yet one spin of Tomorrow Is Perfect, the lead single from Lewis’s second album, and it’s instantly obvious why any corporate arbiter of cool would trip over themselves to sign him. An exquisitely beautiful dirge that unites the Durutti Column’...

Culture

3 w. ago British mother pleads for help paying £17,000 medical bills after partner fell and hit his head during trip to Turkey and ended up in hospital with no insurance

Courtney Lee, from Salford, told the Daily Mail that her boyfriend, Mark Snelgrove, was taken to the Lara Anatolia Hospital in Antalya after falling from an 'eight metre' wall

Economics

3 w. ago Expensive Center Parcs staycation prompted British couple to spend  £30,000 relocating to New Zealand

Ed Porter, 35, and his wife, Kim, 34, were living in Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, when they first began questioning how expensive Britain had become after booking a £1,200 staycation.

Economics

3 w. ago Kate makes surprise appearance to support Prince William in heartfelt tribute to his grandmother

The Princess of Wales has unexpectedly joined Prince William on an engagement to mark the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death.

Politics

3 w. ago William and Kate mark third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death with visit to Women's Institute

Prince and Princess of Wales honour the late Queen’s remarkable 80-year association with the WI

Politics

3 w. ago Kate makes a surprise visit as she joins William at the National Federation of Women's Institute to mark the 3rd anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death

The Princess of Wales has unexpectedly joined Prince William on an engagement to mark the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death.

Politics

4 w. ago Family of Bella Culley face desperate bid to raise '£100,000' to buy the British teen's freedom with the 'drug mule' back in court in a month's time

The family has found themselves in a never-ending nightmare after Bella was caught landing in Georgia with £200,000 worth of cannabis in her luggage in May.

Economics