15 h. ago National Lottery player splurges £340 on Scratchcards but is floored by winnings

A National Lottery Player splurged more than £300 on Scratchcards, and they couldn't get over what they won. Their winnings left people totally floored as they were shocked by the result

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16 h. ago National Lottery player spends £340 on Scratchcards and winnings floor people

A National Lottery player who spent a whopping £340 on Scratchcards was left floored by the amount of money they managed to win, with people now asking all sorts of questions

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8 d. ago House fire horror as pregnant mum jumps from second floor window with baby in her arms

Mum Alicia Murphy, 22, bravely jumped from the window of the second-floor bedroom with her baby Alec in her arms after a huge fire spread through the family home in Cardiff

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1 week ago National Lottery player's £50,000 jackpot dreams crushed to £6 in devastating mix

Dean Smethurst couldn't sleep after believing he had won a life-changing sum of money on the Lotto - but his dreams were shattered after a heartbreaking phone call

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1 week ago Royal Ascot Jockey FLOORED by horse moments after winning race as King Charles III watches on in shock

Doyle claimed victory with the French four-year-old in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes to complete a double after Humidity's win in the Chesham Stakes.But his celebrations were cut short

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2 w. ago 'People say I'm rich for winning Postcode Lottery but prize leaves them floored'

A mum-of-two was shocked after learning her husband entered their family in the People's Postcode lottery without her knowing – and she got a prize she never expected

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2 w. ago ‘I dance the young people off the floor!’: joy and pain from the Windrush generation – in pictures

From combatting racist skinheads to fixing railway lines, these photographs and stories reflect the enduring, positive impact Windrush arrivals had on the UK Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thunder move one win from first NBA title in 46 years after holding off Pacers

Oklahoma City beat Indiana 120-109 in Game 5 of finalsWilliams leads way as OKC hold serve on home floorThunder one win from franchise’s first title since 1979The Oklahoma City Thunder moved within one win of their first NBA championship in 46 years on Monday night, beating the Indiana Pacers 120–109 in Game 5 of the NBA finals to take a 3-2 series lead.Jalen Williams erupted for a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and 10 assists, and the Thunder held off a furious Indiana rally to secure a chance at clinching their first title since 1979 in Game 6 on Thursday in Indianapolis. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I was watching TV at home in UK when deadly African scorpion crawled past me'

The homeowner from Swindon was given the shock of her life when the deadly scorpion appeared on her living room floor - but acted quickly to trap it under a wine glass

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3 w. ago How to make excellent pizza at home – no pizza oven (or pizzaiolo training) required

It started with a walk, a glass of wine and a pizza dropped face-down on the floor. Hannah Twiggs shares her dad’s hard-earned lessons in home pizza – plus three topping combos worth arguing over

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3 w. ago Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best

Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new albumIt’s an unseasonably warm spring afternoon and sunlight is beaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a north London photo studio. When I arrive, Little Simz is out on the balcony. Wearing chunky sunglasses, a skirt and comfy cardigan, she sits on a chair with her back to the sun, eyes on the horizon, and pulls her legs up, wrapping her arms around her knees in a defensive position that’s verging on foetal.It’s curious body language for an artist at the top of her game. At 31, Simz is looking out at a city she can justifiably claim to have conquered since emerging as a teenage rapper more than a decade ago. But that’s not where she’s at right now. “I genuinely felt like I could disappoint everyone,” Simz says when I ask abo...

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4 w. ago ‘It aches that he is no longer here’: the power of Kalief Browder’s late mother’s poetry

In a new documentary, the words of Venida Browder take us back to a devastating story, even as the film provides hope for the futurePremiering on the 10th anniversary of Kalief Browder’s death, the poetic and thought-provoking documentary For Venida, For Kalief transcends time to tell the story of Kalief through the poems written by his mother, Venida.The film opens with tender scenes of a carnival in New York City during the reading of Venida’s poems by Jasmine Mans. “My heart aches for what he went through, headaches that I couldn’t prevent. It aches that he is no longer here. How often I relive the steps I took to find him hanging out of the back window of the second floor, just lifeless.” Continue reading...

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last month Ronaldo hits winner as Portugal floor Germany to reach Nations League final

Cristiano Ronaldo was Portugal’s hero as his goal capped a thrilling comeback to beat Germany 2-1 in Munich and earn a place in Sunday’s Nations League final.The hosts had gone in front early in the second half when Liverpool transfer target Florian Wirtz headed home, but Roberto Martínez’s men hit back with two goals in five minutes. Substitute Francisco Conceição levelled with a fantastic long-range strike, before Ronaldo converted from Nuno Mendes’ cross to seal victory. Continue reading...

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