2 w. ago 'I visited every country in the world and asked everyone I met one question'

Michael Zervos embarked on a trip around the world, visiting 195 countries in 499 days and asking hundreds of people exactly the same question - what was the happiest day of your life?

Politics

2 w. ago Vaclav Cerny tells new Rangers owners his transfer answer as Russell Martin can revive 'important' winger deal

The winger was the stand-out performer for the Ibrox side during a disappointing campaign at Ibrox

Economics

2 w. ago Question of 'is there's life on Mars' to be answered – by a robot from Stevenage

Lab in the Hertfordshire town built by aerospace firm Airbus has been built to be an exact replica of what the Red Planet is believed to be like - and they're training a robot there

Politics

3 w. ago Should the UK decriminalise marijuana? London Standard readers answer

The London Standard’s readers vote on whether cannabis possession should be decriminalised

Events

3 w. ago I was on an international flight from Australia when I asked a doctor a question that changed my life forever

Ellie Sedgwick was seated next to a man in scrubs on a long-haul flight from Australia - what she asked him next changed the trajectory of her life forever.

Society

3 w. ago The Better Sister review – Jessica Biel’s glossy thriller is full of gorgeous interiors and death

This sleekly entertaining whodunnit is a schadenfreude-packed take on streaming’s favourite theme: watching sexy, successful people suffering terrible misfortuneIt begins as thousands of stories have before – with a dead body and a host of unanswered questions. In The Better Sister, the deceased is lawyer Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll), husband to high-flying women’s magazine editor Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel) and father to amenable teen Ethan. As a couple, the Macintosh-Taylors are extremely well off and not particularly sympathetic: she radiates sleek perfection, absolute success and suitable levels of ruthlessness; he seems to be despised by all and sundry – including people unaware of the mind-boggling betrayal his current life is built on. So the question is not so much who murdered Adam and destroyed this family – but why on earth should we care?The obvious reason is simply to sate our own morbid curiosity, which The Better Sister – an adaptation of the novel by Alafair Burke – ...

Events

3 w. ago Blue is the colour: Maresca turns on his critics after Chelsea secure fourth place

Italian tells those who doubted his team to ‘eff-off’Maresca turns attentions to Conference League finalA delighted Enzo Maresca said Chelsea had emphatically answered their critics by qualifying for the Champions League and told those who doubted his team to “eff-off”. A 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest confirmed Chelsea will play in Europe’s premier competition next campaign and Maresca urged his squad to cap this season by winning the Conference League final on Wednesday.Chelsea finished fourth in the Premier League after Levi Colwill scored the only goal at the City Ground, jumping ahead of Newcastle, who slipped to a final-day defeat at home to Everton. Maresca, this his first season in charge after joining from Leicester, praised his team – the youngest in Premier League history with an average age of 24 years and 36 days. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Coronation Street Lisa's proposal fallout teased in spoilers as Carla responds

Coronation Street's emotional episode on Friday night ended with a shock proposal that sent Swarla fans wild, as Lisa Swain told Carla Connor 'marry me' with an answer not given

Politics

4 w. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions over baby death

Mark Gordon, 50, refused to be cross-examined by the prosecution after giving evidence in his defence

Events

4 w. ago Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria, who died in a tent on the South Downs in 2023.

Politics

4 w. ago Family of Beth Martin, 28, who died in Turkey demand answers after horror autopsy result

Beth Martin, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died in mysterious circumstances on a family holiday in Turkey, and now the young woman's family has shared their heartbreak

Events

4 w. ago Heartache for the Radford family as daughter hints at marriage breakdown

One of the Radford family took to social media and hinted that their marriage could be over after they answered a fan's Instagram question about whether they are single

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