2 h. ago Punter from St Helens wins £95k with 'bet of a lifetime' placed with 18 seconds to spare

One audacious gambler raked in close to £100,000 from several bets worth just £20 - and a couple of changes made with just 18 seconds to spare made them a mint

Economics

11 h. ago Sarah Benson: from a PhD in explosives to overseeing integrity in Australian sport

The former forensic scientist was given a baptism of fire in her new role but says she has the skillset to tackle the combustible world of sport Sarah Benson is the forensic scientist who has been appointed sport’s top cop as chief executive of Sport Integrity Australia. Her CV includes working on federal police responses to the Bali bombings, the downing of MH17 in Ukraine and the volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island.That experience prepared the 47-year-old for a not-straightforward initiation, where she found herself at the centre of the ferocious debate around illicit drugs in sport just as the AFL and the code’s players were finalising an update to the controversial “three-strike” policy. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Revealed: The number of council hall fat cats earning more than £100,000 as report reveals a record surge in six

Despite hitting families with inflation-busting tax hikes, and more kicking in today, at least 262 local authority chiefs were handed more than £200,000 in pay, pensions, pay-offs and bonuses.

Economics

12 h. ago River Thames missing girl: Youngster, 11, 'had been paddling' in water on day off school

The missing girl entered the river close to Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport on Monday afternoon and emergency services, including Metropolitan Police, launched a "large-scale response"

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15 h. ago Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a ‘denial of democracy’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”.In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

Politics

22 h. ago West Lothian Mercedes driver, 15, 'led police on chase before legging it'

A large police presence was spotted in Blackburn on Sunday afternoon, March 30, including a dog unit after a search was launched for the occupants of the vehicle.

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25 h. ago Three killed including girl, 4, in Kettering house fire named by police

Northamptonshire Police launch investigation into cause of blaze in Rushton on Friday night

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26 h. ago RAF trooper deafened by the job sues the MoD for £100,000 after his hearing problems saw friends and family accuse him of snubbing them

Alastair Bidwell, 55, served for 12 years in the RAF Regiment. which defends air bases.The Gulf war veteran from Wales says his hearing is so bad, family members think he is ignoring them,

Society

44 h. ago Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rainIt’s one of the best known rites of spring in California: extraordinary displays known as “superblooms” that coat the hillsides in an abundance of color. Some years the blooms are massive enough to draw tourists from around the world to revel in the fields, such as in 2023 when more than 100,000 people showed up on a weekend to gawk at the poppies in Lake Elsinore, a small city about an hour outside Los Angeles.But this year, not so much. Thanks to a brutally dry winter, the hills around the usual southern California superbloom hotspots have been conspicuously bare. Callista Turner, a state park ranger, could count the number of blooms on two hands as she surveyed the 8 miles of rolling hills at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in the final week of March, which is typically when superbloom season peaks. “We’re still waiting to see what kind of season ...

Politics

45 h. ago Police issue major update after three people, including girl, four, die in horror Northamptonshire village fire

A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man died following a fire in Northamptonshire.

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45 h. ago Britain's second home ghost towns FIGHT BACK: Locals told to secretly REPORT rich neighbours greedily buying up houses as seaside villages wage war on out

EXCLUSIVE: From April 1, more than 150 councils across the country will increase the tax on second homes to 100 per cent - meaning bills could rise as much as £10,000 for the year.

Society

46 h. ago Surgeon, 43, is accused of filming and abusing female patients including one as young as 14, as 'police find 100,000 photographs and videos'

Hanno H., 43, from Bramsche, Lower-Saxony in northwest Germany, allegedly filmed and groped women on 190 occasions, according to the indictment seen by German daily Bild.

Culture

47 h. ago 'Cops seized my £100k Audi but tattoos and Turkey teeth don't make a drug dealer'

Zac Cooper, 27, was pulled over by traffic cops from GMP's Operation Wolverine on February 22 and his £100,000 Audi RS7 was seized amid concerns about its insurance

Economics

48 h. ago 'Police seized my £100,000 supercar because I have tattoos, Turkey teeth and an Audi'

Zac Cooper, from Gorton, Manchester, says his Audi was wrongly taken away by the police. He believes he was misjudged because of his appearance and has been left out of pocket

Economics

53 h. ago 'Greater Manchester Police thought I was a drug dealer because I have tattoos, Turkey teeth and a £100,000 Audi'

Zac Cooper, 27, has told how traffic cops swooped when he pulled into his local supermarket and seized his pride and joy

Economics

3 d. ago Newcastle trophy parade bus route and confirmed timings today as Carabao Cup win celebrated

More than 100,000 people are expected to line the streets

Transport

3 d. ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Italian authorities are paying people 100,000 euros to move to a beautiful mountain region

Italians are being given the chance to relocate to the picturesque and peaceful Trentino region in the north of the country - and they could be paid a huge sum to do so.

Culture

3 d. ago Over 150 confirmed dead in Thailand and Myanmar earthquake with death toll expected to enter the thousands after mega tremor destroys buildings and buries victims alive

The total number of fatalities is 'most likely to be in the range 10,000-100,000', scientists have warned, citing the United States Geological Survey 'PAGER' forecast.

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4 d. ago THOUSANDS are feared dead after huge earthquake hits Thailand and Myanmar, destroying buildings and sparking fears major DAMS could collapse and lead to catastrophic flooding

The USGS forecast likely losses of between 10,000 and 100,000 just after the quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city.

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