2 h. ago Secrets of The Rock's body transformation: Expert reveals how Dwayne Johnson likely lost 60lbs to be 'taken seriously' in Hollywood

Famed for his huge stature, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stunned fans this week when he debuted a much slimmer frame during the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

Politics

37 h. ago 'Bombarded with wizards': Residents are worried the magic of their street will be lost after road was 'secretly' transformed into set for new Harry Potter series

Springfield Gardens in the suburb of Upminster underwent a magical makeover in recent months to become young Harry's childhood home of Privet Drive. But not all locals are happy about it.

Events

51 h. ago 'I bought worst rated Too Good To Go bag and contents inside left me in stitches'

A woman decided to test out the app popular Too Good To Go by buying a bag from the lowest rated store in her area, and the contents made her laugh out loud

Politics

4 d. ago Sleazy Scots janitor filmed young pupils having sex on school grounds

Graeme Strachan lost his job after he was caught secretly filming underage teen pupils.

Culture

5 d. ago Young people being ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental ill health – Hunt

The former health secretary argued that society has ‘lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process’.

Science

7 d. ago The secrets of lost luggage auctions: I bought four bags for £100. What would I find inside?

Unclaimed suitcases were once destined for landfill. Now people are ‘suitcase gambling’ – bidding for bags and their unknown contents, and diving deep into strangers’ livesA yellow suitcase draws me in like a beacon. It is stacked on a dark shelf at the back of Greasby’s auction house in Tooting, south London, and looks brand new, with a hard exterior and wheels that Richard Stacey, a Greasby’s regular who is dressed in shorts, a plaid shirt and a cream bucket hat, tells me to test. So I test them – and they work. If I was just buying a bag, that is all I would need to know. But this isn’t just a bag: the zip is locked and when I lift it, it is heavy. This yellow suitcase is filled with a stranger’s lost belongings. And I won’t find out what is inside unless I submit a winning bid.I write down the lot number, 281, and my bid of £70 on a form, along with four other bids – for a larger black bag that is filled to the brim; a sensible blue suitcase with a compass in the handle that I e...

Economics

8 d. ago Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly’s lost Gibson and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth PaltrowNorman Harris’s career as a guitar dealer went stratospheric one day in 1973, when he received a phone call from a friend. “He said he was with someone who needed a Les Paul,” recalls the man who runs what is probably the world’s most famous guitar shop. “But he wouldn’t tell me who it was. I went over to meet them and it was just my friend there. I said: ‘You made me ride all the way down here? You made it sound so important.’ And then in walked George Harrison with Mal Evans.” Evans was the Beatles’ former road manager. They had been next door getting pizza.The business founded in 1975 by Harris – or Norm as he is known to his starry regulars, awestruck window-shoppers and legions of viewers of his YouTube channel – has grown exponentially. It is located on a strip mall in the Tarzana neighbourhood of Los Angeles, alongsid...

Economics

8 d. ago Plastic bag use rising in Britain for first time in a decade due to online shopping

People living in England bought 437 million plastic bags in the last year, according to government data

Economics

9 d. ago A Major Excavation At The Tower Of London Has Revealed Shocking Discoveries About Its Hidden Medieval History

A Major Excavation At The Tower Of London Has Revealed Shocking Discoveries About Its Hidden Medieval History - From Chapels To Lost Graves And Rare Tudor-Era Artefacts  secretldn.com

Events

2 w. ago Too Good To Go customer gobsmacked by what's inside her £3.09 Spar bag

A woman who bought a mystery food bag from her local Spar supermarket was left completely gobsmacked by what she got inside her Too Good To Go bag after spending just £.309 on it

Economics

2 w. ago Serial shoplifter spared prison four times because she's a single mum is finally jailed after stealing £3.2k of designer sunglasses

Kayleigh Bradley, 37, preyed on shopkeepers using a foil lined bag and a small 'detagger' she had bought on the internet to beat the security alarms.

Events

3 w. ago Most homes that lost power during Storm Floris reconnected – Justice Secretary

Angela Constance said 98% of the 71,000 homes that lost power in Scotland have since been restored.

Society

4 w. ago Fake Or Fortune expert floored by 'find of a lifetime' bought for just £35 and stored 'in a Primark bag'

Fans watched as the pair uncovered a historical painting believed to have been created by New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins.

Economics

4 w. ago 'I bought bag of unsellable items from charity shop to see what was inside'

Charity shop enthusiast, Danielle, who regularly documents her thrifting exploits online explained why she splashed on several bags of 'unsellable' donated goods

Politics