17 h. ago ‘Agony uncle’ Bill Nighy leads rise of the celebrity podcast

Ill-advised, in which 75-year-old actor doles out advice and his innermost secrets, is fast becoming cult podcast of the yearBill Nighy is single. He has never read a self-help book, had no intention of becoming an actor and briefly went deaf after putting toilet paper in his ears to get to sleep. He has shutters, not curtains, in his bedroom, but has no idea what time he wakes up. If you invite him to a dinner party he will bring you exfoliating products, except don’t invite him, because he won’t come. He is good at making custard, but doesn’t cook because he lives alone “and it would be too sad”.The Surrey-born actor is as renowned for his suits as he is his singular ability to inhabit a role while remaining recognisably himself throughout. But almost 50 years into his career, Nighy is finally playing himself. A new podcast called Ill-advised casts the 75-year-old as an agony uncle, doling out advice and his innermost secrets to listeners from Italy to Mongolia to Scotland. The ac...

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40 h. ago I am spending my retirement at sea: What life is like living permanently on board a cruise ship

Former high school language teacher Sharon Lane has read no less than 18 books since making an ‘investment in her life’. She tells Amelia Neath about moving aboard Villa Vie’s ‘Odyssey’ full time for a life at sea

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3 d. ago Best Betting Sites: Top UK Online Bookmakers for November 2025

Compare over 60 licensed and regulated betting sites in the UK and read our reviews of the best online bookmakers for November 2025

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4 d. ago Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun

In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rutMost of us read all day – texts, emails, menus, utility bills, social media captions and news stories. But fewer people are reading for fun.According to a 2022 report from the National Endowment for the Arts, 48.5% of US adults said they had read at least one book that year, down from 52.7% five years earlier, and 54.6% 10 years earlier. In the UK, a 2024 report found that half of UK adults do not regularly read for pleasure. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?There was a moment in the summer of 2022 when 26-year-old Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington, a female prison officer in a men’s jail, had to make a choice. She was on her wing at HMP The Verne in Dorset, in the day room where inmates go to read books and newspapers, when a prisoner called Bradley Trengrove handed her a magazine. Concealed within its pages was a slip of paper with a number written on it – the number of his secret, illicit mobile phone. Under the watchful eye of the prison’s security cameras, Austin-Saddington had to decide what to do next.“I was thinking, do I report it? Do I not report it?” she says. “I wasn’t thinking, I’ll text him – that wasn’t in my head.” But she did not throw the piece of paper away. She kept it, and in the end decid...

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7 d. ago Beatrice and Eugenie carry on as normal: Princesses make appearances at charity events amid claims Sarah Ferguson is set to 'flee the UK' and Andrew 'begged Jeffrey Epstein to deny allegations'

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, have both been seen at events in London - despite new evidence appearing to confirm his connection with Virginia Giuffre.

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8 d. ago Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre claimed royal 'knew about paedo pal Epstein abuse'

Newly released US files show Virginia Giuffre claimed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor knew about Epstein’s exploitation of underage girls

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8 d. ago 14 best Christmas books for kids, read by parents and children

From heartwarming winter tales to festive audiobooks, these are the titles for little ones to read this December

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8 d. ago Timeline of Andrew scandals: From fresh Epstein bombshell to losing his ‘prince’ title

Late monarch’s middle child has seen his reputation damaged over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and a car crash BBC interview

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8 d. ago Eugenie shares passion for art as she mentors ‘changemakers’ for King’s charity

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s youngest daughter took part in a mentoring session in London on Tuesday amid the ongoing scandal surrounding her father.

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8 d. ago All we know as Donald Trump plots next move after latest 'Epstein files' bombshell

Donald Trump spent hours with Virginia Giuffre at paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's home, according to a bombshell email released as part of a trove of messages from the dead paedophile's estate

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8 d. ago 'Legally significant' Epstein emails that confirm photo of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre IS real could force Mountbatten Windsor to testify in US

Andrew faces pressure to appear in front of US politicians after Jeffrey Epstein was revealed to have confirmed the infamous photo of him with a teenage Virginia Giuffre is real.

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8 d. ago Andrew faces fresh pressure to testify in US after trove of 'legally significant' Epstein emails released

Andrew faces pressure to appear in front of US politicians after Jeffrey Epstein was revealed to have confirmed the infamous photo of him with a teenage Virginia Giuffre is real.

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8 d. ago Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties

Messages sent months after former prince said he ended relations and also appear to confirm Virginia Giuffre photoNewly released Jeffrey Epstein emails have cast further doubt on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s account of when he cut ties with the child sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre.In March 2011, four months after he later claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein, the former prince told him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “I can’t take any more of this” in response to allegations put forward by the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jeffrey Epstein's leaked emails confirm photo of Andrew and Virginia Giuffre

The exchange between Epstein and the journalist from 2011 was leaked today and also named Donald Trump.

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9 d. ago Jeffrey Epstein's telling confession to journalist sheds light on THAT Andrew photo

The bombshell photograph of the then Duke of York and then teenage Virginia Giuffre — taken on a disposable camera by Jeffrey Epstein — is genuine, it has now been confirmed

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9 d. ago Mandelson was still in touch with Epstein in 2016, newly released emails show

The Labour peer was sacked as ambassador to the US after the full extent of his relationship with the sex offender emerged.

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9 d. ago Kash Patel interrupts White House briefing to explain his secret flight to China

The FBI director scurried out of the White House briefing room before reporters could ask him why the president spent ‘hours’ at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with Virginia Giuffre

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9 d. ago ‘I can’t take any more of this’, Andrew tells Epstein in newly released emails

Thousands of documents from Epstein’s estate were published by the US House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago Epstein appears to confirm picture of Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real in newly

Convicted paedophile also claimed Buckingham Palace would ‘love it’ if Ms Giuffre was ‘proven to be a liar’

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