9 h. ago ‘Fairytales come true’ – Welsh couple defy odds with second £1m lottery win

Richard Davies and Faye Stevenson-Davies, from Brecon, said they believed ‘anything is possible’.

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11 h. ago Welsh couple win the National Lottery twice and become double millionaires

Richard Davies and Faye Stevenson-Davies from Mid-Wales have won £1m twice, defying odds of 24 trillion to one

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6 d. ago Italy first country to win Unesco recognition for national cuisine

Italian cooking added to ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list after campaign by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right governmentUnesco has officially recognised Italian cooking as a cultural beacon, an endorsement hailed by the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, whose government has put the country’s food at the heart of its nationalistic expression of identity.The announcement, made on Wednesday during the UN cultural body’s assembly in Delhi, means Italian cuisine – from pasta and mozzarella to wine and tiramisu – will be inscribed on the coveted list of “intangible cultural heritage”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Will Stuart set to miss Six Nations after suffering suspected serious injury in Bath win over Munster

The tighthead suffered a suspected achilles rupture in Bath’s Investec Champions Cup win

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9 d. ago ‘What’s my life like away from rugby? Chaos’: Red Rose superstar Ellie Kildunne on confidence, cowboy dances and why it’s cool to be different

Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooingEllie Kildunne says it’s not quite sunk in yet. A couple of months on from winning the Rugby Union World Cup with her England teammates, she’s still on a high. I ask if she slept with her winner’s medal by her bed the night they won. “That night?” She gives me a look. “It’s still by my bed. Every day. I wake up and the medal’s next to my bed. And it’s, like, as if!”But Kildunne is not resting on her laurels. She says the medal is also a reminder of what’s left to achieve – for her, and for women’s rugby in general. “Your heart’s telling you that you’ve done it, but I need to refocus. So it’s about how can we win the prem, how can we win another Six Nations, more World Cups? How can we keep fans coming to games? We’ve sold out Twickenham, so how do we do it again?” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Saturday Lotto £3.8m jackpot: get 500 National Lottery syndicate lines for £9 and boost your chances to win

Saturday’s National Lottery Lotto jackpot is sitting at £3.8 million, and bargain hunters have spotted a smart way to boost their chances dramatically.

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left | Editorial

A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are comingThis year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a major breakthrough. The text of the final agreement lacked a deal to shift away from fossil fuels, delayed crucial finance and the “mutirão” decision contained no roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation. But the multilateral system at Cop30 held together at a point when its collapse felt close. This ought to be a warning: next year’s conference of the parties must strike a better bargain between the rich and poor world.Developing countries are far from united on some issues. Over rare earth minerals China sees any move as targeting its dominance, while Africa sees it as essential for governance. Elsewhere petrostates did not support Colombia’s call for a fossil fuel phase-out. Yet the global south broadly coheres around a simple principle: its nations must be equipped to survive a clim...

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3 w. ago Max Ojomoh adds new dimension as resilient England dig in for autumn clean sweep

Steve Borthwick’s side show character in repelling last-gasp Argentina fightback for 11th consecutive win ahead of Six Nations

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3 w. ago England vs Argentina LIVE: Result and latest updates as tempers boil over after Twickenham thriller

Steve Borthwick’s side aiming to finish Quilter Nations Series with 11th straight win against the Pumas at Twickenham

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3 w. ago England vs Argentina LIVE: Latest score, rugby match stream and updates from Twickenham thriller

Steve Borthwick’s side aiming to finish Quilter Nations Series with 11th straight win against the Pumas at Twickenham

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3 w. ago England vs Argentina LIVE: Latest score, rugby match stream and updates from Twickenham

Steve Borthwick’s side aiming to finish Quilter Nations Series with 11th straight win against the Pumas at Twickenham

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3 w. ago England vs Argentina LIVE: Rugby match stream, latest score and updates from Twickenham

Steve Borthwick’s side aiming to finish Quilter Nations Series with 11th straight win against the Pumas at Twickenham

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3 w. ago England vs Argentina LIVE: Rugby match stream, latest score and updates from Twickenham finale

Steve Borthwick’s side aiming to finish Quilter Nations Series with 11th straight win against the Pumas at Twickenham

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3 w. ago Euan McColm: A father’s shared joy with his son and the whole nation over Scotland win and how we needed it

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3 w. ago Bargain Hunt couple supported by fans for 'wonderful' gesture after Welsh episode

Bargain Hunt viewers praised Sarah and Pete after discovering the move they made after the BBC show was aired from Narberth

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4 w. ago Who will win Scotland vs Denmark? Our writers predict the blockbuster World Cup shoot out

Steve Clarke has led the nation to just win away from their first World Cup since 1998

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last month Putin's new 'super weapons' that could obliterate the West in seconds: How Kremlin can trigger Armageddon at the flick of a switch with 'Flying Chernobyl', tsunami torpedo and space nuke

Deep inside Russia 's military machine, the tyrant is quietly assembling an arsenal designed not to win a war in Europe, but to decimate whole nations at the push of a button.

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