16 h. ago Chef dies on Richard Branson's Necker Island after 'crashing electric buggy following all

Executive sous chef Sihle Somdaka, 37, was found fatally injured after apparently losing control of an electric buggy on Necker Island, the Virgin tycoon's £95,000-a-night private paradise.

Events

19 h. ago Woman 'freaked out' after claiming 'cursed' item made its way back to her

A woman has been left 'freaked out' after claiming a 'cursed' item she sold on Vinted made its way back to her, despite the buyer having 'accepted' it and left positive feedback

Politics

19 h. ago New York woman puts flat up for swap like The Holiday – but only for one UK city

We were all jealous of Cameron Diaz's and Kate Winslet's characters in The Holiday when they swapped lives – and one woman is making it happen in real life by offering up her New York flat

Politics

19 h. ago Woman humiliated after wearing beautiful dress to Chester Ladies Day

A woman was left sobbing at Chester Racecourse during Ladies Day when people mocked what she was wearing – even though the beautiful dress had sentimental meaning

Events

21 h. ago Woman freaked out after 'cursed' Vinted item makes its way back to her

Sarah was left 'freaked out' after she claimed a 'creepy' Vinted item returned to her. She explained there was no real explanation as to how the parcel managed to end up back on her doorstep

Politics

22 h. ago Haunting final texts of mother who told her family she was going on holiday... only to secretly die in a Swiss euthanasia clinic: Friend reveals anguish that drove woman to take her own life

Maureen Slough, 58, of County Cavan, Ireland, sent a string of haunting final messages from inside the controversial Pegasos facility in Basel where she had quietly paid £13,000 to end her life.

Society

25 h. ago Woman lost 9st by quitting two things after hitting more than 19stone

Beck, 33, weighed more than 19stone at hyer heaviest and was spending £500 a month on her habit

Events

27 h. ago Woman loses 38 stone on 'lion's diet' and now needs £6,500 surgery

Danni, 37, was inspired by the bodybuilder's diet after she hit almost 50 stone

Economics

39 h. ago I thought it was a joke when I was told my best friend Kate Spade had taken her own life. This is the last thing she said to me

Kate Spade's iconic accessories gave her fame and fortune... yet in 2018 she took her own life. Now the woman who really knew her reveals the truth of the private person.

Politics

42 h. ago Woman tells how Siri saved her life after it called 999 when she suffered vicious attack by criminal boyfriend

Emma-Louise Kelly told how her life was saved by 'Siri' after it heard her screams for help when she was beaten and sexually abused - and dialled 999.

Events

47 h. ago I thought my best friend Kate Spade was pranking me when she was found hanged in her apartment. This is the last thing she said to me

Kate Spade's iconic accessories gave her fame and fortune... yet in 2018 she took her own life. Now the woman who really knew her reveals the truth of the private person.

Politics

58 h. ago We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons: I didn't believe it when I heard that my best friend Kate Spade was dead

Kate Spade's iconic accessories gave her fame and fortune... yet in 2018 she took her own life. Now the woman who really knew her reveals the truth of the private person.

Events

61 h. ago I used to judge my mother’s gambling addiction. Now I think she was longing for a fairytale ending

Toni Jordan’s mother gambled fast, ferociously, without any sense of fun. The author has come to realise she was dreaming of a bigger life My mother, Margaret, died in 2018 at 75. It was a good death, all things considered. The very end was savage, as endings often are, but she was in her own home and on her own two feet until the final week. For a woman who’d smoked two packs a day all her adult life, who’d never exercised or even walked to the shops, who refused to drink water (“I’d spew!”) and lived on Coca-Cola, paté on toast, jubes and green olives from a jar – considering all that, she did OK.During my mother’s final days, I had it easy. My sister, Lee, lived closer and is, to be honest, a more nurturing person. She’s caring. Patient. Lee is also better with money than me, but I thought I should at least attempt to help – so at the end, I took charge of Mum’s bank accounts. She lived on the pension and died with a run-down brick veneer villa unit in an over-50s complex, an old...

Events

3 d. ago ‘Literature can be a form of resistance’: Lea Ypi talks to Elif Shafak about writing in the age of demagogues

The Albanian author of Free and Turkish novelist discuss the rise of populism, censorship – and how today’s conflicts all come from the unresolved trauma of the pastLea Ypi’s prize-winning memoir, Free, detailed the experience of growing up in Albania both before and after communist rule. Her new book, Indignity, reconstructs the life of her grandmother, who arrived in Tirana from Salonica as a young woman and became closely involved with the country’s political life. She currently holds the Ralph Miliband chair in politics and philosophy at the London School of Economics. The Turkish writer Elif Shafak is author of more than 20 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including the Booker-shortlisted novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and, most recently, There Are Rivers in the Sky. When the pair talked over videocall, Ypi travelling in India and Shafak at home in London, their conversation ranged over the threats of censorship and the rise of populism, the challenge...

Politics

3 d. ago Woman who struggled with chronic stress shares the new habit she credits for changing her life

A woman from Margate in England has revealed how quitting a common habit helped cure her chronic stress that she feared would kill her.

Politics

3 d. ago Woman shares life lessons she wishes she knew a decade sooner

A woman has shared the life lessons she wishes she knew when she was 25, including the 'three-month rule' and the fact that 'red flags don't turn green' in relationships

Politics

3 d. ago Woman floored by discovery after hearing noise inside walls of her home

A woman was left baffled after hearing meowing coming from inside the walls of her house. She decided to investigate and was shocked by what she found hiding inside

Politics

3 d. ago 'I'm 35 and these are the life lessons I wish I knew at 25 including three month rule'

If you're feeling a little bit lost and in need of some general life advice, fear not, as one woman has shared the things she wishes she knew at 25, that she now realises a decade later

Politics

4 d. ago Danniella Westbrook says ‘I’d party if my ex died' after seeing dead icon's wife's tears

Danniella Westbrook shocks fans by saying she’d throw a party if an ex died, taking aim at Angie Bowie’s emotional reaction while reflecting on her own past romances

Events

4 d. ago Liz Hurley hints son won't have an inheritance as she plans to 'go out empty'

Actress Liz Hurley is starring in a new Channel 4 series as a deceased woman offering out her fortune, but in real life she's hinted that her son Damian may not see any of it

Politics