30 h. ago Woman wins $2.5 million lottery — then realizes she donated the jacket with the ticket in pocket

Mildred Simoneriluto is on a ticking clock, as she has just weeks to find the ticket and claim her winnings

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37 h. ago EuroMillions winner scooped £105m while pregnant – but paid 'big price'

An Austrian player won the biggest ever jackpot in lottery history by bagging £209m in the EuroMillions last week – and woman reveals what life is really like for a lottery winner

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44 h. ago Halle Berry says Oscars not ‘designed’ for Black women: ‘We have to stop coveting that’

Monster’s Ball star is only Black woman to win best actress Oscar in 97-year-old history of Academy Awards

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3 d. ago Model marks split from Team GB Olympic icon with fresh ink – including face tattoo

Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams, who made history by becoming the first woman to win a boxing gold medal, has called it quits with her girlfriend of seven years

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5 d. ago ‘What the hell?’ Alysa Liu wins USA’s first women’s figure skating world title in 19 years

Liu completes stunning comeback with world titleJapan’s Sakamoto finishes second and Chiba thirdAlysa Liu completed her stunning comeback to competitive figure skating with a world championship title on Friday night in Boston, becoming the first American woman to win the sport’s biggest competition outside the Olympics in nearly two decades.The 19-year-old from Clovis, California, who vanished from the sport nearly three years ago uncertain if she’d ever return, delivered a spellbinding free skate inside a sold-out TD Garden to dethrone three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Skating in a shimmering gold dress to the pulsing sounds of Boston-born Donna Summer, Liu landed all of her jumps cleanly and drew a standing ovation before finishing with 222.97 points overall – enough to secure gold in front of a rollicking home crowd. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Amber Glenn, the skater redefining what power looks like on the ice

She’s a Grand Prix champion, a triple Axel pioneer and one of figure skating’s most formidable athletes. But her artistry, not just her athleticism, may be what changes the sportWhen Amber Glenn takes the ice for the free skate on Friday night at the world figure skating championships in Boston after a disappointing short program, fans will be holding their breath. Undefeated this season, she was seen as the one to beat. The Grand Prix final Champion, two-time US champion, the only woman to regularly land a triple Axel in competition (on which she suffered an uncharacteristic fall, landing her ninth place in the short on Wednesday afternoon), she had been tipped to become the first US woman to win the world title in nearly 20 years. But with less than seven points between her and first place, nothing is impossible. And while much of the tenacity that could still bring her victory this week lies in her raw athleticism, Glenn has something in her arsenal more tenuous, and more volatil...

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1 week ago Inside Britain's WEIRDEST neighbour row: How a man went to war with woman next door after she erected wooden boards in front of his windows to block sea views for bizarre reason

It is widely known as the greatest neighbour row of all time. When Max Jenkins paid £3,500 to move into his family home in sleepy Norfolk, with 'sea views', there was just one problem.

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1 week ago Winston Churchill and Britain's 'last witch': How Scottish woman was jailed in 1944 after she 'summoned the dead'... and why war

Medium Helen Duncan was convicted under the 18th century Witchcraft Act in January 1944 after being arrested at a seance in Plymouth.

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1 week ago Former Big Brother winner says she 'would have been cancelled' if she was on TV now

Kate Lawler made history in 2002 when she became the first woman to win Big Brother. Now, the reality TV star, 44, is a far cry from the wild child who entered the famous house

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1 week ago Amber Anning makes British history to win 400m gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships

Anning is the first British woman ever to win an individual world indoor sprint title

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1 week ago Amber Anning survives US bumps to seize World gold after Molly Caudery disappointment

Amber Anning became the first British woman to win an indoor 400m world title after a messy final in Nanjing after pole vault favourite Molly Caudery came an agonising fourth

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1 week ago Amber Anning’s golden performance makes history at World Indoor Championships

The 24-year-old became the first British woman to win an individual international sprint medal with her victory in the 400m

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1 week ago Which burger chain was named after Jerry Murrell and his sons? The Saturday quiz

From inexperience, jealousy and nausea to the Mechanical Turk, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Before Liz Truss, who was the last prime minister never to contest a general election?2 Which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was identified in 2025?3 What is the England’s southernmost city?4 In Chinese, what animal’s name means “big bear cat”? 5 The rock kimberlite is renowned as a source of what?6 Carina Vogt, in 2014, was the first woman to win Winter Olympic gold in what event?7 What game was played by the “automaton” the Mechanical Turk?8 Which burger chain was named after Jerry Murrell and his four sons?What links: 9 Barbican, 1985; Palace theatre, 1985 to 2004; Sondheim theatre from 2004?10 Bismar; pendulum; Roberval; steelyard; torsion?11 Chandra; Coyolxauhqui; Máni; Selene; Thoth?12 Horticultural skill; inexperience; jealousy; nausea; permanent resident card?13 Behind the Scenes at the Museum; South Riding; The Secret Garden; Wuthering Heights?14 1215; 1216, 1217, 1225; 1297?...

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1 week ago Creep, 35, who climbed through woman's window and raped her just hours after meeting her at a barbecue is jailed

Antanas Jancevskis and his victim had both attended the barbecue in the area of Leicester's Glenfield Road on April 17, 2022.

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2 w. ago Woman with a mouth so big she can fit wine bottle in it leaves bloke in awe with wild trick

During a trip to Florence, Italy, a post that saw her with the bottle of wine in her gob went viral in no small part because a man can be seen in in visible shock in the background

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2 w. ago Second body identified in Canada landfill amid search for serial killer’s victims

Marcedes Myran’s remains found in search mission after Jeremy Skibicki preyed on Indigenous women in 2022Canadian police have confirmed the identity of a second woman whose body was dumped at a private landfill near Winnipeg by a serial killer who preyed on Indigenous women and left their bodies hidden in trash.The Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted police said in a statement on Monday that the human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, were those of Marcedes Myran, 26. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swinney denies SNP gender stance boosted Reform as Sturgeon heckled at IWD event

Speaking in Glasgow, Mr Swinney cited ex-MP Winnie Ewing as a woman who inspired him, on International Women’s Day.

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3 w. ago Omaze £2.5m home winner gives 'world's best tip' as woman scoops £500,000 prize

Hannah Symes, 31, got the "world's best tip" after Jo booth, who won a £2.5million Yorkshire home, came to stay at the hotel where she worked as a receptionist and turned her on to Omaze

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3 w. ago Ancient tomb with 'dead man and winged woman' inside uncovered under courtyard

A stone tomb with clues to the past has been found by boffins in Turkey after a search uncovered the amazing site in the garden of a person's house, officials have said

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3 w. ago Rachael Blackmore becomes kids' author with book ‘for children and grannies all over’

The history-making jockey, the only woman to ride the winner of the Grand National, has written a story based around the world famous Aintree horse race

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