‘I was addicted to porn while training for the Olympics’
A former Team GB diver said he was left feeling “dirty” after he became hooked on online pornography as a child. Freddie Woodward, who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games…
Former RAF medic can clear debts after choosing £300k over Lamborghini
A former RAF medic can pay off his mortgage and clear his debts after winning £300,000 in a competition he entered for £4.28. Ryan Briggs, 46, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, spent…
Peter Gill, playwright who turned ordinary lives into extraordinary drama, dies aged 86
Tributes have been paid to the director and playwright Peter Gill who died on Monday at the age of 86. His agent Mel Kenyon said Gill’s work had a “rare…
Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast
There are a few links between the Star Wars franchise and Wales, including the secretive building of the Millennium Falcon in an old hangar in the far south-west of the…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
UK poetry sales are on course to reach a record high this year, buoyed by the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Poetry sales surpassed…
North Sea oil is a litmus test for Burnham | Letters
North Sea oil expansion is a necessity (Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling, 31 July). I state this as an environmentalist – not…
Ex-MP urges Tories to drop candidate jailed for campaign of antisemitic abuse against her
A former MP has urged the Tory leader to drop an election candidate who was previously jailed for a campaign of antisemitic abuse against her. Kemi Badenoch on Tuesday defended…
‘We fought for a tougher sentence’: victims’ families’ fury over early release scheme
When Calvin Buckley, whose pregnant partner was killed by a dangerous driver in 2023, secured a tougher sentence for the man who took her life, he felt some justice had…
Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggests
Andy Burnham has inherited a Labour membership that is sceptical about increased welfare spending, supportive of higher defence spending, and ranks the climate crisis as one of the country’s biggest…
Bank battle: history suggests Burnham faces fight if he opts for windfall tax
It has been a stellar week for UK banks. Fuelled by high interest rates and market turbulence rippling out from the US war on Iran, major lenders have revealed soaring…