The former boss of Paddy Power has called for higher gambling taxes to deter bookmakers from tactics that draw punters into more addictive games, as he said profits across the sector were “exploding”.

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Actor John Cleese has paid tribute to his Fawlty Towers co-star Prunella Scales following her death aged 93, saying she was “a really wonderful comic actress”, adding: “Scene after scene she was ...

Prosecutors allege Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, claimed she is Madeleine – who disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 – while stalking Kate and Gerry McCann by sending ...

The fastest percentage increase over the 10 years from 2022 to 2032 is among households where the reference person – defined as the eldest economically active or inactive member – is aged 85 or over, ...

Among the items included in the sale is the only first class passenger list from the stricken liner to have survived.

The demolition is expected to take between seven and 10 days. Ms Flick, a widow who is from a farming family, had hoped it may be possible to build defences at the foot of the cliffs to slow the ...

Pressure has come on Micheal Martin after he championed Jim Gavin, who withdrew from the race, as their election candidate.

A “depraved” man who spiked two women’s drinks in a nightclub before sexually abusing them has been jailed for nine years. Kenan Baki, 46, drugged both women after meeting them at a nightclub in ...

Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has been remembered as a “national treasure” and a “gifted human being” after her death at 93. The TV star, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, the ...

Harry Fry is keen to start Gidleigh Park in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter on Friday week, but is prepared to keep options open with his “hugely exciting” second-season chaser. The seven-year-old ...