Secrets of Band Aid 40 years on including group on coke, ‘forgotten’...
IT is the Christmas song that raised more than £80million for charity, sold almost 12million copies worldwide and features some of the biggest global pop stars of the time.But today — to mark the...
View ArticleHow late Terry Griffiths went from schoolboy truant & bus conductor to...
THEY say being good at snooker is the sign of a misspent youth.But for Terry Griffiths, snooker was an escape from a misspent youth.AlamyTerry Griffiths in action in 1995[/caption] RexWinning the 1979...
View ArticleMy mum tried to kill me & I grew up in care – but now I’m worth £500 MILLION...
TYCOON Peter Waddell loves telling the tale of how Tom Cruise dropped by in his helicopter and offered to buy his £40million, 56-room mansion set in 49 acres.He says: “I paid £10million for it and...
View ArticleMy mum beat sexism & racism to boost morale in WW2 – now her story is Netflix...
IN a plane halfway across the Atlantic heading for Britain, Major Charity Adams nervously opened the letter she had held on to throughout the flight.The 26-year-old American’s instructions were clear —...
View ArticleCluedo’s real victim? The tragic inventor who dreamed it up in a Birmingham...
FOR six out of ten of us, Christmas would not be complete without board games.And in homes throughout the UK, millions of families will sit down to murder-mystery favourite Cluedo, which is 75 years...
View ArticleHow Jimmy Carter became one of the finest presidents in American history —...
ALL it took was three words: “Howay the lads!” for Britain to fall in love with President Jimmy Carter.He was in Newcastle when he won over a crowd of 20,000 with the Toon Army’s most famous...
View ArticleFrom Liam Payne to Sven, Dame Maggie Smith and Rob Burrow, the beloved stars...
FROM acting legends such as Dame Maggie Smith, to music icons like One Direction’s Liam Payne, 2024 was a year full of sad showbiz losses.Here The Sun remembers the stars we lost in 2024.L-R Liam...
View ArticleI bought my wife a £500k Ferrari but the reg plate cost five times as much &...
A TYCOON’S partner got a new £500,000 Ferrari, with a reg plate costing five times more.Peter Waddell, 58, wanted to get a special New Year’s gift for Gabby Nita, 40, who already had a fleet of...
View ArticleI stood among the dead after 7/7 Tube bombs and told them: ‘We’re going to...
IT is almost 20 years since Clive Holland stood among the victims of Britain’s first Islamist suicide attack, and the memory still reduces the former soldier to tears.He was one of Scotland Yard’s...
View ArticleWW2 secret agent who trained Allied spies to resist honeytrap plots buried...
A WORLD War Two secret agent who trained Allied spies to resist honeytrap plots has been buried with full military honours.Noreen Riols, who tested recruits by trying to seduce them into spilling...
View ArticleInside the wonderful world of Joan Plowright including marriage to Laurence...
THE lights in London’s West End will be dimmed for two minutes on Tuesday in honour of award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, who has died at the age of 95.She was a star of stage and screen for...
View ArticleInside life of most down-to-earth royal Lady Louise from NHS birth to working...
THIS weekend Prince Edward and his family are expected to be shooting at Windsor.The outing is a 60th birthday present from the King to Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.GettyLady Louise takes part in the...
View ArticleI was born in ‘bone grinder’ Nazi death camp… I was meant to die & only...
BY rights, Eva Clarke should be dead.She was born in a Nazi extermination camp where all mothers and their children were killed in the gas chambers.Arthur Edwards / The SunEva Clarke, 79, spoke to The...
View ArticleI’m a football fan – I’ve spent £5,000 building a six-seater stand in my...
FOOTIE fan Ian Nutter built a £5,000 six-seater stand in his back garden to watch his favourite team over the fence — even though tickets are £7.Ian, 64, launched the six-week project when he saw a...
View ArticleBrutal Nazi guards killed my brother then put me to work… now AI has made me...
HOLOCAUST survivor Manfred Goldberg feared the story of his horrific childhood in Nazi death camps would be lost when he is gone.But thanks to virtual reality and AI tech, the 94-year-old will be able...
View ArticleI jumped in front of a lorry after blowing my life savings at casino – now...
AFTER being released from his club ten years ago, former footballer Clarke Carlisle lost a £100,000-a-year TV job and blew much of his life savings in one trip to a casino.The same night as that loss,...
View ArticleI was the ‘rock star’ funeral director they nicknamed Mr Death… women went...
WITH his rock star good looks, lust for women, fast cars and champagne, Howard Hodgson is not your average funeral director.Now the man who made millions from funerals and became one of Maggie...
View ArticleHow late comedian Brian Murphy nearly ditched TV for insurance job & had to...
BEFORE starring as TV’s most reluctant Romeo in the shape of hen-pecked husband George Roper, Brian Murphy almost gave up acting to become an insurance salesman.But fans loved his portrayal of the...
View ArticleLegendary showbiz journalist Garth Pearce who knew all six James Bonds dies...
LEGENDARY showbiz journalist Garth Pearce has died, age 77.In an incredible 50-year career he travelled to 35 countries interviewing Hollywood A-listers, TV’s biggest celebrities and rock...
View ArticleI’m a master forger charging thousands for copycats so good experts can’t...
DAVID HENTY’S neat, whitewashed bungalow is easy to find – there’s a blue “English Heritage” plaque on the wall bearing his name.When he opens the front door to greet me, I have to ask: “I thought you...
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