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Double killer Simon Levy 'stabbed prison guard in neck with pen then grabbed him by the throat'

The 41-year-old sexual predator, who murdered two women, raped and almost killed a third while he was on bail for multiple sex attacks, is now facing new charges of strangulation and assault. Details emerged for the…

I know why we get into parasocial relationships with people we’ve never met

Watching on is his then-co-star, now wife, Zendaya . She looks on in disbelief, then with unmistakable admiration. Many fans have since decided this was the moment she fell in love with him. Now I, a grown-up woman who…

We earn £39,000 – how we afford our £1,600 bills and have money left over

For families with children, the cost can increase to £170 weekly. Rising costs mean that 61 per cent of the people in the UK claim they’ve had to cut back. In a new series, The i Paper asks families how they manage their…

Borges and Me: New film tells story of writer's 1970s tour of Scotland

Educated in Europe, he became a professor in Buenos Aires and in 1955 was appointed director of the country's national library. Books and libraries occur throughout his fiction, so it's no surprise that, on his trip to…

Killer pleads not guilty to Belmarsh guard attack

The 41-year-old serial sex offender, who is serving a whole life sentence for murdering two women and raping a third, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentional suffocation at the…

Bizarre ‘jellyfish spotted on Mars’ in resurfaced Nasa images

But if a resurfaced image taken by a Nasa rover is anything to go by, the aliens that call Mars home are land-walking ‘jellyfish’. Maybe. The photo was taken by Curiosity in August 2023, 3,924 Martian days, or Sols, into…

Aid shortages and fears of starvation as Indonesia reels from deadly earthquake

When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores on Saturday, this area was among the worst-hit. Health facilities were toppled, electricity networks cut, and after two days aftershocks still…

Sunderland’s £80m transfer plans – and their next two targets

At this point in 2025, arrivals had hit double figures as the Black Cats took decisive action to reboot a team promoted from the Championship via the play-offs and – to put it bluntly – not fit for Premier League…

Rain is on the way – but is it enough to end the drought?

It comes after months of dry weather which plunged more than 70 per cent of England and Wales into drought . Following a record dry July and very low levels of rain at the start of August, 27 million people are now under…

The one change that worked: I sent myself a letter – and realised what’s missing in this world of WhatsApp

The envelope felt heavier than the run-of-the-mill ones I was used to. It was postmarked Paris, a place I had little connection to, and, most strikingly, it was addressed in messy handwriting – my own. I had completely…