Mike Ridley

HE was famously born in a caravan on the side of the road, but now, as he soaks up the sun on the rear deck of his £16million yacht, Alfie Best is truly living the dream. It’s been a year sin…

THE most severely injured survivor of the 7/7 ­bombings has had his disability payments restored after The Sun intervened. Dan Biddle, 46, lost both legs, his left eye and spleen in the 2005 terror…

KING Charles and Queen Camilla were reduced to tears yesterday by a 105-year-old war veteran. Yavar Abbas, who served as an officer in the Far East and witnessed the horrors of the atom bomb at Hir…

FIRST of all there was Sheeranville – where chart king Ed bought up a load of properties around his mansion in Suffolk. Now the UK’s richest DJ has been busily doing something similar, by turning a…

WHILE Britain’s richest are getting less wealthy, the under-40s are getting much richer. The annual Sunday Times Rich List is out this weekend, and to get on the list of the 40 richest people under…

JUST as their grandparents had done 80 years ago, thousands flocked to Buckingham Palace to cheer the Royal Family on VE Day’s anniversary yesterday. Crowds lined the streets to support a 1,300-str…

FORCES fighting in World War Two knew the rules: Anyone who kept a diary risked being be jailed. But now, at the age of 99½, ex-Royal Marine Tom Hill has finally decided to reveal his secret wartim…

UP to £5billion a year is to be slashed from Britain’s ballooning ­benefits bill under plans announced this week. One of the handouts under close scrutiny is PIP — the Personal Independence Payment…

MOST parents would recoil in horror at the thought of their son parading totally starkers on a global hit telly show. But Patrick Schwarzenegger’s dad, Hollywood A-lister Arnie, has been there and …

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 st…

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 …

BUSINESS owners, families and working Brits have given their verdict on Rachel Reeves’ £40billion tax bomb budget. The Chancellor yesterday used the first Labour Budget in almost 15 years to …

Pub landlord Al Murray trades pints for parachutes as expert on Britain’s heroic stand at Arnhem joins p...

RAF pilot Harry Garthwaite flew hundreds of missions over battle-scarred Europe during World War Two. He was in the cockpit of an astonishing 23 different planes, from fighters to bombers — and eve…

FASTEST way to lose your fortune? ‘Buy a football club’, say billionaire brothers Sandy and James Easdale. For two years, until 2015, the Scottish siblings were directors of Glasgow Rangers. But de…

THEY were the Prince Charles and Princess Diana of their day, the world lapping up every detail of their blossoming romance. And in part three of our series celebrating David and Victoria Beckham’s…

WHEN David Beckham tied the knot with Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice from all-conquering pop group The Spice Girls, their lavish wedding defined the 1990s. Next Thursday the couple will celebrate t…

THE clapping went on for seven long minutes but none of the 2,000 guests stood in the sun above Gold Beach begrudged a single second. They would have stood there all day to applaud the 41 incredibl…

THE Rich List of Britain’s wealthiest people is out today. Each year Sunday Times Rich List compiler Robert Watts charts the ups and downs of the Brits with the biggest bank accounts. Sunday Times …

THE founder of breast cancer charity CoppaFeel! Kris Hallenga died yesterday aged 38 — after teaching millions how to check their boobs. Sun columnist Kris was given only a few years to live when d…