/peopleandsociety/news/story/44691.html?rss=1 The Queen and the Royal Family cost the UK taxpayer £40m in the last financial year, Buckingham Palace accounts reveal. /homeandgarden/news/story/44671.html?rss=1 Claims about plants in mail order catalogues or online that seem too good to be true probably are, says a new report from Which? Gardening. /foodanddrink/news/story/44471.html?rss=1 By Tim Golder, head chef at Topsham's prestigious Oliva Restaurant, which was named best restaurant in Devon at the 2007 Devon Life Food and Drink Awards. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44221.html?rss=1 A British man has collected a cool £1,000 after successfully betting on his favourite football team. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44081.html?rss=1 Global gambling revenue will exceed $150bn annually by 2012, a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report suggests. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44031.html?rss=1 The Jamaican government has confirmed its support for gambling in casinos to be legalised. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44021.html?rss=1 The McGranaghan Racing chain of bookmakers in Northern Ireland has been bought by Paddy Power in a deal worth £19m. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44011.html?rss=1 Karen Dennett made a winning debut on the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour at the second leg of this year's event in Liverpool. /bettingandgaming/news/story/44001.html?rss=1 Gambling group Ladbrokes has bought Eastwood Bookmakers, Northern Ireland's largest bookmaker, for around £135m. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43941.html?rss=1 An elderly British couple have won a whopping £3.9m on the lottery. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43921.html?rss=1 A mother-of-four has become a millionaire after scooping what is claimed to be the world's largest bingo win. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43901.html?rss=1 First it was online bingo and then online poker - now according to Vernons.co.uk, the latest gaming phenomenon to hit the UK is online slot machines. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43881.html?rss=1 The UK-wide smoking ban is affecting the profitability of a leading British gaming company. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43871.html?rss=1 A self-employed builder now has the firm foundations for a successful future, after banking a £3m share of last Saturday's Lotto Double Rollover jackpot. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43851.html?rss=1 A British chef is now at the top table enjoying a whopping £2,6m serving of the jackpot - after he matched all six numbers in last Saturday's lottery draw. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43841.html?rss=1 A terminally-ill man in Britain has collected a whopping £5,000 after betting he would stay alive. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43821.html?rss=1 The growing popularity of internet gambling is costing firms nearly £310m each year, a study has calculated. /bettingandgaming/news/story/43811.html?rss=1 The internet and other new forms of gambling have not led to an increase in people having a bet in the UK, a report has found. /businessandcommerce/news/story/43661.html?rss=1 UK consumer inflation has reached its highest level since 1997, on the back of soaring food and energy prices, official figures show. /scienceandnature/news/story/43121.html?rss=1 US actor Harrison Ford and other celebrities have joined conservationists in an effort to save the tiger - an animal experts say may become extinct within the next few decades. /peopleandsociety/news/story/43101.html?rss=1 Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed in the troubled Asian country since 2001 to 100. /healthandfitness/news/story/43091.html?rss=1 More than four million Britons will have diabetes by 2025, a new report has warned. /homeandgarden/news/story/43071.html?rss=1 Have you ever wondered how you can really invest in a property to make the maximum profit? /homeandgarden/news/story/43061.html?rss=1 Creating a well designed home isn't about following fashion or keeping up with the Jones'; it's about creating an efficient, beautiful space that will help to increase your standard of living, according to Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/42981.html?rss=1 Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to - that's the message from experts at Durham University who have studied rainfall and river flow patterns over 250 years.