Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK
Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade. He writes the content for the UK's morning newsletter, including Ten Things You Need To Know and Odd News. He has been a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books, including internationally bestselling biographies of Adele, Amy Winehouse and Justin Bieber. His most recent books are Running: Cheaper Than Therapy and The Runner’s Code, both published by Bloomsbury. Chas appears regularly on television, radio and podcasts discussing everything from veganism to running and show business.
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Doritos to launch cheesy booze
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Charity shop painting sells for £25,000
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Office Christmas parties give us sleepless nights
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Bizarre pizza toppings horrify Italians
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'Insanity': will Rishi Sunak face another Tory leadership contest?
Today's Big Question Letters of no confidence going in as Conservative divisions come to the boil
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Tourists fall into Venice canal after refusing to stop taking selfies
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Doomsday group offers 'epic' survival opportunity
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'Dead' woman nearly suffocated in morgue bag
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World's 'smelliest cheese' hits shelves
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Dr Bush wins mullet of the year contest
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Security minister defends royals at centre of racism row
Speed Read Tom Tugendhat dismisses 'rumour' and 'hearsay' in new royal book
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Titanic VHS collector aims for one million copies
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Thieves who stole shopping bag in for big disappointment
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Brianna Ghey: what court has heard about death of transgender teen
The Explainer The two teenage suspects each blame the other for the murder
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Why Dutch people put pancakes on their heads today
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Monique Olivier: ex-wife of 'ogre' serial killer goes on trial
Speed Read The French woman is charged with complicity in Michel Fourniret's murder of British student Joanna Parrish and two other victims
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A23a: why world's biggest iceberg is on the move
The Explainer The mass of ice is four times the size of New York and 'essentially' an island
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Endgame: Omid Scobie's latest book taking aim at the royals
Why Everyone's Talking About The King 'comes in for a walloping' in new royal exposé
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Man didn't realise chopsticks were lodged in his brain
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Cop28: is UAE the right host for the climate summit?
Today's Big Question Middle East nation is accused of 'pushing for a green world that can still have its oil'
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Hamas must find missing Israeli hostages to extend truce, says Qatar
Speed Read More than 40 women and children are still being held captive in Gaza by other Islamist groups and civilians
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White Easter more likely than a white Christmas
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Migration: the Tories' electoral kryptonite?
Talking Point Conservative MPs have described the controversial issue as 'existential' for the party
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James Cleverly, Stockton North and Westminster's most memorable hot mic moments
The Explainer Home secretary has admitted to using 'unparliamentary' language in the Commons
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