The IT analyst from Stockport answered 15 questions correctly to become the 7th contestant to win the top prize on the ITV quiz

A retired IT analyst has become the seventh contestant to win the £1m top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Roman Dubowski, from Stockport Stockport, described his victory on the ITV game show as “unreal”.

Below are the 15 questions he faced to land the top prize.

During the TV show hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, Mr Dubowski, who does quizzing as a hobby, correctly answered the final 15th question, which was: “Used since 1876, which trademarked logo is described in the James Joyce novel Ulysses and depicted in works by Manet and Picasso?”.

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He confirmed he would be sharing a portion of his winnings with his niece and nephew. Mr Dubowski said he had “always” wanted to appear on the beloved game show and had even applied when Chris Tarrant was at the helm – however, he said he “didn’t get a response”.

The retired IT worker also submitted an application following lockdown, but was again unsuccessful. He went on to say: “Then in October last year, I suddenly saw an advertisement, or something online saying they’re recruiting for new competitors again.

“I thought oh, might as well try again, got nothing to lose, and just from that sort of casual opening, it ended up with the top prize. So (I’m) just happy I did it really.”

When quizzed on what advice he would offer fellow quiz enthusiasts, Mr Dubowski suggested they read a book called A To Z Of Everything by Trevor Montague.

Prior to Mr Dubowski’s triumph, only six contestants in the UK version of the programme had walked away with the £1m prize. The most recent was Donald Fear in 2020, who correctly answered all 15 questions with three lifelines still intact.

The other winners are: Judith Keppel (2000), David Edwards (2001), Robert Brydges (2001), Pat Gibson (2004) and Ingram Wilcox (2006).

Mr Dubowski is planning to purchase a new home with his prize money, and also hopes to travel to destinations including New Zealand and South America.

The 15 questions Roman Dubowski answered correctly

1 (£100)

The planet Saturn famously has seven what?

Rings / Necklaces / Bracelets / Anklets

2 (£200)

At which of these locations is ice hockey traditionally played?

Rink / Range / Court / Field

3 (£300)

If you respond to an opponent’s attack with the same method, you are said to ‘fight…..’ what?

Fire with fire / Smoke with smoke / Embers with embers / Cinders with cinders

4 (£500)

What is the name of the famous mansion in Memphis that was Elvis Presley’s home from 1957 to 1977?

Paisley Park / Graceland / The Troubadour / Dollywood

5 (£1K)

What is mixed with vinegar, mustard and oil to make a basic mayonnaise

Plain flour / Salted butter / Egg yolk / Double cream

6 (£2K)

In the Harry Potter books, which term is used to describe a non-magic person?

Muggle / Moomin / Munchkin / Minion

7 (£4K)

Which if these fashion retailers was founded in Japan?

Zara / Uniqlo / Urban Outfitters / FatFace

8 (£8K)

Which of these major historic events took place in the middle of the 14^th century?

English Civil War / Norman Conquest / Black Death / War of the Roses

9 (£16K)

Which of these sea creatures is NOT classed as cartilaginous?

Shark / Ray / Dolphin / Skate

10 (£32K)

Which word refers to a metal that can be stretched out in to a thin wire without breaking?

Sonorous / Conductive / Ductile / Lustrous

11 (£64K)

Which of these plays is part of the 20^th century theatrical movement known as the Theatre of the Absurd?

Death of a Salesman / The Glass Menagerie / The Seagull / Waiting for Godot

12 (£125K)

The Rhone river begins its journey in which mountain range?

Alps / Apennines / Carpathians / Pyrenees

13 (£250K)

Which of these figures from Greek mythology is NOT known for slaying a monster?

Theseus / Persius / Adonis / Bellerophon

14 (£500K)

Presented in 1901, the first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of what?

Wireless telegraphy / X-rays / Cosmic radiation / Quantum mechanics

15 (£1M)

Used since 1876, which trademarked logo is described in the James Joyce novel ‘Ulysess’ and depicted in works by Manet and Picasso?

Bass Ale / The Famous Grouse / Coca-Cola / Stella Artois

“John has been incredible and it is incredible he is in this match,” said seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry. “Last night [in Saturday’s first session] he really struggled for whatever reason.

“Ronnie’s play was outstanding but John seemed really un-Higgins like. Maybe it was a little bit of nerves, a bit of intimidation, but he has just battled to stay in this match. Ronnie did not look the same player.”

After a break of 83 from Higgins in the ninth frame, O’Sullivan won two in a row, thanks to runs of 116 and 80, to hold a dominant five-frame advantage at 8-3.

Higgins won the 12th, but O’Sullivan’s break of 91 left the Englishman 9-4 in front.

But the final three frames were very dramatic. Higgins looked in control of the 14th, with O’Sullivan needing a snooker to have any chance, which he then got, although he could not capitalise.

Higgins took the 15th on a black-ball finish, with O’Sullivan then hitting the table early on in the last frame of the night.

His mood was not improved when he potted a long red but then saw the cue ball follow it into the same pocket, with that foul proving crucial as Higgins took the frame to give himself some hope.

O’Sullivan is fighting to make the Crucible quarter-finals for a 24th time and looking for an eighth world title, which would be a record in the modern era.

He was watched by former Manchester United footballer Paul Scholes during his 10-2 first-round win over Chinese debutant He Guoqiang and, this time, UFC fighter Paddy Pimblett and Liverpool defender Milos Kerkez were in attendance.

They, along with the rest of the crowd at the Crucible, would have left thoroughly entertained.

Prey has landed on Netflix and season two is filled to the brim with recognisable stars.

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Prey season two boasts a host of familiar faces from the worlds of The Witcher, Unforgotten and Emmerdale.It has been eleven years since British crime thriller Prey last graced ITV screens, and now fans can revisit both acclaimed seasons, which follow DS Susan Reinhart (played by Rosie Cavaliero) as she investigates criminal cases across Manchester.

While the first series centred on a police officer desperate to clear his name following the murder of his family, season two follows a prison officer coerced into helping an inmate break free after his pregnant daughter is snatched.As viewers begin binge-watching Prey, here’s everything you need to know about the cast of Prey season two.

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Jules Hope – MyAnna Buring

Actress MyAnna Buring is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Tissaia in Netflix’s The Witcher, but also appeared in The Twilight Saga as Tanya and Unforgotten season six as Melinda Ricci.She takes on the role of Jules Hope, the prisoner that David is compelled to help break free.

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Sharp-minded rookie detective DC Richard Iddon is paired with DS Reinhardt in a bid to track down David Murdoch.The character is brought to life by actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, who portrayed Curtis Donovan in E4’s Misfits and Ian in the Channel 4 series Utopia.

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Stepping into the role of David’s kidnapped pregnant daughter Lucy Murdoch is actress Sammy Winward.She is widely recognised for her long-running part as Katie Sugden, a role she took on as a teenager, in ITV’s beloved soap Emmerdale.

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The Gunners felt they should have been given a penalty in the 51st minute when Kim Little was sent tumbling under a challenge from Wendie Renard. After a long look at the pitchside monitor, the referee ruled there had been a slight touch on the ball from the Lyon captain and overturned the decision.

President Donald Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years.

Trump suggested the latest apparent attempt on his life was a sign of how successful his presidency was, even joking with Fox News ‘I feel like a pinata’.

He added ‘wasn’t making it that easy’ for the Secret Service as it responded when shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, because he wanted to see what was going on.

He told 60 Minutes: ‘I was saying “wait a minute, I want to see”.’

‘I was standing up and turned around and started pretty much walking out – I was pretty tall but bent over – I’m not looking to be standing too tall – but then [agents] asked me please go down to the floor, so I dropped to the floor, and so did the First Lady.’

‘I’ve studied assassinations, and I must tell you the most impactful people — the people who do the most, take a look at Abraham Lincoln,’ Trump at a hastily organised press conference just 30 minutes after the shooting.

He added: ‘The people that make the biggest impact, they’re the ones that they go after. They don’t go after the ones that don’t do much.’

The Washington Post reported the Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials.

A man with guns and knives tried to rush past the security perimeter inside the Washington hotel where the Republican president was about to address the glitzy event.

Authorities are trying to determine what happened and why. A suspect was taken into custody and identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.

‘When you read his manifesto, he hates Christians,’ Trump said on Fox.

Officials have said that the suspect fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel before being tackled and arrested.

The agent who was shot escaped serious injury because the bullet struck his protective vest, Trump said.

Allen legally bought a .38-caliber semiautomatic pistol in October 2023 and a 12-gauge shotgun two years later.

Trump said he himself was undoubtedly the target. The presidency is ‘a dangerous profession,’ he said, noting that violence associated with politics had escalated in the US and around the world. ‘No country is immune.’

The president called for Americans to put aside their differences and unite — a break from his usual gleefully combative political tack.

‘We have to, we have to resolve our differences,’ Trump said. ‘I will say, you had Republicans, Democrats, independents, conservatives, liberals and progressives. Those words are interchangeable, perhaps, but maybe they’re not. But yet everybody in that room, big crowd, record-setting crowd, there was a record-setting group of people, and there was a tremendous amount of love and coming together. I watched, I watched, and I was very, very impressed by that.’

Trump says if the event was able to continue he would have changed course and made ‘a speech of love’

‘But I didn’t get a chance to do that,’ Trump said.

‘Probably I was better off, if I didn’t. I don’t know.’

There was still some of his old edge, especially when he spoke about the suspect: ‘I hated a guy like this — a sick, bad person — I hated somebody like that changing the course of our country.’

Trump also wrote on social media that the attack ‘would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House. It cannot be built fast enough!’

After the shooting in 2024 during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Trump was wounded in the ear and a supporter was killed, the president strode into the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee two days later. That same week, he gave a speech featured a softer and deeply personal message, drawing directly from his brush with death.

‘The discord and division in our society must be healed. We must heal it quickly,’ Trump said then.

‘As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny. We rise together. Or we fall apart.’

Stephen Hendry felt Ronnie O’Sullivan was ‘not the same player’ in the second session of his clash with John Higgins at the Crucible, as the Scot closed the gap to 9-7 behind on Sunday night.

The second session of their World Championship second round meeting began with O’Sullivan in command at 6-2 ahead after an impressive performance on Saturday night.

Higgins showed he meant business with an 83 in the first frame of the evening, but then it looked very ominous for the Wizard of Wishaw as the Rocket knocked in breaks of 116 and 80 to re-establish his dominance.

Hendry did not have high hopes for his compatriot at this stage, saying Higgins looked ‘weak’ but even when the Wizard doesn’t have his best spells available to him, he has one of the greatest mindsets in the sport.

The four-time world champion dug in, sharing the next two frames before claiming three tight ones on the spin, so O’Sullivan ended the evening just 9-7 up.

The 15th frame was pinched by Higgins from behind before incredible drama in the 16th as both spurned chances to get over the line and the Scot eventually did after O’Sullivan went in-off on the final red.

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We will only know how big that moment will be on Monday afternoon, but 9-7 feels a hugely different scoreline to 10-6.

O’Sullivan did falter in those last three frames, with frustration setting in during the last of the evening as he missed a red and punched the rail.

Hendry felt there was something missing in the Rocket on Sunday night, saying on the BBC: ‘He’s not looked the same player tonight, Ronnie. He’s not had that look in his eye.

‘Last night he just looked so intense, so focussed. Tonight, whether it’s because he’s got a lead, or for whatever reason…but when we see Ronnie showing frustration, it’s important that John punished him for that.’

Higgins wasn’t producing the spectacular, but Hendry was impressed with the fight he showed, as he has always shown on the baize.

‘He’s not played anywhere near the snooker he’s been playing this season but he’s in this match, it’s just incredible,’ said the seven-time world champion.

‘Last night I thougt John really struggled. Ronnie played outstanding and that’s going to put anyone on the back foot, but John looked un-John Higgins-like. A little bit nervous, a little bit intimidated but tonight he’s just battled, he’s just battled to stay in this match.’

As Higgins clings on, failing to find form, and O’Sullivan throws a fist at the table even when in front, this was just the latest demonstration of the intense pressure of the Crucible.

The pair are both 50 years old and have 11 World Championship titles between them, but no one is immune from wobbling on the Sheffield stage.

‘It shows you, the amount of times these guys have played, the amount of titles they won, the amount of world titles, the pressure on any given night can be absolutely huge,’ said Hendry.

The pair return to complete their contest at 1pm on Monday, with the first to 13 frames booking their spot in the quarter-finals.

The winner will take on Neil Robertson or Chris Wakelin in the last eight, with the Australian 10-6 up after their first two sessions.

A late burst from Robertson on Sunday afternoon saw him knock in breaks of 65, 66 and 101 to take a very good lead heading into Monday.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan was left angry during his World Snooker Championship match against John Higgins

Ronnie O’Sullivan was visibly angered during his World Snooker Championship clash against John Higgins. O’Sullivan was taking on the Scot in the last-16 encounter at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with a quarter-final berth at stake.

O’Sullivan had established a commanding 6-2 advantage heading into the evening session, but watched his lead whittled down to three frames as Higgins clawed the score back to 9-6 going into the final frame of the night.

As the seven-time world champion attempted to pot a red into the top corner pocket, his effort narrowly missed its mark, handing Higgins a lifeline in the frame.

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Following the missed pot, the Rocket made no attempt to hide his frustration, slamming his hand down on the side of the table.

The miss proved to be a costly one, as Higgins went on to claim the frame and narrow the gap to 9-7 ahead of Monday’s sessions.

Former world champion John Parrott reflected on the decisive final frame secured by Higgins, highlighting the significance it could have on the outcome of the match.

“A brilliant final frame and what a session of snooker that was – full of tension,” Parrott told BBC Sport.

“Both players had chances but John Higgins just refused to go away.”

Six-time world champion Steve Davis also weighed in on the closing session between, particularly the standard that both players showed in the match.

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“The standard dropped tonight, but isn’t it amazing that when it gets worse sometimes it can be more exciting because of the unexpected misses,” he said.

He also waded in on O’Sullivan losing his temper, saying: “All of a sudden Ronnie O’Sullivan bashes the table with frustration, what a boost for John Higgins to know the other guy is feeling it as well.”

Whoever emerges victorious from the clash will subsequently face either Neil Robertson or Chris Wakelin in the quarter-final at the Crucible later in the week.

Robertson currently holds a 10-6 advantage over Wakelin following Sunday’s afternoon session and will head into Monday’s play as the frontrunner to secure a quarter-final berth.

In the other evening session fixture, Wu Yize carved out an 9-7 lead over four-time world champion Mark Selby. The victor of this encounter would then face either Judd Trump or Hossein Vafaei in the quarter-final, with that particular match standing at 9-7 in Trump’s favour going into Monday.

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Aidan and Patsy Keane are expecting their first child together!

The couple had a stunning October wedding in Wales six months ago, and they both looked fabulous: Aidan wore a tailored black suit, while Patsy chose a stunning off-the-shoulder bandeau dress with delicate lace sleeves and a classic veil.

Now, their family is growing, as they prepare to welcome their first child together. Patsy has started to share her pregnancy journey so far with her followers on TikTok, and now she has posted a heartwarming video of the moment she told Aidan the wonderful news.

She captioned the video, which features footage of the couple sharing a kiss at the altar before walking down the aisle and a more recent clip of Aidan finding out he was going to be a dad: “Six months ago you made me a wife… and now you’ve made me a mummy.

“The past 6 months you’ve held my hand through the hardest days I’ve ever had. but you also gave me my happiest ones. I love you more than you’ll ever know”.

In the short clip, Aidan can be seen gently hugging Patsy, while their excited dog jumps up on the couch next to them, trying to offer the couple a toy to play with.

The video already has some lovely comments, with people noticing the dog’s reaction. One wrote, “When dogs know they know…and yours certainly does”.

Another said, “omg, the dog stole the show. congratulations from Cork”.

Aidan is the third child of Roy Keane and his wife, Theresa.

Last year, Roy welcomed two more grandchildren into the family. The footballer is currently a grandad to four.

His daughter Leah, who is engaged to Southampton defender and England international Taylor Harwood-Bellis, had her first baby, a little girl called Iris, last December.

In April, he shared on social media that he had become a grandad again with the arrival of his third grandson. He wrote: “My new grandson, big baby.”

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Sir Keir Starmer will set out new plans to crack down on retail crime, promising to call time on the shop theft “free-for-all”.

Speaking on Monday, the prime minister will hit out at “disgraceful” attempts to “cheat the system” through high street shoplifting, saying the government has put an extra 3,000 neighbourhood police officers on the streets.

The government has scrapped the effective immunity for thieves stealing goods worth less than £200. Meanwhile, ministers are also attempting to introduce a standalone offence for assaulting a retail worker in the Crime and Policing Bill going through Parliament.

But the two Houses of Parliament are currently in a tussle over the final draft of the Bill as the end of the parliamentary session nears.

Sir Keir is expected to say: “Working people – grafters – go to work, do the right thing, keep our high streets thriving and yet too often they are abused or assaulted by people who think they can get away with it and just cheat the system. It’s disgraceful.”

Pointing to previous immunity for thieves stealing goods worth less than £200, he will say: “That was a shoplifters’ charter, and we’ve ended it.

“We’ve toughened up punishment too. We’re giving police stronger powers, making the abuse and assault of retail workers a specific crime and giving you the same protections as emergency workers.”

Almost 80 per cent of shop workers said they experienced verbal abuse, more than half said they were threatened by a customer and 10 per cent said they were assaulted in the latest annual survey by retail trade union Usdaw.

Last year, there were more than 500,000 incidents of shoplifting – down 1 per cent on the previous year, but the drop may reflect a change in how such offences are recorded.

Offences where someone has entered a retail premises, steals, then either uses or threatens violence against staff or other people should be classed as robbery of business, police forces were advised in April last year.

This may account for the steep increase in the number of such robberies recorded, which rose 78 per cent to 26,158 in 2025.

Praising the incoming legislation, Joanne Thomas, Usdaw general secretary, said it delivers “much-needed protection of retail workers’ law”.

“While there has been a welcome small decrease in shoplifting across last year, the fact is retail crime continues to be a significant issue for the sector and particularly staff”, she said.

“Usdaw’s last survey found that this is in no way a victimless crime, with two-thirds of attacks on retail staff being triggered by theft or armed robbery.

“Having to deal with repeated and persistent offences can cause issues beyond the theft itself, like anxiety, fear and physical harm to retail workers.”

Ministers are working with police and the sector on efforts to combat retail crime, and the government has invested £5m in a specialist policing intelligence unit called Opal that aims to identify the most harmful offenders and disrupt shoplifting gangs.