The ObserverUK newsKray's deathbed secrets revealed'Don't make me into a nice person,' Ronnie told the childhood friend who has written his life story.Ronnie Kray, the violent gangster who ruled London's East End during the late Fifties and Sixties, shocked his older brother Charlie by admitting his homosexuality and goaded his twin brother Reg into experimenting with gay sex, a new biography reveals. Laurie O'Leary, author of A Man Among Men and a childhood friend of the Krays, says Ronnie summoned him to Broadmoor Hospital eight weeks before he died.

Afghanistan This article is more than 12 years oldThe curse of number 39 and the steps Afghans take to avoid itThis article is more than 12 years oldCar owners with 39 licence plates lament the stigma of a number associated with pimps and prostitutionOrdinarily the sight of a man having the numbers on his licence plate altered at a paint shop would would raise questions about whether a crime was being covered up.

Tom Smothers in 2003: ‘Fifty years later, I look back on us being fired, and I’m still pissed off.’ Photograph: Louis Lanzano/APTom Smothers in 2003: ‘Fifty years later, I look back on us being fired, and I’m still pissed off.’ Photograph: Louis Lanzano/APTV comedyTom Smothers of sibling comedy duo the Smothers Brothers dies at age 86Tom and brother Dick’s groundbreaking CBS show was pulled when they took a stance against Vietnam war and for civil rights

Donald Trump Trumpy Bear advert: Real or spoof? An ad for a Trump-inspired stuffed animal with an orange coif and bright blue eyes has caused confusion as to whether the product is real or a spoof. Trumpy Bear has an American flag blanket stuffed in the toy’s body and is selling for US$40. The fluffy bear actually debuted last year with the ad running on US conservative cable channels such as American Heroes and INSP but came to wider attention this week after the Trumpy Bear ad played on Fox News

Tiger Woods This article is more than 6 years oldTwo of five drugs in Tiger Woods's system on his arrest banned by PGA TourThis article is more than 6 years old Toxicology report reveals golfer had five substances in his system THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, was also allegedly present Two of five the items named in a toxicology report relating to the arrest of Tiger Woods appear on the PGA Tour’s list of banned substances.