Man, 40s, carrying an AXE is stopped outside Buckingham Palace and arrested by patrolling police A man carrying an axe near Buckingham Palace was stopped and arrested Officers were on patrol on The Mall at approximately 6.30pm tonight Armed police attended the scene where the male was detained and arrested on suspicion of carrying an … Read more
Greater proportion of women than men walking into retirement financially ill-prepared for journey ahead By Financial Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 A greater proportion of women than men are walking into retirement financially ill-prepared for the journey ahead. According to a major survey … Read more
Fridge 1960 Harold Macmillan was in Downing Street when Susan Loftus’s father Frank brought his Prescold Packaway fridge in 1960. Then the height of British design ingenuity, the appliance cost a princely sum of £57 – the equivalent of £1,300 today. Steve Catterall, from Blackburn, still has his mother’s electric hair clippers, made by Forfex … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing 2020 champion Bill Bailey has dedicated his win to the dancing dads of Britain following his victorious stint on Saturday evening. In a new interview, the comedian, 55, who became the series’ oldest ever winner, said he identifies with ‘every bloke in their 40s and 50s’ as he urged them to ‘not … Read more
He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving soap star, having appeared in Coronation Street’s very first episode in 1960. But William Roache has revealed that he once pondered quitting the cobbles. The actor, 88, who has played Ken Barlow, pictured, in 4,634 episodes, was speaking ahead of Corrie’s 60th anniversary on December 9. … Read more
A baby’s first sip of stout, picnics beside cars and braving cold seas: Nostalgic photos showing family life in Britain between the 40s and 70s collected in mesmerising new book The poignant pictures appear in When We Were Young, which draws on a collection of almost 800,000 slides They have been amassed by filmmaker Lee Shulman, … Read more
Mature mums live longer: Women who give birth to their last child in their 30s or 40s have longer, healthier lives, study claims Researchers studied around 1,200 women either in or undergoing menopause Found women who has their last child later in life also had longer telomeres These structures on chromosomes protect genetic material from … Read more
Covid-19 cases are soaring among middle-aged people in England and have almost doubled in a fortnight as the outbreak continues to grow, official figures show. Public Health England (PHE) data reveals 23.4 cases are now diagnosed for every 100,000 people aged between 40 and 49 — up from 12.4 at the end of August. And coronavirus … Read more
Police launch murder probe after man in his 40s ‘was assaulted by gang of youths’ in street The victim was allegedly attacked in Armley near Leeds, West Yorkshire, at 4am He was treated by paramedics who tried to save him but died a short time later A large police presence will remain at the scene … Read more
Woman in her 40s is arrested for murder after boy, 10, was found dead at house in west London By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 11:11 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 11:59 BST, 16 August 2020 A woman has been arrested and a murder investigation has been launched after a boy, 10, was found … Read more