Over a private lunch in his Downing Street flat three weeks ago, Boris Johnson persuaded the Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill that it was time to stand down. It was an amicable conversation as Sedwill had been thinking for a while it was time to move on. The burden of the job had become too … Read more
Alarm bells should always ring when someone is desperate to sell you something. And the marketing frenzy around equity release is no different. Equity release, also known as a lifetime mortgage, is a fairly niche financial product. Yet elderly and vulnerable homeowners are bombarded with regular TV adverts, letters and emails. Equity release, also known … Read more
Recent violent attacks by radicalised mentally ill people are ‘impossible to distinguish’ from terrorism, a new report has warned. The European police agency Europol said that incidents carried out by mentally ill people who have been influenced by hate speech and fake news could be classed as terrorism in its European Union Terrorism Situation and … Read more
‘It’s been mentally and physically tough!’ Olly Murs reflects on the ‘hard’ year following his knee surgery as he shares a video of his recovery journey By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 18:03 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 18:11 BST, 20 June 2020 Last June, Olly Murs revealed he had undergone a ‘serious’ knee … Read more
Kelly Clarkson is on an ’emotional rollercoaster’. The I Dare You singer admitted life has been ‘really hard’ while isolating at home due to the coronavirus pandemic because she’s been having to juggle all her work commitments – she still does her talk show and is working on a new album – with attending ‘non-stop’ … Read more
Nowhere will be immune to the job losses looming over Britain, but parts of the North and the Midlands are likely to suffer a disproportionate amount of pain. Manufacturing towns like Derby, where they make planes, trains and automobiles – three industries devastated by the pandemic – are bracing for heavy redundancies on top of … Read more
‘Miracle’ newborn baby almost died after crying so hard she developed HOLES in both her lungs Robyn Theaker spent 11 days in intensive care at York Hospital after her birth X-rays revealed she had small holes in both her lungs and the organs collapsed Her mother Kylie Theaker, 32, said it is a ‘miracle’ her … Read more
Most of us had ambitious plans for lockdown — to cultivate that veggie plot, paint the house, take up yoga, volunteer — but few of us have conquered the ambitious ‘to do’ list we sketched out in March. TV presenter Anita Rani has, however, been so productive in lockdown that her presence on TV and … Read more
Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder. More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more
Cleopatra and Elizabeth Bennett were right after all! Playing hard to get is just as effective on men as it is on women, says new study Research followed the behaviour of 130 single students chatting to new partner When speaking to someone ‘selective’, they were more likely to be interested Gurit Birnbaum from Israel’s Interdisciplinary Center … Read more