HANNAH BETTS asks will you have to iron again with a handheld steamer?

The last time I ironed, I was 18 and freshly arrived at university.  ‘How hard can this be?’ I thought, brandishing said implement with a sweeping gesture that began on a blouse and proceeded straight up the tender skin inside my left arm. Horrified by my wounds, the boy downstairs offered to press things for … Read more

Locksmith fixes iron gates at Dec Donnelly’s £5million home after botched burglary attempt

Locksmith fixes iron gates at Dec Donnelly’s £5million home after ‘professional’ burglary gang botched attempt to rip them open while star slept asleep upstairs with wife and young daughter Police rushed to presenter’s home in West London shortly after 1am on Tuesday Mr Donnelly, 45, wife Ali, 43, and their two-year-old daughter Isla were all … Read more

Locksmith fixes iron gates at Dec Donnelly’s £5million home after botched burglary attempt

Locksmith fixes iron gates at Dec Donnelly’s £5million home after ‘professional’ burglary gang botched attempt to rip them open while star slept asleep upstairs with wife and young daughter Police rushed to presenter’s home in West London shortly after 1am on Tuesday Mr Donnelly, 45, wife Ali, 43, and their two-year-old daughter Isla were all … Read more

Two metal detectorists charged with theft after discovering 1,000 Iron Age gold coins in Essex

Two metal detectorists in their 60s are charged with theft after discovering 1,000 Iron Age gold coins worth ‘more than million pounds’ in Essex Couple in their 60s charged after discovery of 1,000 Iron Age gold coins in Essex Shane Wood and Kim Holman are accused of failing to declare the treasure haul Wood, from … Read more

Driving Iron Man’s electric supercar: We test the Audi e-Tron GT

It took me all of about five seconds and a few hundred yards of driving to get the measure of Audi’s new flagship electric grand tourer – the e-tron GT. There are very few cars with which you feel almost instantly at ease and intuitively in tune – and this is one of them. The … Read more

US Army rifle stabilizer that was a component of its defunct ‘Iron Man’ suit program

A new stabilizer could soon turn any soldier into an expert marksman, able to hit their targets with deadly accuracy—even from a standing position. The Aim Control Enhancer, or ACE, is being evaluated by the US Army for its Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) Program, which fast-tracks cutting-edge firearms.   The device easily attaches to a … Read more

Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister

‘Britain needs Margaret Thatcher’: Voters aged 18 to 24 choose the Iron Lady as the best former Prime Minister to be in charge of tackling Covid-19 and Brexit Even in Scotland, voters yearn for Maggie Thatcher’s famous resolute approach  Thatcher nostalgia is shared by Northerners, who bore brunt of unemployment They are the findings of … Read more

History: Iron Age village in Essex may have been burnt down by the Romans after the Boudiccan revolt

Archaeologists have dug up remains of an Iron Age village in Essex — one that may have been burnt by Roman forces in retaliation for the Boudiccan revolt of 61 AD. Experts from Oxford Archaeology East have revealed at least 17 roundhouses within a large defensive enclosure at Tye Green, Cressing, in the district of Braintree. … Read more

Catherine Zeta-Jones suffers a Christmas decorating injury as an IRON ROD lands on her foot

She spent the weekend filling her home with festive fandangles.  And on Sunday, Catherine Zeta-Jones, 51, revealed that she’d suffered a Christmas decorating injury as an IRON ROD sculpture landed on her foot.  The Chicago actress took to Instagram to share a video of her foot wrapped in a bag of ice, and explained what … Read more

Sharon Osbourne pens sweet message for Ozzy’s 72nd birthday while Kelly calls him the ‘iron man’

Sharon Osbourne led husband Ozzy’s birthday well wishes on Thursday as the Black Sabbath rocker turned 72.  The former X Factor judge, 68, took to Instagram to pen a sweet message, while their children Kelly, 36, and Jack, 35, posted throwback photos from their childhood.  Kelly described Ozzy as her hero and said it was … Read more