As many as two million Britons are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next five years, according to alarming new NHS figures. They have non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, or pre-diabetes — unhealthily high blood sugar levels. If they don’t take action, they could soon be joining the four million or so already diagnosed with … Read more
The night terrors came often but Harry Olmer remembers only one of his dreams. ‘I was standing facing my mother. We did not talk to each other, we just looked. There was a brick wall being built between us and it got higher and higher until… until I could no longer see her.’ The image … Read more
Taking on a vigorous hill walk with her husband, or playing with her two lively grandchildren, Rebecca Allison had never felt better. The birth of Nathan, now eight, and Caitlin, six, had given Rebecca — a smoker for more than 50 years — the incentive she needed to quit her 30-a-day habit four years ago. … Read more
Thousands of women’s lives are being lost to ovarian cancer because of needless delays in diagnosis, damning report warns Report by the Target Ovarian Cancer charity says there is huge postcode lottery In England, percentage diagnosed before untreatable ranges from 56% to 29% GPs and women themselves often do not know which symptoms to look … Read more
To me, the beautiful Labrador cross looked in tip-top condition. Lean, fit and full of energy. His owner had been coming in to see me regularly for years but this time she was distraught. The problem? Someone in the park had looked at her with disgust and said she should be prosecuted for cruelty because … Read more
A former WAG who manages a £6 million property portfolio visited a cramped caravan park with her three children as they swapped lives with a struggling family-of-eight from south London for a TV experiment. ‘Lady’ Jude Cissé, took her three children Cassius, Prince, and Marley to Devon where they had to survive on a tight budget … Read more
A woman who has been hand-feeding two generations of a badger family for more than ten years has shared close-up photos of her feeding the animals. Christine Ian, 53, has been caring for badgers every night in her garden near Stockport, Manchester and lays out badger treats on her decking. The creatures have become so … Read more
A student has outed her messy flatmates for the state they left their shared kitchen in a viral tweet – prompting hilarious videos of other uni digs. Rebecca Shaikh, 18, who is a first year chemical engineering student at the University of Bath and is living with 12 people, tweeted a snap of a smashed Loyd Grossman … Read more