Huawei has unveiled a new version of its foldable smartphone – the first that will be released outside of mainland China. The Mate Xs is the Chinese tech firm’s second folding phone after the Mate X, which launched last year. Like its predecessor, the Mate Xs has a screen that wraps around the outside of … Read more
A medieval book that warns children against picking their noses, burping in public or eating all the cheese has been digitised by the British Library. The Lytille Childrenes Lytil Boke (The Little Children’s Little Book) was written more than 500 years ago by an unknown author and teaches etiquette and table manners. It has been … Read more
One-third of parents of toddlers don’t vaccinate their children on time, a new study estimates. Researchers found that 23 percent of mothers and fathers either limited the number of shots given per doctor’s visit or had their children skip at least one vaccine. Another 14 percent did not follow the guidelines recommended by the Centers … Read more
Rosena Allin-Khan stuns Labour hustings by belting out CHER hit If I Could Turn Back Time during her pitch to be deputy leader She belted it out at the end of her pitch to party members in Durham last night Tweeted: ‘Moderator said I had 25 seconds to spare – so I belted out some … Read more
SOCIETY A BIT OF A STRETCH: THE DIARIES OF A PRISONER by Chris Atkins (Atlantic Books £16.99, 336pp) Documentary maker Chris Atkins is in a rundown cell with a psychotic prisoner discussing the intricacies of quantum mechanics. He has more prison access than any journalist could dream of, but there’s just one catch: he is … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: Time is on my side, yes it is! The old music posters that can fetch £15k By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 Every week we give the low-down on the value of forgotten treasures that may … Read more
A mother who felt like a ‘zombie’, because her new baby was so restless she didn’t get a full night’s sleep for more than three months, claims her son now sleeps for 10 hours a night – thanks to a ‘magic’ pillow spray. Emily Pritchard, 26, and partner Ross Jewitt, 31, from Braintree, Essex, were left … Read more
Shocking moment train SMASHES into a truck stuck on tracks as man jumps out of the way of the hurtling vehicle just in time The Amtrak train was caught on camera plowing into a black tractor-trailer in Cibilo, Texas A man in a yellow high-vis jacket is seen leaping out of the path of the … Read more
Coronavirus quarantine patient David Abel dances to ‘I’ve had the time of my life’ as he entertains Facebook followers following his release from the Diamond Princess cruise liner David and Sally Abel were treated for pneumonia at a hospital in Japan The dad, who was infected with coronavirus, has bust some moves to Dirty Dancing The … Read more
Around 14 per cent of coronavirus patients tested positive a second time in one Chinese region despite being given the all clear. A health official in Guangdong Province told The New York Times that the patients had been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the virus but then fell ill again later. It follows reports in Japan of … Read more