Dozens of giant UK firms pledge to slash food waste by 30 PER CENT in a victory for MoS 

Dozens of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, restaurants and food manufacturers have pledged to slash their food waste by 30 per cent as part of a landmark environmental agreement, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In a major boost for this newspaper’s War On Food Waste campaign, 47 of the country’s leading food companies have vowed to ramp … Read more

Angelina Jolie reveals daughter Zahara, 16, recently had surgery

Angelina Jolie gave a rare glimpse into her life as the mother of six children in a new piece that she penned for Time Magazine in her capacity as a contributing editor. The 46-year-old interviewed medical student Malone Mukwende about his initiative to bridge the gap of medical knowledge when it comes to people of color … Read more

Angelina Jolie visit refugees in Burkina Faso

Angelina Jolie says ‘there is nowhere I would rather be today than here’ as she dons headscarf to visit refugees in Burkina Faso Ms Jolie, 46, spoke in the West African nation to mark World Refugee Day Speaking at Burkina Faso’s Goudoubo refugee camp, she said she admires those who have to flee their homes She … Read more

Locked-down Britons spent £93billion online in 2020

Britons splashed £93billion on online shopping in 2020 alone – up from £64billion in 2019, a United Nations study has revealed. In total, 23.3 per cent of all retail sales were online in the UK last year, marking a rise on the 15.8 per cent seen one year prior. Globally, 19 per cent of all shopping was done … Read more

Locked-down Britons spent £93billion online in 2020

Britons splashed £93billion on online shopping in 2020 alone – up from £64billion in 2019, a United Nations study has revealed. In total, 23.3 per cent of all retail sales were online in the UK last year, marking a rise on the 15.8 per cent seen one year prior. Globally, 19 per cent of all shopping was done … Read more

Child genius, 15, becomes youngest ever to be awarded fellowship by Royal Society of the Arts

A 15-year-old child genius has become the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship by the Royal Society of the Arts.   Monty Lord, from Preston, Lancashire, has now had his name etched alongside others including Charles Dickens, Stephen Hawking and David Attenborough. The child genius has broken numerous world records and gave an official presentation … Read more

Billionaire ruler of Dubai’s Scottish estate expands with new waterfront lodges

The billionaire ruler of Dubai’s ‘hideaway’ Scottish estate is expanding with two new waterfront lodges as building work begins on a third amid fears for his missing princess daughters. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who only visits the Inverinate retreat in Wester Ross a few weeks of the year, is extending the plot to around a … Read more

Nadiya Hussain fronts campaign urging Bangladeshis in Britain to get their Covid jabs

GBBO star Nadiya Hussain fronts campaign urging Bangladeshis in Britain to get their Covid jabs amid hesitancy and low uptake of the vaccine within the community Nadiya Hussain has joined NHS in a bid to tackle hesitancy surrounding the jab  She was joined by Asma Khan from the Chef’s Table and MasterChef’s Dr Saliha NHS data … Read more

Food waste: The average household bins 163lbs of leftovers every year, UN study warns

The average household bins around 163 lbs (74 kg) of leftovers every year, the United Nations’ Food Waste Index Report 2021 has warned. This contributes to the 931 million tonnes of food waste the world generates annually — equivalent to 17 per cent of all the fare available to consumers in 2019. The report was produced by … Read more

North Korea continued nuclear and missile programmes in 2020 thanks to cyber hacking money, UN says

North Korea continued its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions and funded them with £220m ($300m) stolen through cyber hacks, according to a confidential United Nations report.  Kim Jong-un’s regime ‘produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure’ while continuing to seek material and technology … Read more