Changing the time you wake up can affect your mood and increase your risk of depression

Having a lie-in at the weekend when you are used to getting up early all week can affect your mood and increase the risk of depression, according to a new study. Experts from the Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre used sleep and mood data from 2,1000 early career doctors taken over … Read more

Myanmar protests: Police blast protesters with water cannon in wake of coup

Protesters in Myanmar were blasted with a suspected chemical-laced water cannon today as massive crowds staged a third straight day of rallies to voice their anger at last week’s military coup.   Crowds in Yangon were estimated at hundreds of thousands on Monday as workers went on a nationwide strike to demand the return of democracy and … Read more

UK weather: Britons wake to more snow chaos today with 60-hour blizzard alert

Communities in parts of Britain could be cut off ‘for several days’ by blizzards with a ‘whiteout weekend’ in prospect for most of Scotland after multiple warnings for snow were issued culminating in a 60-hour alert. The Met Office said ‘some higher rural communities could become cut off’ for days, with no gas, electricity, water … Read more

Couple wake up to find crocodile lurking at the bottom of their swimming pool in South Africa

Get out of there – and make it snappy! Couple wake up to find 10ft crocodile lurking at the bottom of their swimming pool in South Africa Jacob and Angel Breytenbach, from South Africa, found the crocodile in pool They called a team of animal specialists to help remove the reptile from garden   Animal checked by … Read more

Icebox Britain braces for Beast from East II: Britons wake to snow and freezing fog

Britons were this morning waking up to bitingly cold conditions as most of the country was told to brace for bands of snow and ice.  In the early hours the Met Office revised its forecast and spared only the South East and parts of western Scotland from the yellow weather warnings.  Temperatures will struggle to … Read more

Nurse whose panic buying video went viral urges public to ‘wake up’

Critical care nurse who urged the public to stop panic buying food in March following a 48-hour shift says she is ‘still shocked by reality she’s living in’ and that people need to ‘wake up and stick to the guidelines’ Dawn Bilbrough said the pandemic has been ‘incredibly emotionally difficult’ Critical care nurse, 51, said she … Read more

Londoners wake to snow as ‘Beast from the East’ sweeps UK

Snow hits the capital: Londoners wake to dumping of the white stuff as ‘Beast from the East’ sweeps UK – while drivers are warned of icy roads after -11C plunge Snow has fallen around the South East, including in Sevenoaks, Kent, and Orpington, London, this morning  It comes amid yellow weather warnings for ice, which … Read more

Kourtney Kardashian declares she is ‘extra grateful’ to wake up in 2021 with kids Penelope and Reign

Kourtney Kardashian trades leather NYE dress for Christmas pajamas as she declares she is ‘extra grateful’ to wake up with kids Penelope and Reign By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com Published: 22:45 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 22:45 GMT, 1 January 2021 Kourtney Kardashian is clear on what ‘really matters’ in 2021. The 41-year-old looked … Read more

Invesco axes boss of Japanese funds in the wake of Woodford’s downfall

Invesco axes boss of Japanese funds in big shake-up in the wake of Woodford’s downfall Invesco is axeing veteran fund manager Paul Chesson Invesco said Chesson was leaving ‘by mutual consent’  Move is part of a review of the business to slash costs as its funds underperform By Emma Dunkley For The Mail On Sunday … Read more

Britons including large swathes of the south wake up to winter scenes after THUNDERSNOW hits north

The SNOW-NLY Way is Essex! Britain including large swathes of the south wakes up to winter scenes after THUNDERSNOW hits Scotland overnight with four inches set to fall today after temperatures plunged to -10C Essex was hit hard by a heavy snowfall as temperatures plummeted overnight, as well as in Kent and Suffolk The North … Read more