MAGGIE PAGANO: Retail is the true bellwether for an economy
If you want to know what’s happening to the British economy, there’s no better place to see than taking a peep into Next’s headquarters in Enderby, Leicestershire. It’s here the…
HPV is making cervical cancer a ‘thing of the past’: Jabs prevents nearly 90% of cases
The HPV vaccine’s “remarkable” success has almost eliminated cervical cancer in young women, according to a major study. The NHS vaccine program has led to a drop in cases of…
HENRY DEEDES watches as MPs vote to block the suspension of one of their own
No sooner had the tellers called out the result than Labour’s benches erupted like an angry pub brawl. Although their face masks were able to keep us from the stench…
Who’ll find love on our blind date? This week it’s Karen, 46 and Laurence, 46
Karen, 46, (pictured), is single for seven months KAREN, 46 Dating Past I was with my children’s father for 17 years. I was only 17. We were together when we…
COVID-19 pandemic cost 31 countries 28 million combined years of life in 2020
A new study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic cost the entire world millions of years of human lives. The United States was among those countries most affected. Researchers at…
Dominican Republic president removes governor who said she’d ‘have a party’ for any non-vaxed person
After declaring that she would ‘have an open party’ for anyone who has not been vaccinated and dies from COVID, the Dominican Republic president was forced to resign. Elsa de…
Meetings with ministers, cosy chats in his office… how the Owen Paterson saga unfolded
1. THE RANDOX DEAL Randox hired Mr Paterson in 2015 after he lost his job as environment secretary one year earlier. The clinical diagnostics firm, based in Northern Ireland, pays…
Mercury falls to -2C as wintry scenes are captured across the country
Novembrr is here! Mercury drops to -2C while wintry scenes are captured across this country… and tomorrow will get colder than ICELAND Early risers in Cambridgeshire were treated to frost-covered…
And the Nobel Prize for beauty goes to… the boffin whose skincare will cost you £390 a month
Scientists have been the new rock stars of the pandemic era. We listen to every word they say and even use their egghead language from lateral flow tests to re-infection…
Marianne Power admits… Inspirational quotes make me want to scream
This is the first sentence of the rest of your life! All that you desire is yours! It’s all happening perfectly! How do you feel about these lines? Do these…