Britain becoming more energy self-sufficient is vital to keeping the lights on
People will be affected by the increase in National Insurance that reduces their wages starting April. As the caps are adjusted half-yearly, there will be significant increases in energy costs.…
DR ELLIE CANNON: Could I be at risk of a heart attack by exercising too much?
At 64 years old, I consider myself to be very fit. Three times per week, I visit the gym and love to work out to increase my heart rate. In…
Twins with breast cancer – one in the US, the other the UK – compare vastly different experiences
Nancy Groce and Nora Groce were identical twins who ‘just knew that’ one day they would be faced with breast cancer. Their great-grandmother, grandmother and aunt died from the disease.…
PETER HITCHENS: Just like the Reds, Greens think they’re too nice to be wrong
Last week, last week, I shared a story about an old Christmas in Moscow. Moscow was the capital city at that time of one of most bizarre ideas ever to…
Lady Mary actress Michelle Dockery is laden with shopping after popping into TK Maxx
Downton Abbey to downtown shabby… Lady Mary actress Michelle Dockery is laden with shopping after popping into TK Maxx (in a pair of £870 Gucci tracksuit trousers) Jane Wharton for…
Matt Hancock and lover Gina Coladangelo dragged into No 10 ‘cheese and wine’ probe
Matt Hancock and his lover Gina Coladangelo have been dragged into Downing Street’s ‘partygate’ row after it emerged they were at a ‘cheese and wine’ gathering with Boris Johnson during…
China harvests masses of data on Western targets from Twitter and Facebook, documents show
China has begun mining social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in order to obtain data from Western targets. This is done for the military, police and government agencies.…
Mounting evidence suggests some people are naturally Covid-resistant – even as virus mutates
This is a curious story, even though it’s common: A household is hit with Covid. But one member of the family never gets a positive test or has a sniffle.…
Reading University bosses remove part of Ancient Greek poem that mentions domestic violence
Reading University plans to cancel the Ancient Greeks. They have removed a portion of a poem that refers to domestic violence in order not upsetting students Decision taken on the…
Serial Grindr killer tells a jail friend that Eddie Redmayne or Kevin Bacon should play him
‘I’ve been told, I look like young Kevin Bacon’: Stephen Port (serial Grindr killer) tells friend that Hollywood star Eddie Redmayne or Captain America Chris Evans should’ve played him in…