Women in their 70s are more likely to have a husband today than a decade ago due to increase in life expectancy for men – but fewer UK adults are tying knot with only half currently married Just 50 per cent of adults over the age of 16 in England and Wales are married That … Read more
ER visits for sports-related brain injuries fell by 32% over last decade as fewer children played football, CDC report finds Researchers from the CDC looked at sports-related ER visits for children under 17 years old between 2001 and 2019 After a decade of increasing rates, visits for traumatic brain injuries dropped by 32% from 2012 … Read more
Radio fans can listen to AM and FM stations on old devices for another decade as digital switchover is put off yet again – until 2032 Media regulator Ofcom will renew all commercial analogue licences Nearly 60 per cent of all radio listening is now done through digital Analogue still has a loyal listenership of … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Footsie clocks up its best quarter for a decade as it bounces back from 25% drop at the start of the pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 The FTSE 100 has clocked up its best quarter for a … Read more
Barclays offers Britain’s first ever 10-year mortgage at less than 2% – but is locking in for so long a good idea? Barclays introduces first 10-year fixed rate mortgage under 2% interest Rates on long-term fixes fall across the board amid increased borrower demand Brokers warn borrowers that leaving these deals early could cost them By … Read more
‘I wish with all my heart I’d never become a sub-postmaster,’ says Sarah, 56, who took over the Starbeck Avenue branch in the Newcastle upon Tyne district of Sandyford in November 2005 Posing proudly outside her sub-post office, Sarah Burgess-Boyde looked the very picture of success. Trusted, respectable and capable, the popular sub-postmaster appeared a shining … Read more
Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, gulf waters sparkle in the sunlight, its fish are safe to eat, and thick, black oil no longer visibly stains the beaches and estuaries. Brown pelicans, a … Read more
The legendary British makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury and her model and makeup exert niece Sofia have shared their tips for doing your makeup – however old you are. The 47-year-old and her 18-year-old niece have a wealth of experience doing makeup backstage at catwalk shows and glamorous events, and have learned myriad tricks of the … Read more
A teenage girl had a ‘foul-smelling’ nasal stone removed from inside her nose that had been slowly growing for a decade. Doctors revealed the girl, who has not been named, had been suffering from nasal discharge and bleeding for many years. After X-rays and CT scans, it was eventually discovered that there was a strange … Read more
March was the quietest month in A&E since NHS records began because of Britain’s coronavirus crisis, figures today show. Casualty departments in England recorded just 1.53million attendances last month, down 430,000 – 22 per cent – on February. The number is also 630,000 lower (29 per cent) than March 2019, when 2.17million visits were made to … Read more