How a blast to the kidney could end high blood pressure for good

A revolutionary 60-minute therapy for high blood pressure could allow patients to throw their tablets away for good.  The unlikely remedy involves blasting nerves in the kidneys with sound waves to stop them sending signals to the brain that drive up blood pressure. It could slash the risk of heart attacks and strokes, two of … Read more

HOROSCOPES: Something good may happen this week, Taurus

HOROSCOPES: Something good may happen this week, Taurus By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 April 2020 Taurus 21 APRIL-21 MAY Saturn in Aquarius is already putting you under pressure and when the Sun in your sign challenges it on Tuesday you may wonder … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Have five weeks of mad lockdown panic actually done us good? 

I find it incredible that it is now five weeks since I wrote here: ‘We have gone quite mad. I know that many people are thinking this, but dare not say so. I will be accused of all kinds of terrible things for taking this view – but that is another aspect of how crazy … Read more

Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn on her struggle to be a good mother and have a pop career

Tracey Thorn was recently having breakfast with her husband Ben Watt in their Hampstead home. The couple have been together personally since meeting at the University of Hull in 1981, and professionally since starting the musical duo Everything But The Girl a year later. As a band, they had four top ten singles and their … Read more

How to make your background interiors look good on video conferencing calls

We are all becoming small-screen stars thanks to video conferencing websites that mean loved ones and work colleagues can still see each other during lockdown.  While dressing to impress for a video call seems to be all the rage, it’s also giving us the chance to peek into other people’s homes. Which means that getting … Read more

Dancing with gran after lockdown is ‘good for her health – and deepens family ties’ 

Dancing with your grandma for 15 minutes a week ‘promotes positive feelings and improves her state of mind’, study claims Scientists asked 16 dance therapy instructors to partner with their grandmother  Found a weekly 10-15 minute session had a dramatic impact on mental wellbeing Grandmothers in the project reported a better state of mind and … Read more

Food rich in vitamin D such as cheese and oily fish is good for the heart, research shows

Food rich in vitamin D such as cheese and oily fish is good for the heart, research shows Scientists have found vitamin-D foods may protect against heart attack or stroke The results come as great news for lovers of of cheese, eggs and oily fish  Increasing intake of vitamin D in food, rather than supplements, … Read more

Piers Morgan will host Good Morning Britain four days a week ‘for the foreseeable future’

Piers Morgan will host Good Morning Britain four days a week ‘for the foreseeable future’ after being lauded by fans for hard-hitting COVID-19 coverage By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 10:23 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 18:31 BST, 16 April 2020 Piers Morgan is now hosting Good Morning Britain for four days a week. … Read more