The painful truth about dentistry in lockdown

Lesley Platts, an NHS occupational therapist who is managing hard-pressed care services in London, is suffering an additional burden — a nasty toothache that her dentist won’t touch. Her dentist isn’t being difficult — it is because they are under lockdown and banned from physically seeing patients. Lesley, 50, is one of around 600,000 patients … Read more

People who do yoga regularly have fewer, less painful migraines, study shows 

Downward dog can relieve migraines: People who do yoga regularly have fewer, less painful headaches, study shows Researchers studied 114 adult individuals who were regular migraine sufferers Half were given medication while the other group were prescribed yoga as well Both groups’ headaches improved over the following three months of the study However, the yoga group … Read more

Sue Perkins reflects on her ‘painful’ fallout with Paul Hollywood

‘I’m devastated about what happened’: Former Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins reflects on ‘painful’ fallout with Paul Hollywood after she quit the show Sue and Mel hosted Bake Off on the BBC from 2010 but did not move with the show to Channel 4 in 2017   They were replaced by Noel Fielding, 46, … Read more