Katie Price left sobbing in agony outside the hospital before being carried into a car by boyfriend Carl Woods following her six hour surgery to repair her broken feet By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 14:06 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 14:10 BST, 15 August 2020 She underwent a gruelling six hour operation to … Read more
‘No money changes hands – it’s all about making someone you don’t know happy. It really restores your faith in humanity,’ says The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades Stopped clocks, dog-eared toys… these broken but much-loved possessions have become primetime TV stars. Eimear O’Hagan finds out how must-watch series The Repair Shop is helping the … Read more
A ‘Holy Grail’ heart failure cure could be on the horizon after scientists worked out how to regenerate specialised cells in the muscle. Injecting the gene which drives cell growth in people’s infancy could restore tissue which is damaged during a heart attack, a study on pigs has found. Currently, people who have heart attacks … Read more
Roads, railways, buses and trams are to receive a £283 million funding boost and half a million bike repair vouchers will be made available as part of plans to get Britain moving again during the coronavirus crisis. The Transport Secretary said today the cash injection, divided into £254m for buses and £29m for trams and … Read more
Widower breaks down as he listens to the radio he bought with his late wife more than 60 years ago after taking it to The Repair Shop to have it fixed two years after it stopped working Albert Thompson and his fiancee Eileen bought a transistor radio in the 1950s It was a family favourite but … Read more
The Repair Shop customer tears up as she sees restored Davy lamp which her WW1 war hero grandfather used to prop up a mine roof and keep himself alive during a collapse The Repair Shop customer Rita brought in grandfather Hubert John’s Davy lamp Mr John became a miner after returning from serving in the … Read more
Scientists discover human gene that can help damaged tissues in the heart repair themselves Scientists have found a way to repair heart muscles in a medical breakthrough Came after researchers targeted gene that can cause cancerous cells to spread They found when it becomes active in heart it helps to mend damaged tissues By Colin … Read more
Extensive work to repair Notre-Dame cathedral has ground to a halt a year after it was nearly destroyed by a devastating blaze. Work was suspended on the Paris 13th-century cathedral, one of the world’s most revered monuments, amid France‘s coronavirus crisis. It means President Macron‘s promise to have the UNESCO heritage site restored within five years in time for … Read more