The NHS could ‘easily’ win the war with Covid-19, but the price would be losing the battle with cancer, a top surgeon warned today. Ben Challacombe, a consultant urological surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said a ‘surge’ of cancer cases will come in the wake of the pandemic. But he fears a lot of … Read more
Motorists who park on pavements are to be hit with a £70 fine under new rules published by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The fixed penalty is designed to stop cars and vans blocking the free movement of wheelchairs, parents pushing buggies and morbidly obese people on mobility scooters making their way back from the chip … Read more
Good luck getting into your favourite restaurant today, if you haven’t booked long in advance. This Bank Holiday Monday is the final day of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, in which diners can claim 50 per cent of the cost of their meal (up to a maximum of £10 a head) from the … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: Forget loo roll… Derren shows we’ve run out of TV By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 Derren Brown: 20 Years Of Mind Control Sunday, Channel 4 Rating: Albion Sunday, BBC Four Rating: The time has arrived: we are running out … Read more
Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating symptoms dismissed as ‘attention-seeking behaviour’, according to 41-year-old Alison O’Neil. In spring 2014, the local government worker developed a numbness in her feet. ‘One day I was walking around the office without my left shoe on and I didn’t … Read more
Struggling with uncertainty, loneliness or boredom, many of us have sought comfort in food and drink in recent months. Indeed, according to a survey published last week by WW Weight Watchers Reimagined, half of us have gained weight during lockdown. This comes at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has already put our national obesity … Read more
Matt Hancock today called the dexamethasone breakthrough ‘one of the best pieces of news we’ve had’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, after the £5 steroid was proven to be the first drug to save lives. The Health Secretary described the results of the landmark Oxford University trial as ‘brilliant news for everybody’. The drug is already … Read more
Katherine and Daphne in Toronto, 2017, where Daphne was working When piano teacher Daphne Bryan was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she thought she’d never play again. But, as she and her daughter Katherine – a top flautist – reveal, when your passion and determination are strong enough, miracles can happen… Daphne’s story Music teacher Daphne, … Read more
Demi Burnett revealed on the latest episode of her podcast that things have been rocky between her and boyfriend Slater Davis, 25, since entering lockdown. ‘We’ve fought a lot during this, because we’d only been together, like, a month before the quarantine happened — like a month and a half,’ explained the 25-year-old Bachelor alum. … Read more
I’ve just been on a fabulous grand tour in Italy – on the road, on track and even in the workshop – with the scintillating new 211mph Ferrari F8 Tributo. And fittingly for the most powerful V8 in Ferrari’s history I had as my driving partner for the road-trip from the firm’s headquarters at Marenello … Read more