Katy Perry on Taylor Swift former feud: ‘We don’t have a very close relationship’

‘We don’t have a very close relationship’: Katy Perry reveals what her friendship is REALLY like with Taylor Swift – after ‘forgiving her enemy’ and ending their six-year feud By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:30 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:51 GMT, 29 February 2020 Katy Perry has revealed she ‘doesn’t … Read more

TUI says Britons quarantined in Tenerife hotel allowed to return to Britain

Britons quarantined in a hotel in Tenerife who tested negative for coronavirus will be allowed back to return to the UK, tour operator TUI said. Holidaymakers at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace had previously been told they would have to remain in quarantine until March 10, after at least four tourists were diagnosed with coronavirus, as airlines refused to … Read more

Growing petunias on the balcony healed my broken heart

MEMOIR  ROOTBOUND: REWILDING A LIFE by Alice Vincent (Canongate, £14.99, 368pp)  How do you mend a broken heart? The dumped often find solace in getting drunk, gorging on ice cream or stalking their ex on Facebook. For journalist Alice Vincent, salvation came in the form of a tiny balcony. When this memoir begins, she is … Read more

Hilary Mantel, Michelle Gallen and Marina Lewycka: This week’s best new fiction

From Hilary Mantel’s cracking The Mirror & The Light to a funny debut by Michelle Gallen and Marina Lewycka’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Amber Pearson For Event Magazine and Eithne Farry For Event Magazine Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 The Mirror … Read more

Apple & blackberry plait | Daily Mail Online

Apple & blackberry plait By Suzanne Mulholland Published: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 This sweet plait is easy to make alongside the savoury version, as once you’ve got the hang of the technique you’ll be able to knock these up really quickly. This is delicious served with a … Read more

How a new implant, which adjusts up to five million times a day, knows when to soothe your pain 

People suffering debilitating chronic back and leg pain are finding relief at last – thanks to an implant that delivers mild electrical pulses to the spine. These signals help block pain messages being transmitted along the nerves to the brain, so relieving symptoms. A form of the treatment, known as spinal-cord stimulation, has been carried … Read more

Ratner: ‘High streets are DEAD, turn them into homes instead’

Gerald Ratner pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through his Twitter feed. We’re sitting backstage moments after he has given a speech about his fateful gaffe almost 30 years ago. The infamous moment is still dragged up daily on social media – and Ratner says he can’t stop himself looking up who has become … Read more

New York is making its own coronavirus test amid US shortage

Coronavirus test kits are in short supply, were flawed when they were first distributed to labs across the US and abroad, and the results can take days for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to verify.  Even the CDC’s coronavirus point person, Dr Nancy Messonnier, admitted on Friday that the diagnostic has been … Read more

Boris Johnson proposed in Mustique over Christmas

Boris Johnson has become engaged to girlfriend Carrie Symonds and the couple are expecting their first child, Downing Street announced last night. Mr Johnson put an end to months of speculation in Westminster by declaring that their baby would be born in the ‘early summer’ – and that he would become the first British Prime … Read more