Calls for Priti Patel to quit as she heads to the Home Office

Calls for Priti Patel to quit as she heads to the Home Office amid claims she led ‘vicious campaign’ to oust Sir Philip Rutman while ex-aide says ‘bullying’ minister drove her to take ‘overdose’ ending with £25,000 DWP payout Diane Abbott insisted Ms Patel should stand down while complaints are analysed PM has asked Cabinet … Read more

TV star Laurence Fox goes cold turkey (almost) at the Barberyn retreat in Sri Lanka

The month began with gin, and it wasn’t long before strange, melancholic headaches became a regular feature. By the third week of this particular month (I’m not saying which), things needed to change. That’s how I find myself at the Barberyn retreat and spa in Beruwala, an unfussy little town on Sri Lanka’s west coast, … Read more

Greggs on a roll! High street bakers sees 13.5% sales rise

Greggs enjoyed a 13.5 per cent sales rise to £1.2billion last year boosted by its vegan sausage rolls – but today warned February sales have been much lower because of the poor weather.  The business said that it had a very strong start to 2020 in January, ‘but significant slowdown in February due to storms’. Profit … Read more

Goodyear unveils a ‘self-regenerating’ tyre that can be RECHARGED

Goodyear unveils a self-regenerating TYRE that uses a capsule of biodegradable liquid ‘inspired by spider silk’ in the centre of the wheel to ‘recharge’ the tread The tyre was originally set to be unveiled at the Geneva motor Show this week  But fears over Coronavirus forced the organisers to cancel the landmark event  Goodyear has now revealed … Read more

Grandmother-of-three, 67, was left with PTSD after routine NHS medical check

Every week for nearly a year, Lorraine Shilcock attended an hour-long counselling session paid for by the NHS. She needed the therapy, which ended in November, to cope with the terrifying nightmares that would wake her five or six times a night, and the haunting daytime flashbacks which turned her into a trembling wreck. Lorraine, … Read more

Who’s a greedy cat? Adorable moment kitty sticks its head down a cardboard tube

Who’s a greedy cat? Adorable moment kitty sticks its head down a cardboard tube as it sniffs out a piece of chicken A camera caught one-year-old Simon’s greedy expression as he reached for food Video also caught sounds of the cat panting as it reached the hidden snack Owner Anastasia Sviridova set the camera trap … Read more

The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan review: ‘A gripping work of detection’

Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender is a gripping work of detection into the 1973 experiment that changed the course of psychiatry By Sarah Ditum Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 21 January 2020 The Great Pretender Susannah Cahalan                            … Read more