Cancelled events leave contributors out of pocket and in the dark as they struggle to reclaim funds

The coronavirus pandemic has seen a number of major events cancelled, including the Edinburgh Fringe festival, Glastonbury music festival and the Wimbledon tennis tournament.    But a number of smaller events have also had to postpone and it leaves a number of questions marks if and how exhibitors will be refunded. For example, those who had booked … Read more

Passengers fuming in struggle for cancelled flight refunds

Passengers who have had flights cancelled during the coronavirus lockdown have been left fuming as airlines put up barriers to cash refunds they are entitled to. Many customers are waiting to receive hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pounds from airlines and travel firms who have cancelled trips thanks to the ongoing pandemic. Yet, they are discovering … Read more

Joe Wicks reveals seeing his father struggle with a heroin addiction put him on a different path

Joe Wicks has revealed he promised himself that drug addiction would not be his ‘destiny’ after seeing his father Gary struggle from being a heroin addict. The fitness guru, 34, revealed he used exercise as a way to ‘manage my feelings’ as he and his older brother Nikki, 36, had to deal with their father’s … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks not covering themselves in glory as we all struggle for survival

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks are hardly covering themselves in glory as businesses and households struggle for survival – they MUST be working for us By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 4 April 2020 Our country’s banks, some rescued by us taxpayers in the 2008 … Read more

Ecuador is building ‘special camp’ for coronavirus victims amid struggle with increasing body count

Ecuador’s government said on Thursday it was building a ‘special camp’ for coronavirus victims in the country’s largest city of Guayaquil, where an outbreak has killed over 80 people, with many bodies left at home for days. President Lenin Moreno said the official total of 120 deaths across the Andean nation, among the highest tallies … Read more

NHS doctor describes ‘chaos’ as Britain’s hospitals struggle to cope with coronavirus pandemic

Working in an NHS hospital, you get used to gruelling 13-hour shifts that leave you wrung out from exhaustion.  Yet somehow, even when things are difficult, my colleagues and I have always coped.  Until now.  A doctor on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus response has shared their day-to-day experience as the number of cases in … Read more

Children who grow up near busy streets are twice as likely to struggle to communicate 

Children who live near busy roads are at a higher risk of having developmental delays, a new study finds. Researchers say that kids who live less than one-third of a mile away from high-traffic roads such as interstates and highways were twice as likely to score lower on tests of communication skills in infancy and … Read more

Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in their first year are more likely to have anxiety

Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in their first year are THREE TIMES more likely to have anxiety by age four Babies who have difficulty sleeping are also twice as likely to have depression Scientists in Australia tracked 1,500 babies through childhood Higher rates of mental illness were found in those who slept badly as … Read more

Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in first year are more likely to have childhood anxiety

Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in their first year are more likely to have childhood anxiety One in five babies has sleep difficulties in their first 12 months – such as frequent waking or trouble falling asleep These babies are three times as likely to suffer with emotional problems by the age of four, … Read more

Eva Mendes admits ‘struggle with food’ in social media post to fan as she shares ‘retouched’ photo

Eva Mendes admits her ‘struggle with food’ in social media post to fan as she shares ‘retouched’ photo By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:40 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 00:56 GMT, 6 March 2020 She celebrated her 46th birthday on Thursday. And hours earlier, Eva Mendes had taken to her Instagram to respond … Read more