Mummy, if I eat these will my tummy get big?’ My eight-year-old daughter was holding three chocolate mini eggs in her hand, looking at them with such suspicion that they might have been calorific grenades. How I hate these moments when I realise that despite all my efforts to shield my three daughters (the others … Read more
A British woman who was accused of vandalising Donald Trump‘s renovated Reflecting Pool has lashed out at the US president after charges against her were dropped. Sophie Dennison-Gibby, a British veterinarian who works in the US, was one of three people charged with misdemeanours related to damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following her … Read more
Astronomers have captured the death of a star from the very first explosive moments of its demise. In March earlier this year, the Einstein Probe, an orbiting telescope hunting for high-energy events, spotted a brief flash of X-rays coming from a galaxy 500 million light-years away. Within hours, ground-based telescopes all over the world had … Read more
A husband suffered a medical episode during sex with his wife that left him brain dead, with an organ procurement group then trying to harvest his remains against his family’s wishes. Keith Lott, 47, suffered cardiac arrest at his Swedesboro home on May 16 while he and his wife, Brook, were trying to make a … Read more
The way in which millions of us are told to save for retirement is setting us up for failure – and a frugal old age. I fear that unless we change the current model now, few will be able to afford the kind of retirement they want. We live under the delusion that pension saving … Read more
He’s made his name as the legendary DJ Fatboy Slim. But the star’s physique couldn’t be any further from his Fatboy name as he showcased his chiselled abs in a throwback magazine snap. The DJ, real name Norman Cook, turned 63 at the end of last month and marking his birthday his son Woody took … Read more
Disgraced reality star Stephen Bear was joined by his pregnant teenage wife as he entered court to admit breaching his sex offenders register requirements. The convicted sex offender, 36, was jailed in March 2023 for 11 months and placed on the register after he filmed and uploaded footage on OnlyFans of him having sex with the former … Read more
An ambulance driver who killed two pensioners, including a patient she was driving, in a crash has avoided jail after claiming she blacked out before losing control of the vehicle. The private ambulance driven by Julie Ijere, 60, veered into the opposite lane and hit a car on December 19, 2023. Great-grandfather Anthony Dawbarn, 93, … Read more
Nicola Peltz channelled her estranged mother-in-law Victoria Beckham‘s style in a headscarf and denim jeans amid their ongoing family feud. It’s not the first time Nicola, 31, has mirrored iconic looks previously favoured by Victoria, 52. Last year, Nicola slipped into a white hotel bathrobe and hair towel as she posed for photos, similar to … Read more
The University of Cambridge is launching a formal investigation into Professor Arday over claims he copied a colleague’s work and lied about his past. Critics have accused the 41-year-old of copying significant chunks of his PhD thesis from earlier research published by another student, leading him last week to admit to a series of errors in … Read more