Scientists say Christmas food shop in-store can be as stressful as watching a horror film or sitting an exam. A study undertaken by Ocado Retail, and analysed by Professor Charles Spence, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, found that shoppers’ heart rates spiked by 44%, reaching 115bpm, when food shopping in a … Read more
UK holidaymakers are being warned they should check their passports – or risk being turned away at the airport. Since Brexit, running out of space in a passport is a real possibility for people who travel to and from the EU, with British passports now stamped on entry and exit. All passport holders must have … Read more
I’m a Celebrity runner-up Coleen Rooney has opened up about her post-jungle career in an interview with Good Morning Britain. Coleen joined Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid for her first live interview since leaving the jungle last night, December 8, and revealed it ‘felt like a dream’. In the interview live from Australia the 38-year-old … Read more
Having grown up in Sussex, in a country cottage “with low beams, little windows and lots of heavy chintz”, designer Matilda Goad spent her twenties living happily in the heart of Notting Hill. She and husband Tom, founder of building and design company Blockhouse Build, were ready to upsize in 2018 and they wanted to … Read more
Bashar al-Assad and his family are set to see a “precipitous fall in living circumstances” after fleeing Syria into exile in Moscow, says a former spy chief. Sir Alex Younger, who headed MI6 from 2014 to 2020, believes the deposed Syrian tyrant will discover “the deep shallowness and superficiality” of his relationship with Russia which … Read more
Police chiefs have warned Yvette Cooper that thousands of officers’ jobs will have to be cut because of a funding shortfall. Ten forces have written to the Home Secretary predicting that they will be more than £300 million short in the police funding settlement due to be announced this week, forcing major reductions to frontline … Read more
Jamie Carragher expressed his surprise at Ange Postecoglou’s verdict following Tottenham’s defeat to Cheslea. Spurs had raced into a two-goal lead against their London rivals but fell to a 4-3 loss, extending their winless run to four games. Postecoglou’s side sit 11th in the Premier League table and the defeat came only a few days … Read more
Jay-Z has described a lawsuit alleging he raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party in 2000 as a “blackmail attempt”. The federal civil lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant, but was refiled on Sunday to add the US … Read more
Several roads remain closed following a ‘disturbance’ in Acton that left a man dead and several others injured. The A4020 High Street remains closed in both directions between Acton Lane and The Vale with Mansell Road. It comes after emergency services were called to Birkbeck Road at around 4am on December 8 with reports of … Read more
Thousands of prisoners have been freed from Syria’s infamous jails as shocking footage emerged of a toddler appearing to be freed from a cell in the country’s “human slaughterhouse” jail. Just north of Damascus in the Saydnaya military prison women detainees, some with their children, screamed as men broke the locks off their cell doors … Read more