Boris Johnson’s rejection of lockdown could pay big dividends in 2022
When Professor Chris Whitty first presented his case for lockdown to the Cabinet, none of them could be expected to know what the effects would be. Now…
Television mumbling blamed on directors who think it is ‘cool’ for actors to slur their words
It is an all-too common complaint from television viewers – you sit down to watch a gripping drama, only to find the dialogue inaudible. Mumbling actors have…
Travel Man: 96 Hours in Iceland, review: new host Joe Lycett steadies the ship
Luckily, Travel Man has never really been about the places they visit. (A point proven by the fact that the show visited Iceland not that long ago,…
Clarice, Alibi, review: beneath the clichés, there’s a decent show scrabbling to get out
Who knows the ways of IP lawyers and all the other people who really control entertainment, but it’s taken nearly 30 years for series television to fully…
Nicola Sturgeon ‘better off moving out of government HQ’ than making it go green
However, the assessment concluded that the technical challenges associated with the project were so complex that the Scottish Government should examine moving out of the building altogether….
Return to ‘rule of six’ for England among options being considered by Government for January
In Northern Ireland, socialising is capped at three households, while six people can meet in pubs, bars and restaurants – or 10 if they are from the…
Speaker backs letting babies in House of Commons debates after Parliament childcare row
The remarks, which carry weight given Sir Lindsay’s position, could be taken into account by the Procedure Committee as it considers rule changes in the New Year….
Crossbow laws could be tightened in wake of Windsor Castle incident
Recommendations could range from keeping the status quo to toughening up the law, it is understood. Despite being linked to a number of high-profile murders and violent…
Deprivation, drugs and a Tory MP: where levelling up faces its toughest test
Ministers repeatedly use the town’s woeful health outcomes to underscore the UK’s stark regional inequalities. Blackpool has one of the worst life expectancies in the country and…
Liz Truss becomes favourite to succeed Boris Johnson among Tory members
Liz Truss has overtaken Rishi Sunak as the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson among Tory members, a new poll has found. According to Conservative Home, just over…
No fresh Covid restrictions to spoil New Year’s Eve
Mr Johnson tweeted on Monday: “We will continue to monitor the data carefully, but there will be no new restrictions introduced in England before the New Year….
The Telegraph’s investing tips for 2022 – and how last year’s fared
BlackRock European Dynamic European shares trade cheaper than US rivals but there are world-class companies there, and they are due a catch up. This fund has an…
‘How can I stop my noisy neighbours making my life a misery?’
I am using the term “nuisance” which in law is defined as “an unlawful interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of land or of some right…
How to keep your money safe in 2022
Based on my past cases, here is my Consumer Champion’s checklist for keeping your money safer in 2022. 1) Be ‘scamdemic’ prepared My mailbag was bursting with…
How to reset your pandemic body and get fit in 2022
Cold days and dark nights don’t make that easy, of course. But maintaining motivation is done far more easily when others are involved, which is why sports…
Should you take a mental health sick day?
Have you ever longed to take a day off work to lower your stress levels? If so, you probably dismissed it as ‘weak’, and soldiered on. In…
What, as a doctor, I’ve learnt in nearly 2 years of Covid
The damp and misty weekend in London before Christmas reflected the mood of the capital under the shadow of the rampant new omicron variant of the coronavirus….
All the things we learnt in 2021 that we’re carrying through to 2022
While, on the surface of it, 2021 could be described as a total wash-out, it’s also been a time of recalibrating, discarding old assumptions, taking on board…
Women footballers deserve the same protection as men
Earlier this month, a pitch invader made it onto the turf at a Champions League match in London between Chelsea and Juventus, causing a brief suspension. Footage…
Make Boxing Day great again, by scrapping the sales forever
Another hallowed tradition gone. Only kidding. What I mean is, some people have had to wait an extra day after Christmas before hitting the sales. Marks &…
My news blackout is the path to festive bliss
I often find that what I am doing turns out to be what the rest of the world is doing, too. This is bad news for people…
Janice Long and I smashed the BBC boys’ club – and livened up British music
This, then, was the culture Janice was thrown into. We may have been female, but it was still a man’s world. Fortunately she knew her music,…
What I have learnt from you this year, dear reader
On the noticeboard above my desk, in among my daughter’s early doodles, family photos, and an abundance of Matt cartoons, is one of my all-time favourite Letters…
Future drivers will miss the thrills and skills of the open road
My usually calm dad started smoking again while teaching me to drive. He hadn’t had a cigarette in 20 years, but I crashed so many gears attempting…
The costs of fresh Covid restrictions need to be confronted
Boxing Day saw the return of a series of coronavirus restrictions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the reintroduction of social distancing protocols and limits on…