The Government’s “living with Covid strategy” has reached a new milestone, with the end of universal free testing for the virus. Of course, it never was actually “free” but instead paid for at great expense by the taxpayer. But from... Read more
A year after annexing Crimea, Vladimir Putin met various leaders involved to finalise the terms of what was, in effect, a surrender. There was dinner, with a large map of Ukraine in the middle of the table. At one point,... Read more
The cult-like component of 30 Seconds To Mars fandom has actually been acknowledged by the group. Since 2015, Leto has staged 30 Seconds To Mars “Summer Camps” for fans. Activities included yoga, cooking classes and – well, there’s always a downside... Read more
Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way: insomnia can be terrible but an hour of Michael Mosley doing his softly-spoken shtick works wonders. Joking aside, How to Sleep Well with Michael Mosley (BBC Two) was indeed a little... Read more
October 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Operation Yewtree, the police crackdown that put behind bars sexual predators Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and Stuart Hall. It was too late to hold to account Jimmy Savile, who died a free man.... Read more
The issue surfaced amid scrutiny about how businesses are operating in Russia given the economic sanctions on the Kremlin in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Last week, a spokesman for the Chancellor said neither Mrs Murthy nor any... Read more
MPs have rejected the Government’s top candidate to be the Charity Commission chairman, criticising him as an “archetypal and unimaginative choice”. Orlando Fraser, a barrister who served on the regulator’s board between 2013 and 2017, was named as the preferred... Read more
Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s outgoing political editor, has said “rule-breakers have prospered” in politics over the last five years. Kuenssberg, who will officially remain in the role until May, on Thursday published what she called her “last article” as political... Read more
Doctors too often “ignore” women’s pain, Sajid Javid said as he called for change in the wake of the Shrewsbury maternity scandal. Writing for The Telegraph, the Health Secretary said the wider NHS needed to do much more to listen... Read more
Confusion reigned over the Government’s position on conversion therapy on Thursday night after plans to scrap a ban were confirmed only to reportedly be ditched within hours after a backlash. A leaked briefing note seen by ITV News said the... Read more
Meanwhile, Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, on Thursday said it “doesn’t make any sense” for male patients to be asked if they are pregnant before undergoing scans. The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool currently asks all patients under... Read more
Downing Street spokesmen have said they will let it be known if Mr Johnson is issued with a fixed penalty notice, which would mean Covid laws had been broken. However, they have declined to make the same commitment for any... Read more
Dear Ask an Expert, My son recently started investing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrencies and, after experiencing some promising wins, is encouraging me to do the same. I am increasingly tempted by the quick returns on offer, but I... Read more
Telecom companies are hiking broadband costs by around 9.3 per cent, while millions of customers will see their mobile phone bills soar by 11.7 per cent. The dramatic increases, which are partly linked to inflation, have led to calls for telecoms... Read more
Around 46pc of the trust is in other investment trusts, exchange-traded funds and listed property companies. These include infrastructure trusts, specific discount opportunities and residential property landlord Grainger. Finally, Capital Gearing has 25pc in “dry powder” (short-dated bonds and cash),... Read more
Experts warned the longer house price growth continues at this pace, the more unstable the market will become. Andrew Wishart, of Capital Economics consultants, said: “With house prices continuing to rise apace, the risk of a more dramatic correction is... Read more
The elderly could be left out of pocket and isolated by an impending shake up of the postal system, campaigners have warned. First-class stamp prices will rise by 10p to 95p while second-class ones by 2p to 68p, as of... Read more
These website outages tend to be due to dramatically increased web visits, Octopus Energy said. A spokesman said the company had added additional capacity to bolster servers. However, customers still have another two days to submit their readings with Octopus,... Read more
“Inflation is up and interest rates have not caught up yet, so there is a window for people to take advantage of that now,” said Mr Armstrong. Landlords are betting that long-term house price growth will outstrip inflation. 2. Sell... Read more
Sarah Coles of Hargreaves Lansdown, the investment firm, said: “Unfortunately, because houses all had to be valued at the same time, there may have been an element of corner-cutting, so some valuations weren’t terribly accurate. You can challenge your valuation.... Read more
Climb aboard and you’ll find a driving position that’s just high enough to make it appealing to the SUV crowd, but low enough that the 2-Series doesn’t feel like a van. Thanks to the big windows and low dash, the... Read more
As with everyone, pre-schoolers are susceptible to the surge in dopamine – the feel-good chemical produced in the brain – that smartphone apps produce. “The body seeks to recreate more of these good feelings, and this is one reason why... Read more
I wonder how many people buy a bottle of shiraz without realising it is also a bottle of syrah. Plenty of grapes go under various synonyms of course, but this variety is the most high profile to be widely known... Read more
A third of the 1.3 million stroke survivors in the UK have aphasia, says Juliet Bouverie, chief executive of the Stroke Association. However, it is important to remember, says Bouverie, “it doesn’t affect people’s intelligence.” She adds: “We are saddened... Read more
Turkey claims to be an honest broker in its diplomatic quest to resolve the Ukraine conflict, but the military support it is providing Kyiv to help defeat the Russian invasion tells a very different story. In recent weeks Ankara has... Read more