Kerri-Anne Kennerley reveals she  ‘could not have picked anything harder’ than stage musical Pippin

Kerri-Anne Kennerley reveals she ‘could not have picked anything harder’ than stage musical Pippin after her exit from Studio 10 – as she describes ‘cruel’ training sessions that leave her ‘starving’ By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:01 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 21 November 2020 Kerri-Anne Kennerley was dumped … Read more

Politics was hard but depression was harder

HEALTH  Living better  by Alastair Campbell (John Murray £16.99, 320 pp) Each morning, as he wakes, Alastair Campbell takes stock of his mental health and rates it on a scale of one to ten. ‘One’, he says, ‘is pure unadulterated happiness. Ten is actively suicidal. I never hit, or even acknowledge either of those, deliberately. … Read more

Coronavirus has hit the poorest in the pocket harder than the richest

The coronavirus pandemic has continued to eat away at the finances of Britain’s poorest families, an economic think tank has warned. Families from lower-income groups have been left bearing the brunt of the struggling economy, with their outgoing costs outstripping any savings brought about by the current restrictions and leaving them with increasing debts.  In comparison … Read more

Beauty Knowhow: Make your eye cream work harder 

Beauty Knowhow: Make your eye cream work harder By Edwina Ings-chambers For You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 18 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 18 October 2020 If you’re looking to simplify your daily routine, this surprising approach is worth a closer look… Where do you apply your eye cream? If you’re in South Korea … Read more

Courts to come down harder with bans for motorists with 12 or more points

Courts to come down harder with bans for motorists who accrue 12 or more penalty points on their licence after thousands avoided disqualification using ‘exceptional hardship’ loophole Over 9,000 UK driver are believed to be driving despite having 12 or more points Most have avoided disqualification by claiming it would result in ‘exceptional hardship’ as … Read more

Reading: Books with busy pictures ‘make it harder for kids to focus and understand the story’

Children’s books with lots of really detailed pictures ‘make it harder for kids to focus and understand the story’, study shows US researchers modified half of a kids’ book to remove all its needless pictures 6–8-year-olds were given it to read while their eye movements were tracked The kids were less distracted and learnt more … Read more

British Royals: The Queen and family work harder and cost taxpayers less than European counterparts

The British monarchy works harder and costs the taxpayer less than their European counterparts, a study has found. The Constitution Unit at University College London found only the Belgian and Spanish royal families cost less per head of the population, reported The Times. In 2017-18 the Sovereign Grant was £75.1million, or £1.14 per person, acording … Read more

British Royals: The Queen and family work harder and cost taxpayers less than European counterparts

The British monarchy works harder and costs the taxpayer less than their European counterparts, a study has found. The Constitution Unit at University College London found only the Belgian and Spanish royal families cost less per head of the population, reported The Times. In 2017-18 the Sovereign Grant was £75.1million, or £1.14 per person, acording … Read more

FDA will make it harder for COVID-19 vaccines to get approved

BREAKING: FDA will make it HARDER to get a coronavirus vaccine approved in a move that could block Trump’s plan to have a shot before Election Day The FDA is expected to announce new, tougher requirements for a COVID-19 vaccine as early as this week, anonymous sources told the Washington Post Tougher guidelines will make … Read more

Binge-drinkers’ brains have to work harder to feel empathy for other people in pain, study shows 

Binge-drinkers’ brains have to work harder to feel empathy for other people in pain, study shows Researchers studied the MRI brain patters of people who regularly binge-drink  They put binge-drinkers and non-binge-drinkers through a pain perception test This involved pictures of injuries and then estimating the possible pain levels People who binge-drink found it harder … Read more