Need a trim during lockdown? The long and short of cutting your own hair

Looking a bit like Ben Gunn after a month of lockdown? The long and short of cutting your own hair By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 After more than a month of lockdown, many of us are now starting to … Read more

Austrian wines are wonderfully underpriced and have been great for so long

Austrian wines are wonderfully underpriced and have been great for so long… so why are they not household names by now? By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 23 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 23 April 2020 I’ve been banging the drum for Austrian wine so loudly for so … Read more

Why is it taking so long for health chiefs in Britain to approve antibody tests?

Coronavirus antibody tests which reveal exactly who has had the infection and is likely to be immune are said to be crucial for phasing countries out of lockdown. Germany, Italy, Finland and the US have all launched large-scale antibody testing programmes in recent weeks as they look to get society up and running again. South … Read more

Coronavirus CAN survive exposure to high temperatures for long periods, study shows

Coronavirus CAN survive exposure to high temperatures for long periods, study shows — suggesting current measures to disinfect research labs are ineffective Disinfectant protocols in labs typically see samples heated to 140°F for an hour This is sufficient to kill most viruses that experts might work with, such as Ebola However, French experts found that COVID-19 … Read more

One big lesson from the latest crash for small investors: Five years is not long enough any more

It is a canard of investing wisdom that short term stock market gyrations should not really matter.  If you have invested for the long term in a way that suits your objectives and attitude to risk, just sit tight. But what is short term and long term?  Five years has always been the standard stipulation … Read more

Sonja Morgan says co-star Ramona Singer ‘wants to be banged long and hard’ during sneak peek

Sonja Morgan says co-star Ramona Singer ‘wants to be banged a lot and hard’ during sneak peek of upcoming RHONY episode By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 19:17 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 19:26 BST, 14 April 2020 Season 12 of the Real Housewives of New York City kicked off earlier this month. And … Read more

Astronauts who spend too long in space suffer brain damage that may lead to dementia

Spending months in space without gravity can cause the brain to swell and increase the risk of astronauts developing dementia, a new study revealed. Researchers from the University of Texas studied brain scans of astronauts a year after they returned from the International Space Station for signs of damage.  The lack of gravity experienced by … Read more

How a virus like this one could harm health long after you’ve recovered

Long after the lockdown is lifted and the pandemic has receded, the UK health service may still be treating vast numbers of long-term victims of the coronavirus. Worrying evidence from early studies of patients with Covid-19 is emerging to suggest the infection may leave behind debilitating conditions ranging from sensory loss to heart and lung … Read more

How a virus like this one could harm health long after you’ve recovered

Long after the lockdown is lifted and the pandemic has receded, the UK health service may still be treating vast numbers of long-term victims of the coronavirus. Worrying evidence from early studies of patients with Covid-19 is emerging to suggest the infection may leave behind debilitating conditions ranging from sensory loss to heart and lung … Read more

‘My uncle, 91, pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm’: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

‘My uncle, 91, pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm’: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 23:24 BST, 11 April 2020 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors … Read more