Teen is left with the lungs of an 80-year-old lifelong smoker after vaping for just SIX MONTHS

Vaping could put you at the same risk of getting heart disease as smoking cigarettes, research suggests. Public Health England claims e-cigarettes are ’95 per cent safer than traditional tobacco’ and encourages smokers to make the switch. But researchers have found the devices may trigger changes in cholesterol linked to killer heart disease, similar to … Read more

Britain is set for more flood misery with half a month’s rain to hit in just three hours

Britain faces more flood chaos today with half a month’s worth of rain expected to fall in just three hours as 5.6 million take to the roads to get away for the bank holiday weekend.  A yellow storm warning remains in place for a swathe of southern England and South Wales, with another warning for … Read more

Summer Monteys-Fullam returns to the gym for the first time in six months 

Summer Monteys-Fullam works up a sweat in black sports bra and leggings as she returns to the gym for the first time in six months By Lisa Mcloughlin For Mailonline Published: 14:53 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 15:10 BST, 27 August 2020 Summer Monteys-Fullam worked up a sweat on Thursday as she revealed she … Read more

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer QUITS after just four months at the company

TikTok Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has left the company after just four months.  According to an internal memo sent out Wednesday, the 58-year-old blamed the ‘changing political environment’ for his abrupt departure.   Mayer’s resignation comes three weeks after President Trump threatened to ban the video-sharing app in the United States, claiming it may be … Read more

Katy Perry suggests she’d selected her daughter’s name MONTHS before giving birth

Floral dresses, filters, and even a single named DAISIES: Katy Perry’s social media activity suggests she’d selected her daughter’s name MONTHS before giving birth By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 12:38 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 12:38 BST, 27 August 2020 She welcomed first child Daisy Dove with fiancé Orlando Bloom on August 26th. … Read more

South Korea sees its highest number of coronavirus infections for months

South Korea reported 441 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday – its highest daily increase for four months – making strict lockdown measures very likely.   The country has added nearly 4,000 infections to its caseload while reporting triple-digit daily jumps in each of the past 14 days, prompting health experts to warn about hospitals possibly … Read more

Driver denies murder after woman he ran over dies months later

‘Road rage’ driver, 54, denies murder after woman, 40, he ‘ran over following prang’ died from Covid in hospital three months later Robert Barrow appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link from Wormwood Scrubs He is charged with Tahereh Pirali-Dashti’s murder and attacking Asghar Moradmand A two-week trial has now been set for September 17 this … Read more

Poor pupils are 18 months behind their classmates, report says

Poor pupils are 18 months behind their classmates when they take GCSEs as disadvantage gap grows, report says Education Policy Institute report found the attainment gap has stopped closing  Disadvantaged pupils in England are 18.1 months behind peers during GCSEs Analysis shows gap between poorer and affluent primary school pupils widened  By Faith Ridler For … Read more

Biogen conference in Boston led to roughly 20,000 coronavirus infections in two months 

A strategy meeting of a Massachusetts-based drug company played a much greater role in spreading the novel coronavirus than previously believed, a new study finds. The international Biogen Inc conference, held at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf hotel in late February, led to roughly 20,000 cases of COVID-19 across the US in two months. That … Read more