On the door inside the shipping container which became a death trap for the 39 Vietnamese migrants was shocking evidence of the last desperate moments of their final journey. There, on the sealed exit separating them from the safety of the outside world, were the bloody handprints of victims who had banged frantically in vain … Read more
Sometimes a lowly cattle shed is just too . . . lowly. Not to mention outdoorsy. Ciara the Cow — so called because she arrived during Storm Ciara in February — would rather spend the festive period indoors, with the family, thank you very much. ‘She was fed by hand as a calf because her … Read more
Hundreds of people in village halls and meeting rooms around the country have heard me say these nine words a thousand times over the past seven years, because AA has been a sanctuary for me in my recovery. Hello, my name is Susannah and I’m an alcoholic. And here I am saying it outside those … Read more
Sometimes a lowly cattle shed is just too . . . lowly. Not to mention outdoorsy. Ciara the Cow — so called because she arrived during Storm Ciara in February — would rather spend the festive period indoors, with the family, thank you very much. ‘She was fed by hand as a calf because her … Read more
Hundreds of people in village halls and meeting rooms around the country have heard me say these nine words a thousand times over the past seven years, because AA has been a sanctuary for me in my recovery. Hello, my name is Susannah and I’m an alcoholic. And here I am saying it outside those … Read more
Dogs struggle to detect differences between similar-sounding words like ‘dog’ and ‘dig’, according to a new study. Hungarian scientists put electrodes on doggies’ heads to measure signs of recognition from brain activity as they listened to various spoken words. The dogs listened to known words (like ‘sit’), similar but nonsense words (‘sut’) and very different … Read more
Dogs struggle to detect differences between similar-sounding words like ‘dog’ and ‘dig’, according to a new study. Hungarian scientists put electrodes on doggies’ heads to measure signs of recognition from brain activity as they listened to various spoken words. The dogs listened to known words (like ‘sit’), similar but nonsense words (‘sut’) and very different … Read more
Lisa Curry has detailed her ongoing grief process and mental health struggle almost three months on from losing daughter Jaimi Lee, who died in September. In a heart-wrenching Instagram post on Monday, the Olympian was extremely vulnerable when it came to explaining her intense feelings. ‘Somehow, this change I find myself in now is testing my … Read more
Santa Pause! Toy shops struggle to fulfil Christmas orders because UK ports are blocked by mountains of PPE Backlog of scooters, Barbie dolls and toy castles built up at Felixstowe in Suffolk Thousands of containers of PPE were slow to move from the docks, reports say The congestion that followed encouraged ships to divert to European … Read more
The parents of up to 200,000 disabled children who need to go to court to access locked Child Trust Fund savings may no longer have to pay fees in order to do so, in a partial victory for campaigners. Families can ask for the Government to waive or refund Court of Protection fees of hundreds … Read more