3 h. ago Best Secret Santa ideas under £20 that friends and colleagues will love

Thoughtful (but not too thoughtful) gifts that’ll earn brownie points

Economics

11 h. ago The truth about smartwatches? Life is better without a hectoring zealot on your wrist | Zoe Williams

According to a new survey, many people experience ‘tech regret’ – especially when it comes to surveillance devices they have boughtThe most regretted house tech, according to a recent survey, is smart lighting and video doorbells, with speakers in third place. It’s pretty obvious why: smart lighting addressed itself to the unbearable onerousness of getting off your arse and turning on a light, a problem nobody ever had, or if they did, they probably had 99 more pressing concerns. The appeal of the video doorbell was that something interesting may happen; maybe it would catch someone doing a crime, or a heartwarming moment when your kid ran back for one last hug on their first day of school, and you could put that on TikTok and be famous for five seconds, or – ideal world – it would catch one of your friends bitching about you. It is amazing, in this world of hypersurveillance and connectedness, how rarely any of those things, or indeed, anything interesting or unpredictable at all, ...

Politics

5 d. ago Lord Mandelson suggests Jeffrey Epstein may have been 'murdered' in prison

Lord Mandelson appeared to suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have been murdered as he admitted he does not have the 'faintest idea' how his former friend dead

Events

2 w. ago Specsavers director is suspended for wrongfully billing £80k on expenses including Secret Santa gift and hotel stays

Mark Edgar, 45, used the multinational optician's money to pay for taxis, car repairs, meals and hotel stays when tensions were high at home with his partner and baby.

Economics

2 w. ago Best friend gifts: Fabulous ideas to spoil your inner circle

Good friends deserve great gifts. Here’s our edit of the best to give

Politics

3 w. ago I've been using Mounjaro for nearly a year and have lost five stone without any nasty side

As someone who has lost 5st using Mounjaro without any nasty side-effects, you might assume I'd be happy about extending the miraculous medication to our furry friends. Not so, I'm furious at the very idea.

Politics

last month The power of pulses: 15 easy, delicious ways to eat more life

Want to consume more gut-friendly fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins and antioxidants? Like the idea of a more sustainable diet? Here is the answer - and baked beans are only the startWorried about rising food prices, your diet’s carbon footprint or whether you’re eating healthily enough? Believe it or not, there could be a magic bullet: pulses.According to a study by the University of Reading, published in the European Journal of Nutrition in March, adults who eat more pulses – dried beans, peas and lentils – have a higher intake of nutrients including fibre, folate and vitamins C and E; minerals such as iron, zinc and magnesium; and a lower intake of saturated fat and sugar. Similar results have been found in American, Australian and Canadian research. Continue reading...

Politics

last month Meghan Markle left 'inconsolable' after scathing attack from 'role model'

The Duchess of Sussex was slammed by a biographer and friend of Princess Diana who said 'all her ideas are total crap' which apparently left a raging Meghan in tears

Politics