16 h. ago Expert explains in horrifying detail exactly what happens to your body when you're boiled to death

Despite being a popular medieval torture method -boiling to death can still happen in the modern day. It is one of the most lengthy, horrific and foul deaths with the body slowly collapsing under the pressure of boiling water

Events

37 h. ago Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novelBrotherless Night opens with 16-year-old Sashi Kulenthiren, who hopes to be a doctor like her eldest brother, making tea when the kettle slips out of her hand, causing her to pour boiling water on herself. When a neighbour, K, hears her screams, he rushes over to help, cracking raw eggs over the scalds to soothe the pain. “So I began as K’s patient though he ended as mine,” Sashi reflects.Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, VV Ganeshananthan’s coming-of-age novel – which won the 2024 Women’s prize for fiction – is an epic and hard-hitting tale of family and survival as it documents life during the civil war between Tamil separatists and the Sinhalese majority that lasted three decades. Before fighting breaks out, Sashi’s most pressing problem is whether she will pass her exams at school. But soon violence and kidnapping become the norm, communities are...

Events

56 h. ago 'I don't need a gardener anymore' says owner of Amazon bestselling strimmer

The 21V Cordless Strimmer, Telescopic Lightweight Grass Trimmer has been reduced in the Amazon summer sale

Politics

3 d. ago Meet the £22 Amazon garden gadget that 'rips out weeds in seconds'

Ideal for those that struggle to get out in the garden, this £22 gadget could transform your outdoor space.

Economics

4 d. ago 'Boil in the bag' cremation heats body until DNA is destroyed

Water cremations, sometimes referred to as 'boil in a bag' funerals, are already widely available across the US, and could soon be rolled out in the UK

Politics

7 d. ago Met Office uses 'boiling pan of water' to explain forecast for hail, lightning and 40mm of rain

After the storm, next week will be warm but with a risk of more thunder to come

Politics

7 d. ago Nurse struck off after scalding patient with boiling water and not reporting it

Mark Gavienas failed to provide adequate personal care to the patient, including by giving them the wrong amount of food and leaving them unattended in a bath, a panel found

Science

8 d. ago Tesco shoppers 'devastated' as supermarket discontinues popular snack nationwide

The noodle product - which cost just 50p both in-store and online - was dried noodles which you cooked in boiling water and added southern fried chicken seasoning to. The packaging described the product as being "packed with flavour"

Economics

9 d. ago Gardener's 'amazing' boiling water trick will 'kill patio weeds the same day'

Weeds can be a real pain for gardeners, especially when they are growing in between patio cracks, but one green-fingered enthusiast has shared their 'amazing' hack to kill them

Events

1 week ago Working from home? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man | Emma Beddington

Ever since lockdown we’ve supposedly all been in it together, doing conference calls in our slippers. But in straight couples, guess who gets the spare bedroom and the proper desk?I’m wary of gendered generalisations. They rightly raise hackles: we are unique, not defined by gender, not all men! But I was struck by one I read from Ella Risbridger in her review of Jessica Stanley’s recent novel, Consider Yourself Kissed. Exploring one of its themes, Risbridger wrote: “I have long noticed that in a house with one spare room and a heterosexual couple who both work from home, the spare room is where he works – with a door that shuts and perhaps even a designated desk – and she works somewhere else. (Always for good reasons, but always.)”This stopped me in my tracks. Not because it’s my experience: my husband and I are lucky enough to have an office each, and mine is bigger and objectively nicer. I get the garden view; he has the ballet of Openreach and Amazon vans. (See – not all men.) ...

Politics

1 week ago The amazing Jamaican restaurant tucked away in a back garden in Old Trafford

In between terraces on an alleyway in Stretford there's a restaurant serving up classic dishes from jerk chicken to curried goat to fried dumplings

Politics

2 w. ago Remove weeds from patios for good with gardener's 1 natural item that’s not vinegar

Weeds are an all-too-common problem in gardens and patios, but rather than reaching for a harsh chemical treatment, there's a natural and budget-friendly option that is likely already in your cupboard

Politics

2 w. ago Prison officer attacked with boiling hot water in high security jail in latest outrage blighting prison safety

The officer was scalded with liquid straight from a kettle after he entered an inmate's cell at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire.

Events

2 w. ago Terrifying CCTV captures final moments of men boiled to death in car

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Two men were scalded to death in Russia after their car fell into a sinkhole that was filled with boiling water due to a burst pipe

Events

2 w. ago Boiled eggs taste better when one 75p ingredient is added to water

Thanks to some culinary expertise, hard-boiled eggs will taste so much better now by adding this key ingredient - and chances are that it's already in your kitchen cupboard.

Events

2 w. ago Shoppers race to buy heavily reduced swinging garden chairs in cheaper than Amazon, B&Q and The Range sale

It has been slashed to £49 down from £199

Economics

2 w. ago 'Brilliant' adjustable garden sprinkler slashed by 40% in Amazon flash sale

The Gardena AquaZoom compact oscillating sprinkler is down to £33 from £56 on Amazon, meaning gardeners can save 40% on the must-have garden tool

Politics

2 w. ago Amazon slashes 40% off 'brilliant' garden sprinkler that keeps gardens watered in summer

The Gardena AquaZoom oscillating sprinkler is currently on sale at Amazon with £22 off, and it's perfect for keeping gardens watered in the hot weather

Politics

3 w. ago A missing woman was found against the odds in the California mountains. Now, people are doubting her story

Tiffany Slaton, 28, of Georgia, reportedly survived for three weeks in the wilderness eating wild leeks, boiling snow melt for water and even surviving 13 snowstorms despite losing both her tent and her sleeping bag

Events

3 w. ago Ryobi's cordless patio cleaner 'makes light work' of weeds and moss 'in seconds'

The Ryobi 18V ONE+ Cordless Patio Cleaner takes the effort out of gardening – and it's on sale

Politics