10 h. ago Grandfather, 89, died after skin cream caused his clothes to set on fire

Coroner warns more lives at risk because emollients so flammable

Events

11 h. ago Medik8's new cream that 'delays skin ageing' provides results 'in seven days'

"My daughter even asked if I’d had wrinkle injections!"

Politics

17 h. ago Grandfather, 89, died when residue of moisturiser cream on his clothing caught alight when he lit a gas fire

James Rownsley, 89, from Doncaster, was attempting to warm up his sitting room when he lit a gas fire and a flame caught his clothing.

Events

4 d. ago My favourite childhood outfit: ‘The coat I inherited from Grandpa became my teenage refuge’

After my grandfather died, I claimed his heavy, silk-lined overcoat and wore it with Doc Martens. I sat on it in parks, slept under it on people’s sofas. Then, one day, it disappeared ...I was 15 when Grandpa died. He was 69, too young, but on the plus side he was doing what he most loved – digging on an archaeological site. We weren’t close in the way I was with Granny; he could be quite scary. But we got along fine and I liked him. Mum said I could help myself from his wardrobe.I had only known him dressed for retirement, in blue workers’ overalls for archaeological digging, or baggy beige shorts for caravanning holidays. But it seemed he had been quite dapper back in the day. I helped myself to collarless shirts and a couple of suits (the best was a silvery-grey mohair one that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Paul Weller’s wardrobe). And this overcoat. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Dark spot cream that 'improves skin after one use' gets reduced to £10 for 24hours

"After one use my skin felt different. I've literally come full circle from watching my gran use this brand over 30 years ago to me now using it..."

Economics

7 d. ago Boots' £10 cream that keeps skin 'wrinkle free' and 'looking 20 years younger'

Boots' online exclusive flash sale has returned for another week.

Economics

9 d. ago Shoppers see 'a reduction in fine lines in two weeks' with £21 nightcream loved by Imogen Thomas

TV presenter Imogen Thomas has been sharing her skincare must-haves, including her go-to 'very affordable' night cream that leaves her with 'dewy skin' in the morning

Economics

1 week ago This firming night cream has shoppers raving 'everyone thinks I had Botox' after 'two weeks'

Wave goodbye to sagging skin, fine lines and wrinkles with this overnight cream that has shoppers saying their skin looks 'firmer and younger' in a matter of weeks

Economics

2 w. ago Sienna Miller and Alexa Chung love this French face cream which keeps skin looking young

The A313 Vitamin A Lightweight Face Cream has been hailed as the 'French-girl secret to great skin' and is packed with anti-ageing ingredients like retinyl palmitate

Politics

2 w. ago Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster

An entrancing biography of Tony Cornell, who displayed a scientist’s commitment to impartiality as he investigated the paranormalMy first and only experience with a Ouija board occurred when I was 11, at a friend’s house. It was good, spooky fun until it wasn’t. I recall movement and the start of a message before we recoiled from the board. Later that evening, I learned that my grandfather had died. While I realise now that a boy with a terminally ill relative and a lurid imagination was not the most reliable witness, I remember wanting to believe that I’d had a brush with the uncanny.When Times journalist Ben Machell’s dying grandmother bequeathed him a crystal ball, he began idly searching for mediums and happened across the work of a man named Tony Cornell. Between 1952 and 2004, Cornell worked (unpaid and to the detriment of two marriages) for the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). Weeding out deception and delusion from accounts of paranormal activity to find out w...

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3 w. ago Sienna Miller and Alexa Chung's secret to 'French girl skin' is this £14 retinol

Sienna Miller and Alexa Chung are both known for their glowing complexions, and it turns out they both rely on the same affordable retinol cream to keep their skin looking youthful

Economics