5 h. ago My mum suddenly died of cancer – now the council want to kick me out of our family home

Kyle Rolfe, 25, says Ealing Council is asking him to leave his Hanwell flat because of the UK’s succession rules

Society

6 h. ago The diet that reduces the risk of premature death, cancer and diabetes

The planetary health diet is linked to a 27 per cent reduced risk of premature death

Events

9 h. ago Michelle Mone told us ‘business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde

After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay £122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhoodBy their own accounts, there have been two Westminster-adjacent victims of inflammatory language this week. One is the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, hurt to the point of requiring smelling salts by some politically commonplace words spoken by the prime minister. And the other is legally besieged bra baroness Michelle Mone, who has always been performatively sensitive, with chaos as her rising sign.Alas, far from their shared victimhood drawing our two snowflakes closer together, in Michelle, we may have finally found the Tory from whom Nigel would not accept a defection to Reform. Which really means something, considering Britain’s would-be next prime minister currently has precisely zero peers in the House of Lords. Like the PPE she provided during the pandemic, Michelle would be deemed incredibly expensive and absolutely unusable.Marin...

Politics

12 h. ago Only Fools and Horses' Patrick Murray last photo as fan shares kind gesture

An Only Fools and Horses super fan has shared a final picture of actor Patrick Murray, famed for playing Mickey Pearce, who died following a battle with lung cancer

Culture

17 h. ago Doctor warns of 'razor blade' Covid symptom people are noticing as Brits told 'seek advice'

Two new variants of Covid are circulating in the UK and people are being urged to get vaccinated against the virus

Events

24 h. ago Diet rich in fruit, veg and nuts could prevent up to 15 million deaths worldwide, study claims

The planetary health diet is linked to a 27 per cent reduced risk of premature death

Events

29 h. ago Only Fools and Horses' Sue Holderness pays emotional tribute to co

Only Fools and Horses star Sue Holderness has led the tributes to her sitcom co-star Patrick Murray, who has died at the age of 68 following a battle with lung cancer

Politics

30 h. ago ‘My conspiracy theorist mother never told me my sister had died after refusing chemotherapy’

Paloma Shemirani died seven months after being diagnosed with cancer and pursuing ‘alternative treatment’ under her mother’s guidance

Events

30 h. ago UK government owes children apology for damaging Covid errors, inquiry hears

Children’s commissioner during pandemic says long lockdowns caused explosion in vulnerability among youngThe government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing on Thursday, Anne Longfield said a “doom loop” of fatalism among ministers meant the government failed to do more to help children. She argued that the prolonged lockdowns and school closures were responsible for the explosion in mental health, welfare and behaviour difficulties still being experienced by children and young people. Continue reading...

Politics

32 h. ago UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma despite doctors’ concernsA woman who died after refusing chemotherapy doctors believed would have given her a strong chance of recovery was “adversely influenced” by her conspiracy theorist mother, a coroner has said.Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 in July 2024 after refusing conventional treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On Thursday, the coroner in her inquest said the influence of her parents, Kay and Faramarz Shemirani, “more than minimally” contributed to her death. Continue reading...

Events

33 h. ago Who is the conspiracy theorist blamed by her sons for her daughter’s death?

Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani died after refusing cancer treatment and following her conspiracy theorist mother’s ‘alternative’ treatment plan.

Events

34 h. ago Patrick Murray dead: Only Fools and Horses star Mickey Pearce dies aged 68 after cancer battle

Tributes are pouring in for Murray, best known as Mickey Pearce in the hit BBC comedy, after his death was confirmed in a statement shared with fans

Events

35 h. ago Only Fools and Horses Mickey Pearce star Patrick Murray dies after tragic lung cancer battle

Only Fools and Horses star Patrick Murray, famed for playing Mickey Pearce in the beloved BBC sitcom, has sadly passed after living with lung cancer which had spread

Events

37 h. ago WW1 doctor once told 'go home' to be first woman honoured with statue on Royal Mile

Dr Elsie Inglis was a suffragist and surgeon who defied official rejection

Society

40 h. ago Carol Vorderman savages Michelle Mone with 3 words after she's told to repay £122m

The former Countdown star has shared a three-word response to the news that her ex-friend Michelle Mone has been told to repay 122million after breaching a Covid PPE contract

Economics

49 h. ago Woman with cancer died after wrong patient given CT scan in NHS 'blunder'

A scanning error at the NHS Scarborough Hospital led to the delayed cancer diagnosis of Pamela Honeybone, who later died, after another woman called Pamela's results were attributed to her

Science

65 h. ago Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry review – a brilliant meditation on mortality

The Essex Serpent author offers a moving account of her father-in-law’s final illness that will resonate widelyThe novelist Sarah Perry’s father-in-law, David, died of oesophageal cancer in 2022. This book tells the story of his dying, from the last time she saw him well, on a trip to Great Yarmouth at the end of summer, to his death less than two months later, just nine days after being diagnosed.It’s not easy to account for what makes this book so special. Its main character is as unpromisingly ordinary as its title suggests, and some may even find him a little boring. David Perry is the kind of man who spends hours sorting his beloved stamp collection into albums with the aid of long-tipped forceps and magnifying glasses, or filling in his Sudoku puzzle books, or reading the latest copy of the Antiques Gazette, looking intently at porcelain dogs and chased silver punch-bowls. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer says 'a new world is coming' as he announces major NHS change

The National Health Service could look completely different – with new plans to make 'digital hospitals' as shared by Sir Keir Starmer in the Labour Party Conference

Politics

3 d. ago Mr Blake at Your Service review – John Malkovich does worst French accent ever in baffling comedy misfire

Gilles Legardinie’s broad dramedy set in a chateau, co-starring Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, is an ordeal to watch. Sacré bleu! This truly bizarre film has a substantial reserve of goodwill to draw on: among its blue-chip cast are John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, and it’s also the final film of the Belgian star Émilie Dequenne, famous for winning the best actress award at Cannes for her nonprofessional debut in Rosetta in 1999, who sadly died of cancer in March at the age of 43. It is a broad and baffling dramedy, directed by the bestselling French author Gilles Legardinier, and adapted from his 2012 novel Complètement Cramé! (Completely Burnt Out!).Malkovich plays a wealthy grieving widower called Andrew Blake, supposedly from England, who, to ease his broken heart, takes a job as a butler in a French chateau whose owner (Ardant) has fallen on hard times. It is a sentimental journey for him, as many years ago he first met his French wife, Diane, in the chateau’s sumptuous grou...

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3 d. ago NHS doctor 'held down woman on staircase and raped her', court hears

NHS doctor Osarme Edeoghon, 39, 'forcefully' held a woman down on her staircase, lifted up her dress and raped her, Winchester Crown Court heard.

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