3 d. ago I’ve found the perfect last minute Christmas gift that is really affordable

Take the stress out of shopping this year with this affordable bouquet from Bunches.

Politics

7 d. ago White House on the defensive when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also ignored a question on why President Donald Trump has falsely claimed a farm bailout program is funded by tariffs

Events

1 week ago A new start after 60: I moved on to a boat, fell in love – then opened my own restaurant

After a lifetime of working for others, Rich Baker threw caution to the wind. The result was a national award for his pizza and a surprising surge in confidence When his kimchi fiorentina pizza won a national award, Rich Baker knew he was turning a corner. It was 2023. Baker was 60. He and his wife, Sarah, had made the kimchi themselves and their win put Flat Earth Pizzas, the east London restaurant they had launched the previous year, on the map. “My life has changed so much,” Baker says. “A lightbulb has lit up inside and given me energy, and that energy has given me something that is quite amazing: a sense of confidence and a sense of fulfilment.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?

It’s one thing facing a major diagnosis; it’s quite another dealing with your partner pulling away. But does the stereotype match the reality?Jess never dreamed that she was going to get sick, nor did she consider what it would mean for her love life if she did. When she first started dating her boyfriend, they were both in their late 20s, living busy, active lives. “Sport was something we did a lot of and we did it together: we worked hard, played hard, we went for bike rides and went running and played golf together.”But around a year into their relationship, all that stopped abruptly when Jess was diagnosed with long Covid, the poorly understood syndrome that in some people follows a Covid infection. For her, it meant “a general shutdown of my body: lungs, heart, stomach, really bad brain fog”. She went from being a sporty, independent 29-year-old with a successful career to sleeping all day and relying on her boyfriend for everything. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump bizarrely announces US will start building TINY CARS after gushing mini

DONALD Trump has bizarrely ordered America to start building "tiny cars" after falling in love with the "really cute and beautiful" mini motors. The president confessed an unusual soft spot for the micro cars after seeing Japan's Kei compacts whizzing around on a recent trip to the country. He gushed to reporters inside the White...

Politics

2 w. ago Victoria Beckham gifts Harper 7 advent calendars including £12 chocolate one

Victoria Beckham has shared the seven advent calendars she has gifted her daughter Harper for Christmas, including one very affordable one

Economics

2 w. ago December horoscope: What your star sign has in store for love, work & life this month according to the tarot cards

IN December, transformation, new horizons, and investment opportunities lie ahead. Geminis should look to protect their peace, Cancers may consider a radical long-term change, and Capricorns should look out for the smart Libras in their lives... Aries Love & Relationships – Two of Coins Starting with the Full Moon in Gemini on the 4th, the...

Politics

2 w. ago Comedian Judi Love: ‘I’m a big girl, the boss, and you love it’

Before she was a TV mainstay, Judi Love was a single mum juggling standup with care work. Now she’s back on stage for a show that finds humour in past trauma: ‘It’s laughter that helped me’, she says.Judi Love was 17 when she was kidnapped, though she adds a couple of years on when reliving it on stage. It was only the anecdote’s second to-audience outing when I watched her recite it, peppered with punchlines, at a late-October work-in-progress gig. The bones of her new show – All About the Love, embarking on a 23-date tour next year – are very much still evolving, but this Wednesday night in Bedford is a sell out, such is the pull of Love’s telly star power.She starts by twerking her way into the spotlight, before riffing on her career as a social worker and trading “chicken and chips for champagne and ceviche”. Interspersed are opening bouts of sharp crowd work – Love at her free-wheeling best. Next, she’s at college, studying IT, but mostly “going into the games room looking for ...

Politics

3 w. ago The top 20 affordable Christmas gifts that everyone will love — starting from £12

Our edit proves that Christmas morning joy needn’t blow your budget

Economics

4 w. ago The 6 buys you need from Primark – they’re all under £1 & make the perfect stocking fillers

WHETHER your beauty bag could do with a revamp or you're simply looking for affordable Christmas gifts, Primark is the one place that will never let you down. The popular high street retailer has become to go-to for millions of thrifty beauty buffs who don't want to fork out a fortune on skincare, bath essentials...

Economics