5 h. ago Woman banned from ASOS slams 'unfair' policy and says she’s being ‘punished’ for her size

A plus-size, tall shopper says being banned by ASOS for too many returns has highlighted how unfair fashion can be for those whose bodies don’t fit standard sizing. She's now calling for retailers to do better

Events

17 h. ago Body is found in search for missing woman, 34, who vanished more than a month ago

A body has been found in the search for a missing woman who vanished in Coventry after visiting a food bank. 

Events

46 h. ago Bantock: The Seal Woman album review – Celtic folk opera that never quite gets its head above water

Howard/Carby/Scottish Opera/Andrews(Retrospect Opera, two CDs)Granville Bantock’s story of a Selkie emerging from the sea is a century-old curio whose beauty has faded over the yearsExcept perhaps in Birmingham, where his memory is still cherished for what he did for the city’s music, including co-founding the CBSO, Granville Bantock (1868-1946) has slipped quietly into the margins of 20th-century British music. But as well as being an academic and conductor, Bantock was a prolific composer, with a work list including four symphonies, five concertos and nine operas, of which the last, the “Celtic folk opera” The Seal Woman, is easily the best remembered now.The premiere of The Seal Woman in 1924 was the Birmingham Repertory theatre’s first production; librettist Marjory Kennedy-Fraser took the main role of the Cailleach, whose dreams and visions tell the story of the Selkie, seal-people who emerge from the sea every seven years to live on land, shedding their skins to take human for...

Culture

3 d. ago Woman and child thrown from rollercoaster as cart 'derailed' after 'sudden bang'

Terri Murray, 39, said she and her 10-year-old nephew required hospital treatment after the incident at the Knightly's Funfair in Towyn, North Wales, which has left them shaken

Politics

4 d. ago Star Wars actor earns standing ovation for rousing speech condemning Trump’s ‘unfair’ immigration policy

‘The multiple times that this country has had to rebuild itself, immigrants were always there to pick up the slack,’ said Diego Luna in an powerful monologue

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4 d. ago Dame Deborah James' husband's mystery woman unmasked as glam Swiss investment banker

Dame Deborah James' widower has found love with a hugely successful Swiss investment banker, with the pair making their relationship official last week

Economics

5 d. ago Woman had to pay £20k to access her own bank account as husband was dying

Nicky Wake was left in “limbo” as she was unable to access their joint bank account

Economics

6 d. ago 'Beautiful' Staffie rescued 'just in time' as woman gets animal ban

'Lipsy was really, really thin and didn't deserve this'

Events

8 d. ago Billionaires' Row 'tramp', 57, banned from Hyde Park over his 'swan whispering' after he rammed a woman with his bicycle who filmed him 'stroking, cuddling and kissing' the birds

An eccentric homeless bird lover known as the 'Swan Whisperer' who lives in a doorway on London's Billionaire's Row has been banned from Hyde Park after a fight over a swan.

Sport

2 w. ago Extend your bananas' shelf life by 10 days using this simple kitchen trick

Bananas spoil quickly - however, one woman has shared a simple way to keep them fresh for longer, and it doesn't involve a fruit bowl.

Politics

2 w. ago Kidnappers snatched man off the street but didn't bank on a woman passing by

A 'targeted attack' saw Sanwar Fiaz snatched from the street, but he was saved by a quick-thinking bystander

Events

3 w. ago Two clubbers are dead and urgent warning is issued amid fears pills '500 times stronger than heroin' are being sold in London nightspots: Man, 28, and woman, 20, died over Bank Holiday weekend

A man, 28, and woman, 20, are thought to have taken Nitazenes, believed to be up to 500 times stronger than heroin, after partying at a south London nightclub during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

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4 w. ago Woman who started disposable vape ban campaign hailed 'hero' but some see problem

The ban on disposable vapes comes into effect on June 1 following a campaign to outlaw them - and it applies to all businesses and organisations that sell or supply single-use vapes in the UK

Politics

last month Woman 'tricked into thinking she'd had gastric band' loses five stone

Laura dropped from a size 22 to a size 14 without having any surgery at all

Politics

last month Woman calls for sunbed ban after stage four cancer diagnosis, age 23

Lily used a sunbed fewer than 10 times to get a 'base tan' before a holiday

Science