21.10.2024 06:00 Once a year, primary school headteacher Roger Tweed used to take his board of governors on a tour of asbestos hot spots in the buildings where he taught, reassuring them that they were all safe.
21.10.2024 06:00 Soon, Sir Keir Starmer will be put out of his misery. I mean by this his apparent inability to recall that he is the Prime Minister when he stands across the despatch box against Rishi Sunak every Wednesday.
21.10.2024 06:00 I am waiting for my friend Ellie in a pub car park where we often meet for a Friday lunch. Suddenly I spot her pulling up in a new Land Rover Defender which costs, what, about £58,000?
21.10.2024 06:00 Bright and early, my old friend, the beauty and wellness entrepreneur Liz Earle, is standing at my door clutching a Kilner jar with what looks like a small sponge floating in murky water.
21.10.2024 06:00 Sturgeon will not be invited to her predecessor's service, with a source close to Salmond telling the Sunday Mail there was 'not a chance in hell' of her being on the guest list.
21.10.2024 06:00 In a letter to the Chancellor, some of Britain's biggest retailers, hotels and restaurants, warn that removing the VAT refund for visitors has been 'a spectacular own goal.'
21.10.2024 06:00 Trump said he 'aced' cognitive tests and said all four top candidates should take them. He spoke at at town hall in Lancaster hours after working the fryer at a McDonald's in suburban Philadelphia.
21.10.2024 06:00 It was easy to sneer at Tory efforts to revive the NHS after the seismic shock of the pandemic. Now he must find solutions himself, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is not so glib.
21.10.2024 06:00 Channel 4 issued an accidental warning on an old Halloween-themed episode of the Great British Bake Off.
21.10.2024 06:00 New analysis has found that three local authorities in England are using up at least half of the money they receive from residents on temporary accommodation.
21.10.2024 06:00 Britain will tumble from 30th to 35th in a list of advanced economies for competitiveness if a series of predicted tax rises by Rachel Reeves come to fruition, the Centre for Policy Studies said.
21.10.2024 06:00 Analysis of Company House records found water firms including Thames Water, Severn Trent and South West Water all increased their bonus pool for executives.
21.10.2024 06:00 Campaigners called for 'immediate action' from the medical community and regulatory bodies based on the findings 'to ensure that no more lives are shattered by this dangerous product'.
21.10.2024 06:00 Joseph Corcoran, 49, killed his brother James and three other men in Fort Wayne in July of 1997 and has been on death row since his trial in 1999.
21.10.2024 06:00 The Health Secretary's plan was met with scepticism, with the Liberal Democrats warning that the consultation could become a 'talking shop' and the Tories saying it was wasting time.