BANKNOTES worth £50billion have gone missing in circulation, according to the public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said the unaccounted cash was not being used in transactions or stashed in savings. The watchdog’s report on cash comes as the use of notes and coins has fallen sharply over the …...Read More

As private companies move into the spaceship business, NASA is gearing up to film its first commercial ad campaign on the International Space Station. Up to ten bottles of a new Estée Lauder skincare serum will arrive at the space station later this month. NASA astronauts are expected to film …...Read More

Think of tap dancing and you’ll likely imagine a troupe of five-year-olds, with many tappers hanging up their metal-bottomed shoes after leaving primary school. Yet now, an increasing number of women are turning to tap as adults and dancing up a storm in classes or in their own homes. Take …...Read More

All elderly people receiving social care will be given free PPE in a bid to prevent a second wave of coronavirus over the winter. Free masks and gowns will also be handed to home helps and care home staff as ministers aim to prevent a repeat of the shortages that …...Read More

AN ON-THE-SPOT Covid test which delivers a result in 90 minutes could transform diagnosis in NHS hospitals this winter, experts say. A study published last night revealed the CovidNudge test – a machine the size of a shoebox – does not deliver any ‘false positive’ results, meaning all those who …...Read More

Had someone told me last summer that more than 50,000 people could die this year from a new, killer virus I would have been sceptical to say the least. Understandably, much of the focus on the Government’s handling of an unexpected pandemic has been on examining how many of those …...Read More

The Queen's grandchildren Zara Phillips and her brother Peter have always relied on making their own money after their mother, the Princess Royal, expressed the hope that they would lead lives which would be as 'normal' as possible. But they have not always avoided pitfalls. Earlier this year, Peter was …...Read More

Alex Scott has been targeted by 'awful trolls' on social media after she was tipped to be in the running to replace Sue Barker on A Question Of Sport. The former England and Arsenal footballer, 35, was rumoured to have secured the gig on Wednesday after the after Sue, 64, …...Read More

V2 by Robert Harris (Hutchinson £20, 320 pp) V2 by Robert Harris (Hutchinson £20, 320 pp) Once again the richly talented Harris returns to his favourite period of history — before, during and after World War II. This time he charts the launch of the German V2 vengeance rockets against …...Read More

THE mother of a teenager knifed to death by her ex-boyfriend has condemned the ‘watering down’ of justice system reforms she campaigned for. Ellie Gould, 17, was found in a pool of blood in her kitchen after sixth-former Thomas Griffiths stabbed her at least 13 times before calmly returning to …...Read More