The Thomas Cook brand has been 'reinvented' as an online travel company. Chinese firm Fosun Tourism Group acquired the brand for £11million after the 178-year-old travel company collapsed in September 2019. The new version began selling holidays online and over the phone on Wednesday just after midnight but does not …...Read More

Thousands of flat-dwellers have been ‘condemned to lives of stress and fear’ over ministers’ failure to replace flammable cladding on high-rises, a damning report says. After the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy in which 72 people died, the Government pledged safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all multi-storey …...Read More

An innovative new breath test claims to help women struggling to conceive get pregnant by analysing their CO2 levels to detect ovulation patterns. The clever handheld device called breathe ilo, which launches in the UK on September 16 and costs £259 to buy or £29.90 per month to rent, is …...Read More

TOUGH new ‘house arrest’ powers could replace some short prison sentences under a shake-up of the justice system to be unveiled today. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland will pledge a new system of ‘smarter sentencing’, which will see serious criminals locked up for longer and greater efforts made to rehabilitate offenders. …...Read More

The Archbishop Bishop of Canterbury has warned against coronavirus restrictions being imposed centrally and is said to be 'deeply concerned' about the impact of the rule of six on family life. The Most Rev Justin Welby said the Government had 'determined the daily details of our lives' during the coronavirus …...Read More

Millions of women saw their hopes dashed after judges dismissed an appeal against controversial changes to the state pension age. But campaigners have vowed to press on and take their case to the Supreme Court. Nearly four million women born in the 1950s have lost as much as £50,000 after …...Read More

A second wave of Covid-19 in Britain would not be nearly as bad as the first because we are better at containing and treating the virus now, Government officials have claimed. The experts believe a combination of local lockdowns, social distancing measures and medical breakthroughs would substantially reduce both the …...Read More

It's one side-effect of Covid that has sparked a rise in problem drinking, with middle classes the worst offenders. Health officials have released a questionnaire to work out if you are drinking too much, with a score of 13+ for women and 15+ for men indicating alcohol dependence. Here, our …...Read More

A young father faces a fight to walk again after shattering both his legs in a horrific balcony fall while on a 'dream holiday' with his family. Jamie Moylan, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after plunging to the ground while saying …...Read More

When coronavirus first struck Britain, Boris Johnson assured the public that ‘our country remains extremely well prepared’ to cope. Among our national assets, he boasted, was a ‘fantastic testing system’. Even when the virus was at its peak in May, the Prime Minister was still in hyperbolic mode as he …...Read More