children in the UK are allowed to consume alcohol at home from the age of five When Clare Matthews and her family sit down for a celebratory meal, they always make sure there is a bottle or two of their favourite wine on the table. Glasses are poured and raised …...Read More

Our approach to cellulite has become 'much too narrow and negative', says Kate Shapland, a woman who should know because she boasts she has been 'fascinated by legs for 25 years'. I confess that, having been afflicted with these unsightly dimples on my thighs since my 20s, I tend to …...Read More

The Sudanese young man who drowned trying to paddle a ‘toy blow-up boat’ to England with a shovel as an oar was following a dream shared by hundreds of African boys living in Calais. They believe the fantasy peddled by cruel human-trafficking gangs that the UK will offer everyone a …...Read More

Camilla Ridley-Day talks this season's 'it' dress, oversized, relaxed and blowsy STYLE OF THE SUMMER For a while it looked as though Summer 2020 wouldn’t have an ‘It’ dress. Remember last year’s polka-dot frock from Zara that was so popular, it spawned its own Instagram account? With dresses consigned to …...Read More

With modern medicine finally confirming the long-held healing power of honey, which has been found to be more effective than antibiotics or over-the-counter medications in treating coughs and colds, it is a great time to plunder your kitchen cupboards and rummage through your fridge. From easing eczema with porridge oats …...Read More

When Khafi Kareem received the call on a June morning urgently summoning her to the family home, her first instinct was that there had been an accident. 'My brother said it was about Alex, but he couldn't tell me over the phone,' she recalls. 'The worst thing I could think …...Read More

Say hello to Finn, the sprocker spaniel whose owner styles his uncannily human-like locks to look like the rich and famous. Belinda Rae has transformed her furry friend into everyone from Tina Turner to Strictly star Claudia Winkleman. The 49-year-old NHS worker from Cumbria says: 'People seem to love his …...Read More

Former President Barack Obama will deliver a harsh assessment of President Donald Trump and pledge that Joe Biden will lead the country 'out of dark times' in an address set at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia Wednesday night. There, he'll vouch for his 'friend' and 'brother,' former …...Read More

A teacher who was 'unfairly' imprisoned and forced to leave China after living there for four years has launched a campaign to be reunited with his wife who still remains in the country. Martin O'Brien, from Renfrewshire, Scotland, revealed how he was held in solitary confinement in a bare jail …...Read More

A family has issued an urgent plea for bone marrow donors to come forward in the hope of finding a match for their severely unwell baby boy. Ten-month-old Reign Miller-Hardy, from Barry, Wales, was diagnosed with a genetic disease known as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which causes the immune system to …...Read More