This will strike a wrong note with parents who splurge on piano or violin lessons for their children. New research suggests that music lessons do not help children improve their other cognitive skills such as reading and maths. A review of 54 scientific studies involving 7,000 children says learning an …...Read More

An artwork from David Hockney’s celebrated Paper Pools series sold at auction for £4,867,900 last night. Pool on a Cloudy Day with Rain (Paper Pool 22) is one of the 29 pictures Hockney made during six weeks of experimental activity in 1978. The seller at the evening sale at Sotheby’s …...Read More

The widow of a policeman dragged to his death by a getaway car has written an emotional open letter to the Prime Minister demanding a retrial of the three men acquitted of his murder. Lissie Harper, 29, described the trial for the three teenagers responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death …...Read More

MacKenzie Bezos announced Tuesday that she donated $1.7billion to charitable causes over the past year, a bulk of which went to racial equity and justice causes. The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who revealed Tuesday she’ll now take on her middle name and go by MacKenzie Scott, is the …...Read More

Advertisement Amber Heard was snapped enjoying a night out in Soho yesterday evening, just hours after fighting back tears outside court at the end of Johnny Depp's £1 million libel trial. The actress looked in high spirits as she strolled through central London with her partner Bianca Butti, sister Whitney …...Read More

More traditional crimes like burglary and theft have fallen by 70% on average Policing requires ‘radical reform’ to cope with modern demands including an explosion of Extinction Rebellion-type protests, a major report warns today. Forces in England and Wales are ‘not currently equipped’ to deal with the developments, said the …...Read More

Advertisement Princess Anne discussed green energy, her irritation with fly-tippers and a deep-rooted passion for the environment that stems from her mother the Queen in a leader article for Country Life magazine this week - almost a year after Meghan Markle guest edited British Vogue. In a wide-ranging call to …...Read More

Prince William served curry and drank beer with Peter Crouch as he took part in a special episode of the footballer's podcast to talk about his Heads Up campaign and discuss his experiences as a football fan. The Duke of Cambridge, 38, even joked about Prince George's future footall career, …...Read More

Duke asked officer to shine a laser’s red dot at the boy pretending to be a sniper Having royal protection officers at your beck and call has its advantages. For the Duke of Cambridge has revealed how, as a schoolboy footballer, he asked a bodyguard to ward off a rival …...Read More

Care homes were ‘thrown to the wolves’ during the pandemic and the Government’s actions were ‘at times negligent’, MPs warn today. The social care crisis was exacerbated further by a series of ‘reckless’ and ‘appalling’ policy errors, according to a damning Commons report. Advising hospitals to discharge thousands of patients …...Read More