Do you need a £200 fitbit for your brain? asks SOPHIA MONEY-COUTTS

Lying on my bedroom floor with my eyes closed, I’m listening to Chrissy issue instructions via an app on my phone. ‘Take your gaze inwards,’ Chrissy orders in her calm, smooth voice, it is easy to become overwhelmed by the news today, to feel hopeless, powerless and anxious.’ This, momentarily, …...Read More

Date nights go back to the future! Thanks to social distancing, the drive-in is having a moment

This car could be systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic! Why it could be Greased Lightnin’!’ The last time I saw Grease, was aged seven in 1978 in Birmingham, with my long-suffering father. Forty years later, I am watching it on a giant screen in South London with my long-suffering boyfriend. A gale …...Read More

Ohio man, 37, dies from coronavirus after claiming pandemic was just 'hype' in a Facebook post

A 37-year-old Ohio man who claimed the coronavirus pandemic was just 'hype' and repeatedly refused to wear a face mask has died from COVID-19. Richard Rose, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, wrote on Facebook on July 1 that he was experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, and went to get tested. The …...Read More

I couldn't cope with my mother. Now I finally know why

Mum was a mystery when I was growing up. My sister Carrie and I loved her, but we were scared of her mood swings. She would cuddle us, help with homework, cook delicious meals from scratch. But if we were ill or something changed her routine, she flew off the …...Read More

Here's how to be a post-pandemic gym bunny

When you can’t go to the gym or pool, they start to look a lot more appealing — as many of us have discovered in recent weeks. While pubs have been open since July 4, those of us keener on breaststroke than boozing have had to wait a little longer …...Read More

ALISON BOSHOFF reveals the family background of Brooklyn Beckham's heiress fiancée

With congratulations from famous friends including socialite Paris Hilton and racing driver Lewis Hamilton, and a simply darling official engagement photo in which the bride-to-be wears one of her mother-in-law’s dresses, it’s clear that the betrothal of Brooklyn Beckham to Nicola Peltz is no low-key affair. Brooklyn announced the news …...Read More

Pictured: Boohoo co-founder Mahmud Kamani is snapped partying with 'sweatshop' boss

The billionaire co-founder of Boohoo was pictured celebrating on a night out with the director of the fast fashion supplier accused of failing to pay its staff minimum wage. Mahmud Kamani and his wife Aisha attended the party with Asheem Sobti in 2017, one of a number of times the …...Read More

Jack Charlton - who has died at 85 - and his brother Bobby didn't speak for years in toxic feud

After the final whistle in the 1966 World Cup final, Bobby Charlton ran to embrace his elder brother Jack. ‘Nobody can ever take this away from us,’ said Bobby as they hugged, trying to take in the enormity of what they had achieved with their defeat of West Germany. Both …...Read More

Chinese fixer targets five leaders: New evidence of China's infiltration of British Establishment

A leading figure in a Chinese group allegedly created to groom foreign elites has been pictured with five British prime ministers. Photographs uncovered by the Daily Mail show how Zhirong Hu has moved among the British Establishment. He has met Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony …...Read More

Couple hits out after their rural home is blighted by huge farm building put up by neighbour

For 50 years Dave and Di Jesinger had enjoyed the views of a large open field filled with wildlife from their New Forest home. And as the seasons rolled by, the 77-year-olds saw no reason why they could not enjoy their rural idyll until the end of their days. But …...Read More