Mums shocked after finding out they have been using laundry detergent wrong their entire lives

A mother has claimed that the lid of liquid laundry detergent should be placed in the washing machine along with clothes, shocking thousands of Australians who have never heard of the method before. The claim was made by American woman Amber Miller in a Facebook post which resurfaced in an …...Read More

This £26 Salter slow cooker is ideal for healthy summer meals

Spending hours preparing and cooking meals is probably the last thing you want to be doing during a summer heatwave, especially if you want to make the most of family time. But the Salter Slow Cooker gives you the freedom to sit back and relax while your meal is cooking …...Read More

Iskra Lawrence opens up about her traumatic home water birth in intimate video

Iskra Lawrence and her boyfriend Philip Payne have given a detailed description of her at-home water birth as they both recalled how their first child needed to be resuscitated by their midwife. For her latest YouTube video, the 29-year-old model sat down with her partner and newborn to share their …...Read More

PAUL THOMAS on... Britain's independence day

Can I hug my grandchildren yet? Is the gym still off limits? How many people can I invite for dinner? What you can - and cannot - do in post-lockdown England from July 4...Read More

Acrobat performs Wheel of Death stunt on the edge of a Swiss mountain

Circus performances have been cancelled around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic but one acrobat has kept the dream alive... with a death-defying Wheel of Death stunt in the Swiss Alps. Footage shows Ramon Kathriner, dressed in a black suit and bow tie, as he climbs onto his apparatus …...Read More

Mother-of-two, 51, abused woman sitting next to her during Magic Mike strip show, court hears

Alison Best, 51, allegedly hurled racial abuse at Samara Hussain during the show at The Hippodrome Casino in London's West End A middle-aged mother 'exploded' during a Magic Mike strip show and assaulted a partially blind female spectator sitting next to her, a court has heard. Alison Best, 51, allegedly …...Read More

Keeping your pecker up! Great spotted woodpecker seems to be doing pull-ups in hilarious photos

A mum of two was left stunned and in stitches of laughter after spotting this woodpecker apparently completing a series of 'pull ups' on her garden fence. Helen Ormersher, 44, had been feeding the birds in her garden in Bala, North Wales, when she noticed the great spotted woodpecker working …...Read More

California reaches a record-high of more than 5,000 positive coronavirus tests in a single day

A spike in coronavirus cases across several states is fueling fears of a second wave of the deadly virus, with Texas now urging residents to stay home, states including Florida and New Jersey vowing to crack down on bars and California recording its worst day on record for new cases. …...Read More

Rightmove reports surge in enquiries about property by the seaside

Many of us dream of living by the sea. And according to the UK's biggest property website, the lockdown is encouraging households to turn this aspiration into a reality. Rightmove said that there has been a spike in enquiries about property by the seaside. Many have been about holiday homes, …...Read More

STEPHEN GLOVER: A national lockdown cannot be repeated

Boris Johnson has not looked as cheerful for a long time as he did in the Commons yesterday. His is a sunny nature and he does not like to be cast in the part of Charles Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind — a sober man obsessed with numbers. That is a role …...Read More