Before our 30 volunteers started on the Fast800 programme, they recorded their weight and their waist measurements. As well as losing 39 st 8 lb between them, they lost an impressive 9 ft 8 in from their waistlines. Here, six of those who took part reveal how they did it. …...Read More

The Queen's private fortune is approximately £400 million, a new book claims. Royal finance expert David McClure has also written that the monarch received a 55 per cent rise in EU farm subsidies at Sandringham, as Prince Charles turned the estate organic. Mr McClure's new book, The Queen's True Worth, …...Read More

A serial competition winner has bagged his most valuable prize yet - a chance at becoming a father. Kevin and Nicci Button have spent three years trying for a baby but struggled to find success naturally. They then turned to IVF to try and conceive but saw two cycles fail …...Read More

Delaware Democrats on Tuesday nominated Sarah McBride, a transgender rights activist, for a State Senate seat, advancing her bid to become the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender elected official. Ms. McBride, 30, defeated a token primary challenger and is widely expected to win the November general election — the Wilmington-based seat …...Read More

All Creatures Great and Small Rating: Flying for Britain with David Jason Rating: When the current series of All Creatures Great and Small (Ch 5) started it was impossible to stop images of the characters in the classic BBC original from popping into your head. Three episodes into this remake, …...Read More

Advertisement An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a 'vertical forest', with manicured gardens on every balcony. All 826 apartments were sold out by April this year, according to the project's estate agent, but instead of a modern eco-paradise, the towers look like …...Read More

Charities reacted with fury last night after a minister confirmed Boris Johnson's much-vaunted social care plan will not be released until next year. Lord Bethell, a health minister in the Lords, said he could not commit to a plan by the end of 2020. When he became Prime Minister in …...Read More

Sir Elton John and his ex-wife Renate Blauel are trying to settle their £3 million legal battle in private, court documents have revealed. German recording engineer Ms Blauel filed a £3million damages claim against Sir Elton, 73. She alleged he broke the terms of their divorce by mentioning their failed …...Read More

Police investigating claims of criminal neglect at a care home where ten residents died from coronavirus have passed their file to prosecutors. The Home Farm facility in Portree, on the Isle of Skye, had been described as a ‘risk to life and limb’ in one official inspection report. In May, …...Read More

The deportation of 18 migrants was blocked yesterday after their lawyers lodged 11th-hour human rights claims. The migrants were supposed to join another 14 who were successfully deported, but their lawyers lodged claims at the last minute which stopped immigration officials from boarding them on to the plane. Of the …...Read More