Advertisement In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report. The report represents a deadly escalation in Moscow's repeated efforts to undermine U.S. policy, …...Read More

Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. One of my favourite joys of this midsummer season is the range of scents, and my favourite of all is honeysuckle. Its fragrance saturates these sunken Herefordshire lanes, the warm pools of air soaking up the …...Read More

Since March, sales of vegetable plants and seeds have been soaring. The demand has been so great that some online nurseries have had to suspend their websites at times to cope with the rush of orders. One person who has been helping novice growers get to grips with their new-found …...Read More

Dear Bel, I am so unhappy with my husband — whom I met in 1971 when I was 16 and he was 21. Three months later, Don asked me to marry him. Within two years we were married with a baby, and I knew by then what a dreadful mistake …...Read More

Jimmy Carr has undergone a hair transplant after previously admitting that he wanted the cosmetic procedure as it's part of being in 'showbusiness'. The comedian, 47, is set to debut his new look on Saturday's episode of Peter Crouch Save Our Summer where he is grilled by presenter Maya Jama …...Read More

Later this afternoon, I shall do something I haven’t done for about six months. Drive my car. That’s assuming it starts. It’s been feeling its age for some time now, which is hardly surprising given that it will be 26 next month. It’s a Rover. They stopped making them 15 …...Read More

His life has already been disfigured by tragedy. But the fates appear to have stored up one final horror for billionaire former Harrods owner Mohamed Fayed. Twenty-three years after his eldest son, Dodi, died alongside Princess Diana in Paris, two of Fayed’s younger children, Omar and Camilla, are at war …...Read More

Advertisement A traffic light system showing the safest holiday destinations is set to be introduced so families can book summer getaways - as ministers agree to open air corridors for dozens of countries. The partial dismantling of Priti Patel's quarantine scheme means UK holidaymakers will be able to return home …...Read More

The Oklahoma zoo previously owned by Joe Exotic and featured on Netflix's Tiger King is being investigated by wildlife authorities after PETA launched new animal mistreatment allegations this week. The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Garvin County, Oklahoma, is being investigated by federal, state, and local authorities after disturbing …...Read More

The new plan allocates medical care based on how likely patients are to survive their immediate illness if they receive treatment. The previous plan considered their long-term survival prospects as well. That provision was removed because it could disproportionately penalize those who are older or have disabilities. Some critics argued …...Read More