16 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Champion athlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill on how a solid plan is ‘essential’ to surviving back-to-school chaos
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has teamed up with Weetabix to help you get the most out of every day (Picture: Peter Powell for Weetabix) Autumn – it’s a busy time. The kids are going back to school and need new kits, and things are busier than ever at work. But with the summer holidays gone, and […]
Is it possible to come back to life? (Picture: Getty Images) Ray Catania was 20 when he died in a gas leak that filled his room and set fire to his parents’ home as he slept. ‘All night long, the gas was rising into my bedroom, and I was breathing it in,’ Ray, now 57, […]
14 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘Toe touchers’ are plaguing UK swimming pools — but some say it’s ‘standard’
If you don’t like your feet being touched, you might want to avoid certain serious swimmers (Picture: Getty Images) Relaxing into a breaststroke in the slow lane at my local pool, I noticed the swimmer behind me was getting impatient. For a minute, I thought I’d mistakenly plonked myself in a faster lane by accident, […]
I found out I had a 6cm tumour on my right kidney (Picture: Umesh Patel) The urologist looked me in the eye and uttered: ‘We’ve found something on your kidney that’s going to need treatment.’ My brain scrambled. ‘Is it cancer?’ I asked, already breaking down. I needed my wife, Ellen because I knew I couldn’t handle […]
I was left fighting for my life (Picture: Neave Glennon) I woke up to a bone-deep, unnatural ache pulling through my body. Sweat clung to me, yet I was shivering uncontrollably. This didn’t feel like the rhythmic ache of contractions. My body was failing me as I lay on my hospital bed, frozen, silently begging […]
12 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The 5 things people typically say when they learn they’re going to die
Everybody reacts to the news differently (Picture: Getty Images/Maskot) This week, former royal butler Paul Burrell revealed Queen Elizabeth II’s response to being told she was going to die – and it’s as dignified as you’d expect from the late monarch. Upon hearing the news she had cancer and may not survive beyond Christmas of […]
10 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Jeremy Clarkson’s stance on allergies makes me even more sick than gluten
He finds people with food intolerances ‘annoying’ apparently (Picture: Alan West/Hogan Media/Shutterstock) I want to preface this piece by saying that I’m a long-standing fan of Jeremy Clarkson – from his time on Top Gear and the Grand Tour, to his now endearing Clarkson’s Farm. But his recent column in The Times has ground my […]
10 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I’m a longevity doctor — these 7 simple habits can add years to your life
Dr Enayat has worked as a GP for 16 years (Picture: Getty/ Supplied) Dr Mohammed Enayat was working as a GP when he started looking into longevity. Day in, day out, for 15 years he saw patients struggling with chronic issues, spending their 50s, 60s on a cocktail of medication for issues that, with the […]
I’ve struck up conversations with at least 70 people over the years (Picture: Michael Redina / Sam Lane Photography) Walking through my local park recently, I noticed an elderly man sitting alone on a bench, just staring ahead. He looked sad and something about his demeanour didn’t seem right. Pausing for a moment, I went […]
8 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Mitchum deodorant is burning people’s armpits — and now we know why
People’s pits are painful and the brand has something to say about it (Picture: @beccadixo) ‘I’ve physically not been able to put my arms down because the pain’s been so bad,’ Ellie says on TikTok. She’d been using Mitchum’s 48-hour deodorant throughout the summer and began getting angry red marks under her arms and ‘weeping […]