Man wrongly accused of PC Andrew Harper’s murder starts bid for compensation from the police

Friend of the killers of PC Andrew Harper starts bid for compensation from the police – after he was wrongly accused of the murder Jed Foster, 21, has begun legal action against Thames Valley Police He is claiming unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution Mr Foster spent a month in custody after being charged … Read more

HETHERINGTON: We can’t pay in our son’s prize because he has no bank account

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. Mrs J.W. writes: I hope you can help me, or at least warn others. My son, now aged … Read more

How Meghan and Harry’s PR game failed

In the unclouded months following their fairytale wedding, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoyed blanket adulation. Everywhere they travelled – from the four corners of the British Isles to Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji – a joyous welcome awaited. But according to the biography Finding Freedom, basking in such goodwill wasn’t sufficient for … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Has another fashion firm fallen victim to the Kate curse?

In 2018 her beloved chintzy designer Orla Kiely went to the wall. The Duchess is pictured above wearing an Orla Kelly dress Royal customers are usually a guarantee of success – but I’m beginning to fear that, as another of her favourite brands goes bust, the Duchess of Cambridge’s patronage is more of a curse than … Read more

The 3D-printed cage that could spare hundreds of Britons from leg amputations

A 3D-printed ‘cage’ could spare hundreds of Britons disabled by agonising bone fractures from limb amputation. The new metal implant, available on the NHS, replaces bone in the shin and encourages new bone cells to fuse against it. Unlike traditional last-ditch attempts to save crumbling bones in the lower leg, which involve a brace attached … Read more

From The Joe Wicks Podcast to Homo Sapiens and The Pargetter Triptych: This week’s top podcasts

From The Joe Wicks Podcast to Homo Sapiens with Alan Cumming, The Pargetter Triptych and The Town That Didn’t Stare, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 25 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 July 2020 The Joe Wicks Podcast The lockdown has made a king of Joe Wicks, the fitness … Read more

Kate Middleton and Prince William hit back as biography said they shunned Meghan and Harry

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last night hit back at claims in a bombshell new biography that they actively spurned Meghan Markle. The authors of Finding Freedom claim relations between the Sussexes and Cambridges became so bitter that Kate humiliatingly snubbed her sister-in-law at Meghan’s farewell appearance as a senior Royal.  But close friends … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Miriam Down Under – rude, naughty but a sheer delight

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian Friday, BBC2  Rating: Imagine… Lemn Sissay: The Memory Of Me Thursday, BBC1 Rating: This week we said goodbye to the Aussie thriller The Secrets She Keeps and welcomed the French thriller The Last Wave, about a huge wave that causes the disappearance of surfers who later return changed.  A camper adventure: … Read more