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. P.O. writes: I work in my own little business, and in 2012 I switched my two telephone lines … Read more
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron spent a weekend exchanging WhatsApp messages about quarantine-free travel between Britain and France – blindsiding officials on both sides of the Channel Boris Johnson uses WhatsApp to regularly converse with Emmanuel Macron The two world leaders were in touch throughout last weekend on messaging app PM announced travellers from France would … Read more
It’s a niggling question eating away at millions of Britons: was that wretched cough that lasted for most of February actually coronavirus? And if it was, might you have locked down your life for nothing? The answer lies in a simple test that looks for antibodies in the blood – proteins released by the immune … Read more
Over the years, I have been an outspoken critic of GP apps and technology. I feared it might damage the patient-doctor relationship, which I believe is vital to good care. But almost overnight, the lockdown completely transformed the way I and other GPs work. Face-to-face appointments were replaced by video calls so patients could stay … Read more
The simple five stage fitness routine used by the Canadian Air Force which helped Prince Charles defeat Covid-19 By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 16 May 2020 Share or comment on this article:
One of the most frustrating things about this pandemic, for many I expect, is the lack of certainty. Scientists across the world have responded with unprecedented speed in trying to unravel the secrets of Covid-19. But this is a new virus to humans. And, despite intense research, there are still fundamental things we don’t understand. … Read more
It was only a matter of time. So Friday’s announcement that fund manager Mark Barnett – dubbed ‘Son of Woodford’ – had left investment house Invesco by ‘mutual’ consent hardly took financial experts by surprise. Speaking to a number of investment advisers on Friday, the consensus view was that he should have been jettisoned by … Read more
John Nichol with Ron Needle who was the the rear gun turret at the back end of a Lancaster Bomber at 19-years-of-age. Ron died in August 2019 The leaden skies spread from horizon to horizon. Ground crews have been working the snow ploughs all day to keep the runways clear. Now at last, the moment has … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent returned for another installment on Saturday, with a new batch of contestants hoping to win over the judges. And one act who certainly did just that was 14-year-old singer Sirine Jahangir, who left Amanda Holden, 49, close to tears with her emotional performance. There wasn’t a sound to be heard as the the … Read more
Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost warns of No Deal if vital talks with the EU fail in 15 days as he urges Ministers to ‘take the moral high ground’ when facing their counterparts David Frost has told Ministers to ‘take the moral high ground’ in EU negotiations Boris Johnson is expected to tell the … Read more
From John Grisham’s escapist latest to Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs, a debut by Leaf Arbuthnot & Catherine Lacey’s Pew, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Max Davidson and Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson Published: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 Camino Winds John Grisham … Read more
From Ellie Goulding on Fear Itself to Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast, The Week In Art & James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 Fear Itself Actress Cressida Bonas is still best known for having gone out with Prince … Read more
AMAZON & NETFLIX Little Fires Everywhere A classy adaptation of the best-selling novel about family secrets, motherhood and race, co-produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. The first episode opens with the well-to-do but uptight Elena Richardson’s (Witherspoon) mansion ablaze: it’s arson – in fact, given that Elena was inside at the time, … Read more