As a doctor Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive. The death of her dad changed everything

Like all medics, Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive – so what made her decide to specialise in end-of-life care? She tells Eimear O’Hagan how the death of her father changed everything she thought she knew    Rachel with her father mark in November 2017, just weeks before he died Waking in the darkness … Read more

Woman, 24, who suffered from painful sex and became scared of men says CBD lube has changed her life

A woman who found sex so painful she became terrified of men and even pretended to be gay has claimed a lubricant containing cannabidiol (CBD) has ‘changed her life’.  Emma Allitt, 24, a recruitment consultant from London, suffers from vaginismus, where the vagina involuntarily tightens whenever penetration is attempted, causing a great deal of discomfort. From the … Read more

Arcadia tumbles to a £170m loss in ‘dramatically’ changed retail industry

Philip Green’s Topshop and Burton empire plunges to a £170m loss as it falls behind in ‘dramatically’ changed retail industry Arcadia Group includes Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Wallis  Accounts for holding company Taveta show it swung to £170million loss last year Sales across the group slumped by 4.5 per cent to £1.8billion  By Emily … Read more

Alfie Dingley, one year on after he changed the law on medicinal cannabis

Young Alfie Dingley is behaving like a typical seven-year-old boy: fidgeting and playfully interrupting as his parents and doctor discuss his health. It is difficult to believe this is the same child who once was crippled by up to 75 seizures a day and was barely able to communicate. His life was constantly at risk … Read more