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LIZ JONES’S DIARY: In which my year ends on a high By Liz Jones Diary for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 GMT, 29 December 2019 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 29 December 2019 Is he keen? Two years isn’t that long to get back to me. It took David 30 Relationships are strange, aren’t they? … Read more
Children’s eyes twinkle as they impatiently wait their turn to climb onto Santa’s lap and tell him a precious secret: what they’d like for Christmas. But, for more than a decade, all one Utah Santa Claus was keeping a secret of his own. ‘Every kid wanted the same thing, and that was a mumble,’ Mark … Read more
A heartwarming video of a chemotherapy patient and his nurse singing a Christmas carol has gone viral. Penn Pennington, 67, a veteran musician, is currently battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells, for the second time. Earlier this month, he was admitted to the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial in … Read more
A four-year-old with cystic fibrosis has received the Christmas gift of her dreams – a wonder drug for her crippling condition. Ayda Louden’s family, from Carlisle, Cumbria, spent years calling for NHS access to Orkambi. It was finally approved in October. The schoolgirl got her first delivery of the life-changing drug, which should extend her life … Read more
Within a week or so countless Britons will be putting themselves on a diet to tackle the Christmas excess. A year ago each woman here resolved to tackle her weight and has now reaped the benefits for their health, too, from banishing chronic back pain and depression, to putting asthma and type 2 diabetes into … Read more
Teenager with terminal cancer refuses to stop smiling – despite the 17-year-old spending Christmas in hospital and being told he has just MONTHS to live Joseph Lunn, from London, diagnosed with rare and incurable synovial sarcoma Kept in hospital over Christmas after having tumours removed from stomach But the teenager continues to smile despite being … Read more
From a present you don’t like, to gifts others have already got and shopping in the sales, read our CONSUMER FIGHTBACK guide to your rights By Helen Dewdney For This Is Money Published: 09:36 BST, 27 December 2019 | Updated: 09:36 BST, 27 December 2019 Have you bought someone a Christmas present they didn’t like, … Read more
A brisk 20-minute walk could reduce the risk of seven types of cancer by a fifth, scientists claim Doing two and a half hours of moderate exercise a week could reduce risk Cuts chances of getting liver cancer by 18 per cent and breast cancer by six Study done by American Cancer Society could be … Read more
Edinburgh’s city-centre gin distillery will get you in the Christmas spirit – you can take a tour and make your own concoctions Take a break from the Scottish capital’s festivities at the Edinburgh Gin distillery Go on a tour and see the gin-making process – then make your own concoction And of course, when it’s … Read more
Santa goes green! Nigel Colborn reveals the best gifts for gardeners this Christmas Nigel Colborn picked out a selection of the best gifts for gardeners this Xmas British gardening expert suggests the book Cambridge College Gardens H recommends traditional Sussex garden trugs for storing tools and flowers By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: 22:10 … Read more