Traveller flies to Mexico for the air miles – but ends up in jail at the hands of corrupt police

A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more

‘Twas the chaos before Christmas…when panicked parents fought to get the big craze in their hands

…when all through the land, panicked parents stopped at nothing to get the latest big craze in their hands. Michael Hogan lists the 24 toys we had to grab Don’t come home without one! The Cabbage Patc h Kids craze hits the UK, causing mayhem at London’s Hamleys in 1983 1 Slinky This simple-but-clever metal … Read more

Rolls-Royce hands a £4.6bn chunk of its pensions scheme to Legal & General 

Rolls-Royce hands a £4.6bn chunk of its pensions scheme to Legal & General By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 June 2019 Rolls-Royce has offloaded a £4.6billion chunk of its pension scheme covering 33,000 members to Legal & General, in the biggest … Read more

Schoolgirl, 11, is left unable to do her homework due to sweaty hands

Schoolgirl, 11, is left unable to grip a pen, do her homework and too embarrassed to touch others because her hands are so sweaty Girl has primary focal hyperhidrosis, which causes hands to sweat excessively   Symptoms made worse when she’s stressed, and when she reads and writes Condition is not triggered by another medical condition or … Read more