Stockpilers pushing trolleys piled high with toilet rolls form enormous queues at Costco

Stockpilers pushing trolleys piled high with toilet rolls form enormous queues at Costco while shelves are stripped empty in Asda in coronavirus panic Shoppers at Costco in Chingford seen forming huge queues at the checkout Lee Kennedy, who took video, said people were seen ‘fighting’ over toilet rolls A separate clip shows shelves in Asda … Read more

Apple may let users set their own default apps in iOS amid criticism for pushing its own services

Apple may finally start letting users set their own default apps in iOS amid criticism for pushing its own services iOS users may finally be able to designate non-Apple apps for default use This would do away with automatically having to use Safari or Apple Mail The plans are in early stages but could be … Read more

Doctors pushing new drugs don’t have to admit they are funded by the pill’s makers

A bright hope has suddenly appeared in depression therapy: the ‘party’ drug, ketamine. Known best as a horse tranquilliser, it is also used as an anaesthetic in hospitals. But ketamine can cause soaring highs and is used illegally, with potentially nightmarish results; the drug is addictive and can trigger psychosis. Recently, leading depression experts lined … Read more

Is the tenant fees ban really pushing up rents?

Letting agents have claimed that recent legislation banning them from charging renters upfront fees has resulted in a swathe of landlords hiking rents.  In a report issued this week letting agent trade body ARLA Propertymark said the number of agents reporting they had seen rents rise hit the highest figure on record in June, up … Read more

Vlogger reveals her skull was slowly ‘crushing her brain and pushing it into her spine’

A vlogger whose skull was slowly crushing her brain into her spine has revealed that her body is now ‘falling apart’. Christina Doherty, of Woburn, Massachusetts, experienced headaches, confusion and paralysis from the age of 16 and had always been an ill child. Doctors diagnosed the 23-year-old with a chiari malformation which is when brain … Read more