Book early (or late) and pick a resort in Bulgaria! How a week’s skiing can cost less than £500 

There are three things that put people off ski holidays: fear of physical pain, fear of not being very good . . . and fear of seeing their bank balance melt like snow in the Sahara. The first two apply to those who have never tried skiing, but the third is universal and not irrational. … Read more

Soapwatch: CLAUDIA CONNELL’S ultimate insight into this week’s soaps

Corner shops in soaps are an Aladdin’s cave of riches. Just as every resident eats all their meals in local cafes, they buy all their supplies at the local shop.  And why not? They sell everything, even if the pricing’s a bit questionable. When there was a power cut on Coronation Street, Dev’s Corner Shop … Read more

High-flyers cashed in weeks before Woodford crisis sent stock tumbling 

Hargreaves Lansdown chiefs in £6m share sale: High-flyers cashed in weeks before Woodford crisis sent stock tumbling By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 10:08 GMT, 7 June 2019 Two high flyers at Hargreaves Lansdown sold millions of pounds of shares in the company just weeks before … Read more

Newlywed nurse battling cancer aged 26 just weeks after coming home tired from her honeymoon

A newlywed nurse who lost her mother to cancer is now battling the cruel disease herself aged just 26. Julia Cullen, from Hartlepool, County Durham, was dealt the blow just weeks after getting married when she came home tired from her honeymoon. Working 60 hours a week in the intensive care unit at the North … Read more

Woman, 25, diagnosed with ALS eight years after the disease killed her twin sister and has 6 weeks

When Jaci Hermstad could barely lift her leg to get on her horse Bud in November last year, she knew that something was very wrong. She tried not to over-react, but in the back of her mind memories of when her identical twin sister Alex battled a rare childhood version of the neurological disease ALS … Read more

Disturbing scans reveal how brain damage caused by alcohol carries on for up to SIX WEEKS

Disturbing scans reveal how brain damage caused by alcohol carries on for up to SIX WEEKS after you stop drinking Experts in Germany and Spain scanned the brains of alcoholics and non-drinkers They found there was less activity in the drinkers’ brains even weeks later Areas of the brain controlling emotions, behaviour and memory were … Read more