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Samples of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal poop reveal we’ve had beneficial microbiomes in our guts for hundreds of thousands of years – just as scientists find that modern humans’ biomes are depleting due to our diets and lifestyles, study reveals DNA analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal poop revels human guts still contain dozens of similar microbiota from the … Read more
We’ve gone potty for Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throw Down during lockdown – here are the best ceramic museums and attractions to visit once restrictions lift London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has the finest collection of masterpieces Emma Bridgewater, based in in Stoke, offers free tours and demonstrations The Centre of Ceramic Art in York … Read more
Sabrina-jayne (second left) with her foster sisters in Minehead, 2015 Challenging but hugely rewarding, fostering has transformed family life for mother-of-five Judith Harper and her daughter Sabrina-Jayne. They reveal why their (ever expanding) house is always open to those in need Judith’s story Judith Harper MBE, 61, lives in Buckinghamshire with husband Stephen, 64, a … Read more
In all, our reporters won back well over £1m for our readers – from the investment scam victim conned out of £190,000, to the holidaymakers left out of pocket by the virus crisis During this tough year, Money Mail has stood up for you and held your hand through the biggest economic upset in recent … Read more
INVESTING SHOW: We’ve had the vaccine rally and US election, so what happens next for shares? By This Is Money Published: 09:34 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 09:34 GMT, 26 November 2020 News of successful Covid-19 vaccine trials have sent shares soaring and while the FTSE 100 has drifted off its highs, it is … Read more
Great British Bake Off fans praised contestant Laura Adlington during Tuesday’s final after she got emotional over the signature bake. After her eight custard slices failed to set, Laura, 31, hid her head in the freezer as she cried over the stressful challenge. With the added pressure of creating custard in a warm tent at the … Read more
As the virus crisis continues, households are cheering themselves up with some good old-fashioned retail therapy. The pandemic has again brought the country and economy to a standstill and threatens to inflict further financial woe. But one silver lining for some has been that with no need to commute, and pubs and restaurants shut, they … Read more
From a bob to long and layered, a fringe to a side parting, blonde to auburn to brunette — the average woman is said to alter her hairstyle or colour up to 150 times in her lifetime. Yet for some, the idea of changing their signature cut and colour is unthinkable. Princess Anne, for example, … Read more
She’s been part of the Today Show since September 2007, conducting numerous interviews in the 13 years on the morning broadcast. And Hoda Kotb, who began her broadcast journalism career in the mid-1980s, revealed her worst interview was with Frank Sinatra’s son Frank Sinatra Jr in 2015. Hoda, 56, said of Frank Jr: ‘it was … Read more
Bloodshed was foreseen by the people of Northumberland even before the Viking raiders came ashore on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in AD 793. An ancient manuscript recalls how ‘amazing sheets of lightning and whirlwinds and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky’, but no omen could have prepared them for the barbarity that … Read more