A mum-of-two says she GAINED weight using a fitness tracker - but has now lost eight stone after ditching it. Fiona Benbow, 39, rewarded herself with huge sugary cakes and family-sized choc bars if the FitBit told her she had burned lots of calories. And in just a month her...
A mum-of-three pretended to have CANCER to con her husband's family out of almost £50,000, a court heard. Claire Bain, 36, even made relatives take her to fake chemotherapy appointments. She stole most of the money from her father-in-law over a four-year period after she 'cruelly abused' trust he had...
Phillip Schofield has received the ultimate piece of fan mail - a 14ft tall marble statue of himself. Christmas came early for the popular This Morning presenter as he signed for the topless replica of himself - complete with rippling muscles. The much-loved TV personality accepted delivery of the...
A veteran dairy farmer was killed by his own cattle as he tended to them - something he had done "thousands of times", an inquest heard. Brian Swales, 67, went to check on his 17 Friesian heifers and one bull like any other day after one was described as "acting...
A retired couple took the trip-of-a-lifetime to visit their son in Hong Kong for his birthday – by travelling all the way there using only PUBLIC TRANSPORT. Phil and Emma Whiting spent three weeks aboard 16 different trains, travelling through Europe, across Russia, into Mongolia and eventually into the Chinese...
A man who suffered a stroke so severe he almost lost his ability to speak has won a prize after he turned to photography to help him recover. Richard Raynor, 36, was even able to give a speech at his wedding with the help of slides he had taken. The...
Tax changes under the Tories resulted in David Cameron paying more than double the amount of stamp duty on his holiday home than if he’d bought under the previous Labour government. It can be revealed the former Prime Minister and wife Samantha paid the treasury almost one quarter-of-a-million pounds in...
A council worker has finally received £20 in compensation from Natwest – TEN YEARS after mistakenly leaving the cash in an ATM machine. Steve Titman, 34, walked away from the cash machine in Peterborough, Cambs., without taking the money in early 2008. He was astonished to be sent a cheque...
Guess what? A toddler friendly hotel really does exist. Our lifestyle writer and mum of two Clair Hart, took her family to a boutique hotel that offers family time with a difference... A toddler friendly hotel with a difference Anybody with children knows that going on holiday or for a...