Does your spine tingle when you read a majestic metaphor in your local paper? Or if you notice a sublime simile in a new novel, does it send you into spasms of deep satisfaction? And do you spend your lunch breaks crafting coruscating limericks about your manager’s lack of social...
When you think of a certain friend, or maybe a relative, does a particular scent come into mind? Does the aroma of Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamond perfume bring back memories of your childhood Sunday school teacher? The truth is that a pleasant fragrance has the ability to enhance memorable moments...
The shelves at Tesco in Keynsham, near Bristol, were nearly empty after frantic shoppers bulk bought groceries ahead of the snow storm
Choose your favourite press photograph from the best 100 taken this year. SWNS is the largest independent press agency in the UK, supplying up to 20 per cent of our daily news content. Each year the SWNS news wire supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the...
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...