Buying more lottery tickets is a sure-fire way of losing more money, and philosophically speaking, it doesn’t even increase your chances of winning. Think of it this way. If you have two tickets in your hand, which one is more likely to win? Neither, right? They both stand the same...
Giant cuddly bears, fluffy pink handcuffs and mixtapes could be on their way out after they were revealed to be the cheesiest Valentine's Day gifts in a survey. According to the poll of 2,000 adults, love song compilations were deemed too cheesy by 28 per cent of Brits, ranking alongside big...
Millions of British women admit they are ‘dreading’ sex on Valentine’s Day, it has emerged. A poll of 2,000 women between the ages of 40 and 61 found three million are particularly nervous about the big day, as they worry about potential sexual activity. The research found over half of...
Ford Motor Co have stepped up preparations to move production out of Britain due to Brexit uncertainty. The automaker told the prime minister during a private call with business leaders that it is preparing alternative sites abroad, The Times has reported. The company's representative said on the call: "This isn’t about...
MPs could be faced with a choice between backing Theresa May's deal or facing a lengthy delay, the Prime Minister's chief EU negotiator was overheard saying last night. Olly Robbins is reported to have told colleagues that the government's strategy is to offer MPs a choice in March between a...
The DWP has overturned a fit-to-work decision seven months after the claimant suffered a fatal heart attack. In a nod to the film I, Daniel Blake Jeff Hayward, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, had been deemed unfit to work by his GP. But after losing his job of more than 25 years he was refused employment...
Valentine's Day is around the corner and the hunt for the perfect meal is on for loved-up couples across the country. Oysters will be shucked, asparagus and chillis tossed and heart-shaped chocolates dispensed liberally, but what to drink? Wine can be the difference between a good meal and a great...
A video of a Leave-voting expat who bought his Spanish holiday home after the referendum has been making the rounds on social media after he realised an end to free movement would apply to him too. Dave, who bought a holiday home in Spain after voting to leave, says he...
Ten minutes out of Lausanne on board a typically punctual train lies a stretch of track that has become a Mecca for wine tourists across the world. Skirting the glacial Lake Geneva (the locals prefer Lac Léman) and with views of Évian-les-Bains and the Alps it winds its way across...