The reason why cold weather can cause a flu epidemic has finally been revealed. Each year, a national flu epidemic always follows a chilly dry week with average temperatures below 0C. Now, new research suggests that cold dry weather makes for the perfect conditions as it helps the virus stay...
Four workers at an aristocratic estate having been left in tears after giving their marching orders in what unions have described 'modern feudalism'. The staff - who have a combined 70 years' service - will lose their jobs at the ancient Port Eliot Estate by the end of March, with the...
A chef has revealed his mouth-watering recipe for a 'scotch' egg made from crushed Oreos and a creme egg. Chef Ben Churchill, 30, has transformed the traditional British savoury treat into a sweet dish that features a gooey Creme Egg at its centre. The unconventional snack swaps sausage meat for...
A Jewish woman and her 13 year-old son were bombarded with gas canister by a racist thug who chanted 'Heil Hitler'. Four members of the Orthodox Jewish community, Cheya Stern, her 13 year old son, her brother Simon Lemberger and passerby, Abraham Law, were pelted with canisters of nitrous oxide...
The head of a chain of academy schools earned the equivalent of a whopping £25,000 a month for running the trust, it has emerged. Mike Ramsay, 61, pocketed a total of £127,000 for just five months' work as interim chief executive of the academy trust, which runs 21 schools. Mr Ramsay's...
Birmingham City University is to launch a Centre for Brexit Studies this month, created to further enhance understanding of the consequences of the UK withdrawing from the European Union. The Centre for Brexit Studies (CBS) will promote engagement of both ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ standpoints, whilst providing collaborative opportunities with businesses,...
The Plough pub in Sheffield isn't any ordinary pub. It is a pub that is believed to be the birthplace of modern football, where the rules of the beautiful game were first drafted over many pints during the 1870s spitting distance from Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world. Last April the...
Heavy workloads and job insecurity are just two of the stress triggers which could increase your risk of heart disease and strokes. Scientists who analysed a series of high tech brain scans found heightened activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain involved in stress, is associated with a greater...
Mavericks like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage are more trusted by the public because they don't speak like politicians, a leading language expert claims. The political class who start speeches with reassuring phrases such as 'If I'm honest' and 'let me be clear' actually make them appear less honest. Research...