Inside Chelsea Flower Show’s winning gardens

A Chinese-backed garden complete with water lilies, pine trees and ornamental rhubarb plants has taken home the top prize in this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.   The Guangzhou Garden, designed by Peter Chmiel and Chin-Jung Chen, became the first Chinese garden in the show’s 109-year history to be named Best in Show by judges at the Royal Horticultural … Read more

Bank of England divided over threat of rising inflation

As pandemic restrictions are lifted, Bank of England set to keep pumping money into economy despite fears of rising inflation The inflationary spike has put the Bank’s huge quantitative easing programme in the spotlight, with its monetary policy committee increasingly at odds over what to do next   Having hit 2.5 per cent in June, inflation … Read more

Sitting for too long can have adverse effects on mental health, study warns 

Stand up! Sitting for too long can have adverse effects on mental health – and even outweighs the benefits of regular exercise, study warns Prolonged sitting can have adverse effects on mental health, a study has warned Researchers said sedentary lifestyle even outweighs benefits of regular exercise Study found people spent more than eight hours a … Read more

Government ‘spent taxpayers’ money on conducting political polling’

Government ‘spent taxpayers’ money on political polling on opposition leaders after Dominic Cummings ordered surveys to gauge public attitudes on initial coronavirus crisis’, new emails published by Good Law Project suggest Emails unearthed as part of an ongoing legal challenge against Government They appear to show consultancy firm was instructed to conduct political polling Emails … Read more

Local politicians pass vote of no confidence in their MP Matt Hancock

Local politicians pass vote of no confidence in their MP Matt Hancock as they blast philandering ex-Health Secretary’s ‘hypocrisy and hubris’ Labour Mayor of Newmarket Michael Jefferys passed motion against Hancock The resolution states Hancock ‘neglected the best interests of his constituents’ The Conservative MP resigned from the Cabinet last month after footage was published of … Read more

Rail companies forced to cut services as pingdemic hits public transport

Rail companies forced to cut services as pingdemic hits public transport with large numbers of staff self-isolating as TFL has to close Circle and Hammersmith and City lines over the weekend Workers in the transport sector are among vast number of those being pinged  Reduced timetables have been introduced on railways across England recently  Passengers … Read more

Catherine Zeta-Jones shares sweet snaps with her parents after being separated for ‘so long’

‘I am truly blessed’: Catherine Zeta-Jones shares sweet snaps with her parents after being separated for ‘so long’ amid the pandemic By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 09:26 EDT, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 09:59 EDT, 26 July 2021 They struggled to see each other during the coronavirus pandemic due to international travel restrictions.  So … Read more

Holly Willoughby’s husband Dan Baldwin ‘claimed up to £10,000 in furlough scheme’

Holly Willoughby’s husband Dan Baldwin ‘claimed up to £10,000 in furlough scheme for his TV production company despite £1.7million in bank’ The TV producer, 46, who has been married to the This Morning host, 40, since 2007, runs television company Hungry Bear Media which is valued at £2million Accounts filed on Companies House show it … Read more

Japanese fans ignore calls to watch Tokyo 2020 Games at home by lining streets to cheer on athletes

Japanese sports fans are defying government calls to watch Tokyo 2020 Games at home by lining the streets to cheer on the athletes and posing with Olympic symbols. Hundreds of cycling enthusiasts came out to watch the Men’s and Women’s Road Race event around the Japanese capital – creating the first crowd atmosphere of the … Read more

Oil traders at Vitol share record bonus of £2.1bn, boosted by market volatility

Oil traders at Vitol share record bonus of £2.1bn, boosted by market volatility during coronavirus pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 23 July 2021 | Updated: 03:55 EDT, 24 July 2021 Oil traders at Vitol have shared a record bonus of £2.1billion, boosted by market volatility during the coronavirus pandemic.  … Read more